Claudia Lawrence: Police drain lake in search for chef who vanished 12 years ago
Police probing the 2009 disappearance of Claudia Lawrence have drained a lake in a search for clues.
Drone footage shows six specialist officers in a line on their knees doing a fingertip examination of the lake’s bed, eight miles away from chef Claudia’s home.
The fire service dropped off pumps last week for police to use at the popular angling site.
The smaller of the two lakes has now been left empty.
Claudia’s mum Joan told how she is now suffering “awful nightmares” as the search intensifies.
She has “begged” anyone who knows of links between the lakes and the disappearance of her daughter to come forward.
Joan, 78, who lives 20 minutes away from the scene, said: “As a mum, hearing about a lake being drained and a fingertip search being carried is just a nightmare.
“No parent should ever have to endure this. I’m left wondering every day what is going on and what might be found.
“Would it be her rucksack, her phone or anything at all?”