Mixed results in hunt for bodies
WHILE the question of what happened to Arlene Fraser is still unanswered, police confirmed last week that they had found the body of missing mum Louise Tiffney, who disappeared from her Edinburgh home on May 27, 2002.
It’s hoped her remains, found by a cyclist off the A198, near Longniddry, East Lothian, last Sunday, will give up vital clues to the 43-year-old’s killer.
In 2004, her son Sean Flynn was charged with her murder.
Prosecutors alleged he snapped and killed Louise days before he was sentenced for causing two deaths by dangerous driving but the jury returned a not proven verdict.
Other high-profile cases remain a mystery.
Last month, police divers searched a canal but drew another blank in the 60-year hunt for Moira Anderson.
The 11-year-old vanished on February 23, 1957, while out buying margarine for her grandmother in Coatbridge. She was last seen on a bus driven by convicted paedophile Alexander Gartshore, who died in 2006.
Also last month, police probing one of Scotland’s longest-running unsolved murders revealed they would keep close tabs on ground investigation work done in advance of the dualling of the A9.
Christine MacRae, 36, known as Renee, and her son Andrew, three, haven’t been seen since November 12, 1976. Her burnt-out BMW was found in a layby near Tomatin with their bloodstains in the boot.
Speculation about the whereabouts of their bodies has focused on the A9, which was being built at the time.
Renee, who was estranged from her millionaire businessman husband Gordon, was heading to meet lover Bill McDowell, who was later revealed to be Andrew’s biological father.