Renee MacRae (b. 1940) is a Scottish woman who is missing, presumed dead. Her disappearance along with her son is currently Britain’s longest running missing persons case, and in Scotland the case is as notorious as Glasgow’s Bible John murders.
MacRae lived in Inverness and was married to Gordon MacRae, though the couple were separated. She had two sons, 9-year-old Gordon and 3-year-old Andrew. On Friday November 12, 1976, MacRae left her home in Cradlehall with both her sons. She dropped her elder son Gordon at her estranged husband’s house and turned south on to the A9 in the direction of Perth to visit her sister. Neither MacRae or her son Andrew have ever been seen again. Later the same night, 12 miles away, a train driver spotted MacRae’s burning BMW car in an isolated lay-by. When the police reached the vehicle, it was charred and empty, apart from a rug stained with blood matching MacRae’s blood type. Continue reading “Renee MacRae”