The Latest Breaking News from John Bowie

Wife killer will likely spend rest of life in prison

John Douglas Bowie, who murdered his wife more than four decades ago, will likely die in custody after being sentenced to 24 years in prison in NSW.

The New Daily · Mar 17, 2023

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

It's "justice for my Mum" says the killer's daughter as he is sentenced to almost certainly die in jail, but a grim question goes unanswered: where are Roxlyn Bowie's remains?

ABC News · Mar 17, 2023

John Bowie's only living child begs to know what he did with her mother's body 40 years after disappearance

The daughter of convicted murderer John Bowie tells the NSW Supreme Court that she often still feels like "the angry little girl that lost her mum".

ABC News · Mar 3, 2023

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

Prosecutors tell the Supreme Court that John Bowie, who is accused of murdering his wife 40 years ago, invited a neighbour into his house on the night Roxlyn disappeared as part of a "staged performance".

ABC News · Oct 26, 2022

John Bowie's former partners tell murder trial about 'lots of violence' in their relationships

A man charged with murdering his wife has been accused of being violent to two former partners in court.

ABC News · Oct 21, 2022

John Bowie murder trial hears he told colleagues 'pigs don't leave any evidence'

Former colleagues of a man accused of murdering his wife have told a court about separate occasions when he said "pigs don't leave any evidence".

ABC News · Oct 20, 2022

Man accused of killing wife admits to bringing other women to family home for sex

A jury has heard John Bowie, who is accused of killing his wife Roxlyn 40 years ago, admitted to having affairs with other women.

ABC News · Oct 13, 2022

Focus on Dear John letter at murder trial

A man accused of murdering his wife 40 years ago told police their marriage was reasonably smooth but she vanished leaving their children but taking clothes.

AAP · Oct 13, 2022

Alleged wife-killer said she was hiding

A man accused of murdering his wife in 1982 drank beer and didn't seem to be worried on the night of her disappearance, a NSW jury has been told.

AAP · Sep 30, 2022

John Bowie's daughter describes father 'choking' her mother, Roxlyn, shoving food down her shirt

John and Roxlyn Bowie's only living child has told a court she witnessed her father being violent towards her mother.

ABC News · Sep 29, 2022