By Harry Howard For Mailonline
Published: 17:18 BST, 2 June 2019 | Updated: 18:40 BST, 2 June 2019
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A mobile phone belonging to missing chef Claudia Lawrence was still active near her York home four hours after she did not turn up for work
A mobile phone belonging to missing chef Claudia Lawrence was still active near her York home four hours after she did not turn up for work.
Ms Lawrence's March 19 2009 disappearance led to a £1million murder inquiry and the latest disclosure is partly why police believe her killer was someone who knew her.
Sources connected to North Yorkshire Police's investigation revealed Ms Lawrence's Samsung D900 phone connected to a mast at nearby York University - where she worked - when her manager called her at 10am to find out where she was.
This was four hours after she had been due to start her 6am shift.
Ms Lawrence, 35, never turned up for her shift, and her body has never been found, meaning there is no crime scene evidence to examine, the Sunday Times reported.
A police source told the Sunday Times: 'Her mobile phone never left the area of York. This is part of the reason why the police believe she fell victim to an attack by somebody that she knew who was familiar with the area.'
Sources connected to North Yorkshire Police's investigation revealed Ms Lawrence's Samsung D900 phone connected to a mast at nearby York University - where she worked - when her manager called her at 10am to find out where she was
The call from her concerned manager placed her handset in a nine-mile area from the university to Tockwith village, including her home in Heworth.
Two hours after the call, at 12.10pm, mobile phone records indicate that Ms Lawrence's phone was switched off, though it is not known where it was at the time.
Friends said Ms Lawrence was never without her phone and her father, Peter, said the device was 'always charged up. She used it a great deal for texting.'
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