Killer dies months after conviction for 1976 murders
MacDowell, who denied all the charges against him, was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Inverness.
Mrs MacRae, 36, and Andrew disappeared on 12 November 1976. Her car was found that night on fire in a lay-by on the A9 at Dalmagarry, south of Inverness. MacDowell was sacked over the affair and the trial heard he had the boot floor of his company car replaced, and had also refused to hand back the vehicle until he had finished scrubbing it out.The jury heard that Mrs MacRae, who is survived by her eldest son Gordon, was a devoted mother and had been deeply in love with MacDowell.She said: "He has a very sick liver, very sick kidneys and his heart is trying very hard to keep him alive.
She said: "The pain of losing Renee and Andrew doesn't ease. Not a day passes when both are not in our thoughts. "Thinking of the terror they must have felt when they died in such a calculated and callous way continues to haunt me."Det Ch Insp Brian Geddes said the effort to find the remains of Renee and Andrew MacRae would continue
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