Bones and bits of a pushchair have been found by police investigating the 40-year disappearance of an Scottish mum and her three-year-old son.
Renee MacRae, 36, was last seen when she left home with her son, Andrew, on November 12, 1976 to spend a weekend in Perth with her married lover.
Renee's BMW was found ablaze just hours later in a lay-by in Dalmagarry, 11 miles south of Inverness.
Blood stains were discovered in the boot.
Police believe they were both murdered but no bodies were ever found, despite the case being revisited several times.
It later emerged that Renee's lover Bill McDowell, who worked for her millionaire building boss husband Gordon, was the boy’s father. Both Bill and Gordon gave police alibis.
The recent discovery of bone fragments was made at Leanach Quarry, near Inverness, which was the focus of the inquiry in 1977, months after the pair vanished, report The Daily Record.
In October 2018 detectives from Police Scotland renewed the search and a Scottish diving unit revisited the scene to look for fresh clues.
So far more than 13 million litres of water have been drained from the quarry basin.
After removing water, The Times reported objects recovered from the quarry included wheels from a pushchair and bones.
It's believed the metal parts are found to be very similar to the make of buggy used by Renee.
The bones have been examined and only animal parts have been identified so far, but investigators are still checking for human remains.
Several cars have also been removed from the quarry near Culloden.
Scottish police have never given up the hunt for Renee and Andrew.
The investigation into their disappearance has been subject to ongoing reviews, which included a full cold case review in 2004, resulting in a month-long excavation of Dalmagarry Quarry, which was also examined again in October.
