[Kizzy]

A 59-year-old man from York has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing chef Claudia Lawrence.

Miss Lawrence, who was 35 when she disappeared from her home in the city in 2009, has not been found, North Yorkshire Police said.

A force spokesman said forensic examinations were being conducted and were expected to continue for several days.

Police said a car was seized and further arrests could not be ruled out.

The force have not said where the new forensic examinations were taking place.

Miss Lawrence, who lived in Heworth, worked at the University of York and had been due to start a shift at 06:00 on 19 March but failed to turn up.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27392172

[Ninastar]

Wow... Didn't expect this. Hope that if he did kill her, he gets the sentence he deserves

[arista]

March 2009
why kill her?

[Smithy]

Hopefully they've finally got the right person, must have been awful for her family not knowing what happened for 5 years

[Kizzy]

'Two houses 100 miles apart are being searched by police after a man was arrested on suspicion of murdering missing university chef Claudia Lawrence. A 59-year-old man, named locally as Michael Snelling, was arrested this morning at a house in North Shields, Tyneside, on suspicion of murdering Miss Lawrence, who went missing in York in March 2009.

Neighbours said his car was seized as police officers began a search of the semi-detached property. Snelling's home in York was also cordoned off, boarded up and subjected to a forensic search today. North Yorkshire Police confirmed a man had been arrested on suspicion of Miss Lawrence's murder but stressed the chef had not been found.

It is understood that the house where Mr Snelling was arrested, in Hollywell Road, North Shields, is his mother's home. Neighbours in York said he spent a lot of time at the property, in the area where he grew up. But, they said, he would return to York during the week for work.'


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014...?ncid=webmail1

[Ammi]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ce-murder.html

[Cherie]

Blimey, he looks like he wouldn't say boo to a goose.

[Nedusa]

he looks like a normal middle aged bloke, but I guess appearances can be deceptive