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John Bowie sentenced to 24 years' jail for the murder of wife Roxlyn 40 years after she disappeared

Roxlyn Margaret Bowie went missing from her Walgett home in 1982. Her husband John was found guilty of her murder in 2022 (Supplied: NSW Police Media)

John Bowie is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison after he was sentenced to 24 years with a non-parole period of 18 years for the murder of his first wife, Roxlyn.

But the trial conclusion, described outside court by the couple's only daughter as "justice for my Mum", still leaves a grim, unanswered question: where are Roxlyn Bowie's remains?   

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