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Detectives probing the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence, missing for more than 10 weeks, are following up calls in response to a TV appeal. | Detectives probing the disappearance of York chef Claudia Lawrence, missing for more than 10 weeks, are following up calls in response to a TV appeal. |
Crimewatch on BBC One on Tuesday night featured a reconstruction of her disappearance and her family pleaded for news of her whereabouts. | Crimewatch on BBC One on Tuesday night featured a reconstruction of her disappearance and her family pleaded for news of her whereabouts. |
Det Supt Ray Galloway said she may have had a "complex" private life and asked for confidential details. | Det Supt Ray Galloway said she may have had a "complex" private life and asked for confidential details. |
Within an hour police had had more than 40 calls offering information. | Within an hour police had had more than 40 calls offering information. |
Speaking on the programme, Dept Supt Galloway said inquiries have shown some of Ms Lawrence's relationships had "an element of complexity and mystery about them". | |
There must be people out there that have seen something suspicious Ali Sims, Claudia's sister | There must be people out there that have seen something suspicious Ali Sims, Claudia's sister |
"Some of those relationships were not known to her family and friends," he said. | |
"I do know details of some of them, and I would urge anybody involved in a relationship with Claudia or knew of one that a friend, a colleague, a neighbour was involved in... they need to pick up that phone." | |
Ms Lawrence's sister Ali told Crimewatch she found in very hard to accept people "just vanish into thin air". | |
"There must be people out there that have seen something suspicious or who know something that's happened," she said. | |
Her father Peter said: "The hardest thing about all of this is the not knowing. | Her father Peter said: "The hardest thing about all of this is the not knowing. |
"It's very unusual, I think, for an adult to disappear without anything being known for this length of time." | "It's very unusual, I think, for an adult to disappear without anything being known for this length of time." |
Website appeal | |
Ms Lawrence was last seen near her home in Heworth, York, on 18 March and failed to arrive for her early-morning shift at the University of York's Goodricke College the following day. | Ms Lawrence was last seen near her home in Heworth, York, on 18 March and failed to arrive for her early-morning shift at the University of York's Goodricke College the following day. |
The investigation into the disappearance is now the biggest the North Yorkshire force has conducted since the search for multiple killer Mark Hobson five years ago. | The investigation into the disappearance is now the biggest the North Yorkshire force has conducted since the search for multiple killer Mark Hobson five years ago. |
Her disappearance is being treated as suspected murder. | Her disappearance is being treated as suspected murder. |
Poster appeals have appeared at railway stations across Yorkshire and amateur pilots are to help in the search by watching out for signs of activity around derelict buildings. | Poster appeals have appeared at railway stations across Yorkshire and amateur pilots are to help in the search by watching out for signs of activity around derelict buildings. |
Ms Lawrence's father has set up a website, in a fresh effort to find his daughter. | Ms Lawrence's father has set up a website, in a fresh effort to find his daughter. |