Renee, 36, and her three-year-old son disappeared near Inverness in November 1976 and their remains have never been found.
Renee, 36, and her three-year-old boy disappeared without a trace near Inverness in November 1976. Her BMW was later discovered on fire in a lay-by on the A9 near Dalmagarry, containing a rug stained with blood matching Renee's blood type.
It's believed the father-of-two feared his affair was about to be exposed and his marriage and his career put at risk.It was revealed MacDowell was also the real father of Andrew, who was Renee’s youngest son.In September 2022, he was convicted of their murder at the High Court in Inverness and given a life sentence, serving 30 years before parole.
Top news stories today Speaking to the Record ahead of a two-part BBC documentary on the pair's murder, DCI Geddes, 48, said: "I am delighted we were able to give the family justice and get a conviction, but it still rankles that MacDowell died before we could speak to him face to face about the location of the bodies even though deep down I knew he wasn't ever going to engage.
"After the trial ended we employed all methods to establish whether MacDowell would be willing to speak to us. My final hope was that if I wrote to him he might respond and sit down with us but the letter was never received by him before he died.
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