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Cold case murder trial told John Bowie 'forced' wife to copy letters before disappearance

A jury has been told that a devoted mother was "forced or coerced to write two letters" that said she was "leaving her husband and children for good" before she was allegedly killed 40 years ago.

John Bowie is accused of murdering his wife Roxlyn on or about June 5, 1982, when she was last seen alive at their home in Walgett, in north-west New South Wales.

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