UPDATE: Police Scotland's top cop visits Leanach Quarry near Inverness during search for bodies of Renee and Andrew MacRae
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THE Chief Constable of Police Scotland Iain Livingstone made an impromptu visit to the quarry being searched as part of the hunt for missing Inverness mother Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son Andrew.
The visit to the drained Leanach Quarry near Inverness came on the same day as it was revealed that wheels similar to those on Mrs MacRae’s Silver Cross pushchair had been recovered from the silt at the bottom.
Bone was also found, though it is understood to be from animals.
Chief Constable Livingstone was accompanied by Highlands and Islands Area Commander Chief Superintendent George MacDonald, when he met officers at the quarry.
Chief Constable Livingstone was in Inverness presenting long-service awards to officers, and after meeting chief officers at Highland Council, he diverted to visit the quarry.
He gave no statement to waiting media but said he was happy to visit the scene and meet his officers and see the nature of the work they are doing.
Chief Constable Livingstone sanctioned the major police exercise to drain the flooded quarry, as senior officers feel confident it could lead to a breakthrough in the hunt for the mother and son who were last seen more than 40 years ago on the day her burned out BMW was found in an A9 layby at Dalmagarry south of Inverness.
What started as a missing persons inquiry developed into a murder hunt.
Police probed the quarry’s water with underwater cameras early in the inquiry, but it was decided not to pump out the water.
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