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The father of missing chef Claudia Lawrence has taken the search for his daughter worldwide by releasing an internet video appeal. | The father of missing chef Claudia Lawrence has taken the search for his daughter worldwide by releasing an internet video appeal. |
Peter Lawrence said he hoped the YouTube film would help place Miss Lawrence, who lived in York, "in the forefront of people's minds". | Peter Lawrence said he hoped the YouTube film would help place Miss Lawrence, who lived in York, "in the forefront of people's minds". |
The "Claudia, Where Are You?" video has been released to mark 100 days since Miss Lawrence was last seen. | The "Claudia, Where Are You?" video has been released to mark 100 days since Miss Lawrence was last seen. |
Police are treating the 35-year-old's disappearance as suspected murder. | Police are treating the 35-year-old's disappearance as suspected murder. |
Miss Lawrence was last seen near her home on Heworth Road on 18 March and failed to arrive for work at the University of York's Goodricke College the following morning. | Miss Lawrence was last seen near her home on Heworth Road on 18 March and failed to arrive for work at the University of York's Goodricke College the following morning. |
Crimestoppers has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. | Crimestoppers has offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those responsible. |
For heaven's sake, please say something Peter Lawrence | For heaven's sake, please say something Peter Lawrence |
In the video, produced by the York Press newspaper, Mr Lawrence, 62, from Slingsby, North Yorkshire, said he believed the internet was crucial to the search for his daughter. | In the video, produced by the York Press newspaper, Mr Lawrence, 62, from Slingsby, North Yorkshire, said he believed the internet was crucial to the search for his daughter. |
"To get on the web gives a much greater breadth of exposure and the more it can be there in the forefront of people's minds, the better," he said. | "To get on the web gives a much greater breadth of exposure and the more it can be there in the forefront of people's minds, the better," he said. |
Mr Lawrence urged people not to protect anyone who may be responsible for his daughter's disappearance. | Mr Lawrence urged people not to protect anyone who may be responsible for his daughter's disappearance. |
"There's someone out there, if you're that somebody you should jolly well be saying so," he said. | "There's someone out there, if you're that somebody you should jolly well be saying so," he said. |
"There's no point in protecting anybody's relationships or lifestyle in the situation that we're in, it's just not fair to Claudia's family. | "There's no point in protecting anybody's relationships or lifestyle in the situation that we're in, it's just not fair to Claudia's family. |
"For heaven's sake, please say something." | "For heaven's sake, please say something." |
The video includes clips from a BBC1 Crimewatch appeal showing reconstructions of separate sightings of a couple on Miss Lawrence's route to work on 19 March. | The video includes clips from a BBC1 Crimewatch appeal showing reconstructions of separate sightings of a couple on Miss Lawrence's route to work on 19 March. |
So far, the people seen that morning have not been identified. | So far, the people seen that morning have not been identified. |
Det Supt Ray Galloway, of North Yorkshire Police, said: "It remains my belief that Claudia met, or was picked up by, a person that she knew and trusted. | |
"Subsequently, our focus remains on those with whom she had been involved in a close relationship or, at the very least, someone who she was likely to trust and have confidence in." | |
He appealed for anybody with information to contact the police as soon as possible. |
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