THE mother of missing chef Claudia Lawrence yesterday spoke on the 13th anniversary of her disappearance and said: “If you give up on hope you might as well give up altogether”.
Cops believe Claudia, 35 — who worked at York University — was murdered in 2009, but no body has been found.
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Cops believe Claudia, 35 — who worked at York University — was murdered in 2009 2
Her mother Joan told BBC Radio York: 'We should really have had answers before now'
Her mother Joan told BBC Radio York: “We should really have had answers before now.”
North Yorkshire Police last year spent two weeks searching a lake and woods just outside the city.
But they later said “nothing of obvious significance” was found.
Joan is trying to solve the mystery for herself and is reviewing what happened “with a fine-toothed comb”.
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Detectives have said they think several people know what happened.
Claudia’s father Peter died last year.
Mrs Lawrence added: "I have had hope so many times and it's been dashed.
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"I never give up on hope."
She added: "It's the not knowing.
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"Despite the fact she was 35, she is my child.
"You can't say goodbye, you don't know whether she's dead, you don't know if she's alive, you don't know where she is, you don't know what's happened to her, there's no grave."