THE father of Claudia Lawrence spoke yesterday of his family’s anguish as he recalled how they anxiously waited to hear confirmation from the police that a body found in a river was not the missing university chef.
Peter Lawrence said the three or four hours the family had to wait on Friday afternoon before an officer told them the body found in the River Ouse at York was a 68-year-old woman “was almost unbearable”.
Speaking at a weekly news conference in Slingsby, North Yorkshire, Mr Lawrence said: “Friday was a very deep shock to me and all the family.
“I was down in London about to be on the way back. And from the initial call there was a period of three or four hours of time which was almost unbearable, until we were told that the body found in the River Ouse was not Claudia.
“I suppose it was finally resolved on Saturday morning when the police did announce that it was a 68-year-old lady.”
