John Bowie jailed for 24 years for murder of wife Roxlyn in 1982
Self-confessed womaniser John Bowie has been jailed for a maximum of 24 years for the murder of his wife Roxlyn Bowie, who vanished from the outback town of Walgett in north-west NSW more than 40 years ago.of murdering Roxlyn, then 31, on or about June 5, 1982. Her body has never been found despite extensive searches.Bowie filed into court in Sydney on Friday and occasionally placed his hand on his chin or leant back in his chair with his arms crossed as he sat in the dock for his sentence.
She said Roxlyn was a devoted and loving mother “unlikely to have abandoned her children because she’d simply had enough of the relationship with her husband”.I’m leaving you with the kids for good.I’ve packed a few things and youDon’t try to find me, because I willThe judge said Bowie was involved in several extramarital affairs after moving to Walgett with his family to work as an ambulance officer in March 1978.
The judge said, with no remains discovered, no valid conclusions could be reached about the nature of the act that caused Roxlyn’s death, but she was satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Bowie acted with an intention to kill, and there was a degree of planning and premeditation. However, she was satisfied that he had disposed of her body in a way that has eluded detection to protect himself from prosecution and to prevent the body being available for forensic examination.
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