UK UK - Claudia Lawrence, 35, York University, 18 March 2009 - Chef - #2

[Yozzer]

I wonder if NYP has the powers to un-blur deliberately fogged images on googlemaps e.g. registration plates?

 

[moonsafari]

I wonder if NYP has the powers to un-blur deliberately fogged images on googlemaps e.g. registration plates?

The maroon car was shown in the Crimewatch appeal but did the witness say this was the colour outright at the time? So many webpages have been reuploaded on NYP website. Google will know all about this.........

 

[Yozzer]

Vincent Tabak worked at York Uni around 2009 and he drove a silver/white car

Joanna Yeates was 'overpowered by cold killer in desperate fight for survival'

Tabak drove a Megane - the one on GM is a BMW.

 

[moonsafari]

I wonder if NYP has the powers to un-blur deliberately fogged images on googlemaps e.g. registration plates?

that said, they're blurred by algorithms and at a certain angle perhaps they miss some. otherwise, i'm not sure? yes, with legal authorisation?

 

[Yozzer]

I have public access. Checked this rabbit hole around some NH men a while back: PR business Transcore, has secured contracts with MOD and uni, housing association and new builds amongst others. Accounting etc wise seems to lead back to Walker Crips wealth management and a few other wealth management outfits. As for the carpark garage: can't find anything online!

It's all there for free public scrutiny if you type company name in google; also linked to the main business. Type 'Beta' after the name.

 

[MajorLang]

I wonder if NYP has the powers to un-blur deliberately fogged images on googlemaps e.g. registration plates?

No Google aren't allowed to do this unless police and often has to be official request for a valid reason due to Data protection

 

[MajorLang]

Simon Baker Missing Since March 1st 2009


Simon is the only other reported Missing Persons of any gender and worldwide for the same year and Month as Claudia.

Age 33 and a similar age to Claudia, he went missing on 1st March 2009 from the Bristol UK area. He has never been found.
He hardly gets a mention, in fact there has been very little other than he shares a missing page with others from the South West.

I couldn't even find out anything about him, perhaps some other Sleuths have a way of doing this??

There has been some discussion around Claudia's link to The Nags crowd and perhaps someone undercover trying to break into this network through Claudia.

There was also the following mention of a sighting the week of her disappearance as follows:

14:30 (Cannot be specific of day)

It was at a time that Claudia would normally be at work and so this suggests it was her day off or she was on a different shift.

I have attached a photo of Simon Baker (Fairly common name)

Man with Hip length Tan coloured thin Mac type jacket with a hood seen on phone, he had a small dark rucksack with very little in it and approaching her house,.
He is described as being:

In 30’s

5’9” to 5”10”

White

Clean shaven

Very neat Dark Brownish Hair

Hair cut stylishly with a fringe

He was dressed smartly but casually and wore Dark Jeans / Chinos / Trousers

He wore Dark footwear

CL comes to door, she is also on phone and is surprised to see him and lets him in. Before doing so she looks up and down the road??

Here are my questions:

Why no fuss about his disappearance?

Could Claudia be surprised because he had not been in touch since 1st March and had he been in York area before?

Her reaction was one of surprise at seeing the man but she clearly knew him and let him in?

She was checking that "The coast was clear" before letting him in-Why, some may say he was just another boyfriend?

Was he performing an undercover operation of some kind
(The mention of her being associated with a police officer)?

Was he staying at Claudia's and keeping his head down and was he turning up at Nags head covertly to check out the Nags crowd?

Most Importantly though:
On the evening of 18th March / Morning of 19th March was he still residing at Claudia's and did he meet his fate at the same time and was he the target and Claudia got in the way??

There is much mention of the "Light Mac" The guy in CCTV footage on evening of 18th (Carrier bag across road from Dark Man) and Morning of 19th (Dark Man suddenly stopping)

If someone was staying at Claudia's was it Simon and why?

Any views on this

 

[moonsafari]

It's all there for free public scrutiny if you type company name in google; also linked to the main business.

what's the name of garage business then? in NH carpark?

 

[Yozzer]

Another angle:
It is clear that the police have known about Claudia’s relationships from the early days of the investigation. The Mail on Sunday has been given the names of two more men, both married, who allegedly had affairs with her.
Neither of them could be contacted last week but it is understood that they have been questioned by detectives. Interest in one of the men increased when it emerged that he had sent his Ford Mondeo to a scrapyard.
It was later searched by officers and they have still not allowed it to be released. The car’s owner is not believed to have had an affair with Claudia.
The secret life of missing chef Claudia Lawrence - and the 'numerous liaisons' with married men | Daily Mail Online 14 June 2009
I've been trying to find the Mondeo for a while and uncovered a maroon Ford Mondeo parked outside SR's address, as quoted on company accounts for his original business 2008 - on google maps Oct 2008. Coincidence maybe?

 

[MajorLang]

what's the name of garage business then? in NH carpark?

Is it Mike Sorrell and Son

 

[Yozzer]

Any views on this

I am not aware of CL having any Bristol connections.

 

[Yozzer]

what's the name of garage business then? in NH carpark?

Sorry I was confusing with the other one in Malton! Yes it is MS & Son.

 

[MajorLang]

I am not aware of CL having any Bristol connections.

She wouldn't need to have if he was an undercover cop.
Strange how Pretty girl goes missing and attracts massive headlines and police interest
Guy same age goes missing and it was reported he was suffering from depression-end of???

 

[MajorLang]

Sorry I was confusing with the other one in Malton! Yes it is MS & Son.

One in Malton was owned by PR and was part of his other business-Transcore

 

[Yozzer]

One in Malton was owned by PR and was part of his other business-Transcore

Precisely - but there are other directors too, so not sole ownership of AC but 20 years of involvement is a long time for a business to keep running, through UK recessions etc. PR has been very successful.

 

[Yozzer]

She wouldn't need to have if he was an undercover cop.
Strange how Pretty girl goes missing and attracts massive headlines and police interest
Guy same age goes missing and it was reported he was suffering from depression-end of???

For what it's worth, I have always thought the man in 30s with neat dark hair sounded like her ex-boyfriend DW who was from the north east but admitted being in Scarborough the day she went missing. Scarborough is only a short train ride from York & he was interviewed by NWP. DW was still in touch with CL and while she might have been happy to talk on the phone to him or text but would not have wanted her current boyfriend, who lived 'locally' perhaps, to see him entering her property. I don't think DW was involved in her disappearance at all but he (or whoever her 30-something visitor may have been on 18th or in the week leading up to that date), could have been a catalyst for a jealous showdown.
Claudia hunt: Ex-Boyfriend tells of agony

PS DW was ruled out by police because he was in Newcastle at time of CL's disappearance.
Missing chef Claudia Lawrence's only serious boyfriend breaks his silence

 

[Pinkizzy]

Tabak drove a Megane - the one on GM is a BMW.

What was the make of the silver car near Melrosegate, was it a Megane or BMW?

 

[Pinkizzy]

The maroon car was shown in the Crimewatch appeal but did the witness say this was the colour outright at the time? So many webpages have been reuploaded on NYP website. Google will know all about this.........

It was shown during the reconstruction, wasn't it? It wasn't an actual image like the silver car on Melrosegate

 

[Yozzer]

What was the make of the silver car near Melrosegate, was it a Megane or BMW?

The Megane has a hatch whereas the Melrosegate car had a boot.

 

[Yozzer]

This is from a 2009 timeline. Alarm bells....unless the witness got their dates wrong and it was her father with the pub landlord trying to get in on the Friday 20th?
April 16
• Police say they are investigating ‘’significant’’ new lines of inquiry, including a couple seen arguing near a car on Miss Lawrence’s route to work the day after she was last seen and two men apparently trying the front door to her house in the week before she disappeared.
Second house searched as police arrest man for murder of missing York chef Claudia Lawrence