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| Vehicle appeal over missing chef | Vehicle appeal over missing chef |
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| A pick-up truck seen outside missing chef Claudia Lawrence's home on the day she was last seen is being sought by police investigating her disappearance. | |
| CCTV footage showed a dark-coloured vehicle, probably a Ford Ranger Thunder, parked close to her home in Heworth, York on 18 March. | CCTV footage showed a dark-coloured vehicle, probably a Ford Ranger Thunder, parked close to her home in Heworth, York on 18 March. |
| The vehicle was seen parked at 2101 BST. It was caught on video being driven away at 2137 BST. | The vehicle was seen parked at 2101 BST. It was caught on video being driven away at 2137 BST. |
| Ms Lawrence was seen earlier leaving work at the University of York. | Ms Lawrence was seen earlier leaving work at the University of York. |
| Det Supt Ray said: "I would ask anybody if they know who that vehicle belongs to, who it might belong to, if they have been offered that vehicle for sale. | Det Supt Ray said: "I would ask anybody if they know who that vehicle belongs to, who it might belong to, if they have been offered that vehicle for sale. |
| There's some suggestion we know what has happened - we don't Det Supt Galloway | |
| "If they have been asked to clean that vehicle, if they have been asked to valet that vehicle over the past couple of weeks. Please come forward and assist the investigation. | "If they have been asked to clean that vehicle, if they have been asked to valet that vehicle over the past couple of weeks. Please come forward and assist the investigation. |
| "That vehicle may have nothing to do with the disappearance of Claudia. | "That vehicle may have nothing to do with the disappearance of Claudia. |
| "However, it is something I definitely need to establish who belongs to that vehicle, who was with it and why it was there at the time." | "However, it is something I definitely need to establish who belongs to that vehicle, who was with it and why it was there at the time." |
| Police described the vehicle as a twin-cab pick-up with chrome wheel arches and a chrome off-side wing mirror. | Police described the vehicle as a twin-cab pick-up with chrome wheel arches and a chrome off-side wing mirror. |
| Public 'magnificent' | |
| It has two or three vertical bars on the cab rear window and a chrome or silver footplate at the rear. It also has a tailgate. | It has two or three vertical bars on the cab rear window and a chrome or silver footplate at the rear. It also has a tailgate. |
| Mr Galloway said nobody was seen to get into the vehicle and said it was likely that one or two people were in it. | |
| The vehicle was a twin-cab pick-up | |
| Officers have been unable to identify the registration number but police said there were not that many of them in the York and Malton area. | |
| Mr Galloway described the public's help as magnificent and said officers had been overwhelmed with the information flooding in. | |
| The detective said information was being worked through in a "structured and expeditious manner" and the inquiry was moving forward. | |
| "We don't know what's happened to Claudia. We don't know where she is, we need information to assist us to move forward," he said. | |
| "We are making progress, we need to make further progress. | |
| "There's some suggestion we know what has happened - we don't. | |
| "We need public assistance and we need it from all avenues." | |
| Ms Lawrence is described as white, 5ft 6ins, slim with brown hair and brown eyes. | Ms Lawrence is described as white, 5ft 6ins, slim with brown hair and brown eyes. |
| She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue skinny jeans and white trainers. | She was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, blue skinny jeans and white trainers. |