THE disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence gripped a nation as police tried to piece together her last movements.

MARCH 18 :: 5.57am - Miss Lawrence is captured on CCTV arriving for work at the University of Yorks Goodricke College.

:: 2.31pm - The chef leaves work to walk the three miles to her home on Heworth Road. A female colleague sees her as she drives past in her car and gives her a lift, dropping her off outside her house.

A short time later, Miss Lawrence leaves her house and walks past the Nags Head pub. She has a brief conversation with a woman with a pram.

:: 3.05pm - The last sighting of Miss Lawrence as she walks back to her house.

:: 8.10pm - Miss Lawrence has a telephone conversation with her father, Peter, and then another with her mother, Joan.

:: 8.23pm - She sends a text message to a friend.

:: 9.12pm - Miss Lawrence receives a text on her mobile phone but it is not known if she read the message.

MARCH 19 :: 6am - Miss Lawrence fails to arrive for her shift at work.

:: Later in the evening, Miss Lawrence fails to keep an arrangement to meet her friend, Suzy Cooper, at the Nags Head pub. Ms Cooper discovers her friend did not attend work and rings Mr Lawrence, who contacts North Yorkshire Police.

:: At some point during the day, Miss Lawrences mobile phone is either switched off or powers down. Police have not traced it.

MARCH 20 TO MARCH 22 :: Between 30 and 40 officers search for Miss Lawrence over the weekend.

MARCH 23 :: Mr Lawrence, a solicitor from Slingsby, North Yorkshire, makes an emotional appeal for information about his daughter at a news conference at Fulford Road police station, in York.

He describes Miss Lawrence's disappearance as a living nightmare.

:: Detective Chief Inspector Lucy Pope says police cannot rule out the possibility that Miss Lawrence has been abducted.

MARCH 24 :: Mr Lawrence walks part of his daughters route to work, handing out posters appealing for the publics help to find her.

:: Friends describe Miss Lawrence as a creature of habit and appeal for her to come home.

MARCH 25 :: Detective Superintendent Ray Galloway says he believes Miss Lawrence may have come to harm after meeting up with someone she knew.

He confirms there are now upwards of 100 police officers involved in the search and says North Yorkshire Police are bringing in officers from other forces to help.

:: CCTV footage of the chef's last known movements are released.

MARCH 30 :: Mr Galloway appears on BBC1's Crimewatch, saying: "We've had very interesting calls. Weve had some calls regarding a previous relationship. That's a useful context to me but my focus really lies on her current relationship.

APRIL 7 :: Mr Lawrence says he feels drained and empty as he makes an emotional plea from his home in Slingsby.

APRIL 16 :: Mr Galloway reveals a motorist saw a couple involved in a roadside altercation hours after she was last seen alive and well. The detective tells reporters in York it was a significant line of inquiry.

APRIL 17 :: A body is found in the River Ouse in York.