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| Man still held over missing chef Claudia Lawrence | Man still held over missing chef Claudia Lawrence |
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| Police are continuing to question a 59-year-old man from York, who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence. | Police are continuing to question a 59-year-old man from York, who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence. |
| A man named locally as Michael Snelling was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of 35-year-old Miss Lawrence, who vanished in 2009. | A man named locally as Michael Snelling was arrested on Tuesday over the disappearance of 35-year-old Miss Lawrence, who vanished in 2009. |
| North Yorkshire Police is carrying out forensic examinations of Mr Snelling's house in Burnholme Grove. | North Yorkshire Police is carrying out forensic examinations of Mr Snelling's house in Burnholme Grove. |
| A house believed to be his mother's is also being searched in North Shields. | A house believed to be his mother's is also being searched in North Shields. |
| Police have also seized a car and said further arrests could not be ruled out. | Police have also seized a car and said further arrests could not be ruled out. |
| Mr Snelling was a former lab technician at the University of York, where Miss Lawrence worked as a chef. | |
| Forensic officers have boarded up his home as part of their investigation. | |
| Miss Lawrence, who lived in Heworth, was due to start a 06:00 shift at the university on 19 March but failed to turn up. | |
| Extensive searches of the area were made, but she was not found and police have since treated her disappearance as murder. | Extensive searches of the area were made, but she was not found and police have since treated her disappearance as murder. |
| North Yorkshire Police launched a review of the case last year and have carried out new forensic work and searches of Miss Lawrence's home. | North Yorkshire Police launched a review of the case last year and have carried out new forensic work and searches of Miss Lawrence's home. |
| A fresh appeal for information was made on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance in March, which was broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme. | A fresh appeal for information was made on the fifth anniversary of her disappearance in March, which was broadcast on the BBC's Crimewatch programme. |
| Police revealed several new lines of inquiry generated by the review of the case and a fresh examination of her home. | Police revealed several new lines of inquiry generated by the review of the case and a fresh examination of her home. |
| Fingerprints had been uncovered using techniques not available in 2009, they said. | Fingerprints had been uncovered using techniques not available in 2009, they said. |
| A DNA profile of a man was also found on a cigarette end discovered in Miss Lawrence's Vauxhall Corsa. | A DNA profile of a man was also found on a cigarette end discovered in Miss Lawrence's Vauxhall Corsa. |
| North Yorkshire Police said the Lawrence family had been informed of the arrest and were being offered support. | North Yorkshire Police said the Lawrence family had been informed of the arrest and were being offered support. |
| Martin Dales, a spokesman for Claudia's father, told Radio York earlier: "The main hope of us all is that Claudia will be found and this works out into some form of closure. | |
| "It's been a massive rollercoaster. Peter has always said he will carry on until we find answers." |