UK UK - Claudia Lawrence, 35, Chef, York University, 18 March 2009 #19

[Popejohn3]

You would think they find the keys when they find her rucksack !

 

[Alpha Zero]

Just returning to the Tom McDermott podcast series. There are quite a few pretty irrelevant avenues there, I think. But one or two interesting points. Firstly, I think he's the only journalist to have got a statement (albeit very brief) from PR. The point about PR knowing her father for 20 years was interesting. Second was the set of issues around keys and access to the house. Her keys were not located by the initial investigation as far as we know. Perhaps most importantly this raises a risk that offender(s) accessed the house in the immediate aftermath and altered the scene. And there is plausible evidence of (apparently) unforced and unauthorised access to the house in recent years. I wouldn't go further than "plausible" as it's possible Joan and Tom's recollections aren't accurate - but they aren't easy to dismiss.

The podcast is weak in my opinion, although I appreciate anyone trying to get answers, but it leaves more questions than answers.
The meeting with one of the supposed suspects was also a waste of time as it looks like nothing has changed. The only new information I know of is what Mark Williams Thomas said when he played the recording of said arrested man saying “ don’t worry we’ve got the back passage covered” and that she was rumoured to be buried in the sea