Marion Hodge

Marion Hodge vanished in 1984.

She was last seen when she was dropped off on the Whitesands in Dumfries on 6 July 1984.

Her husband was charged over her death in December 2023. However, in February 2025 he was found unfit to plead and he died inin July 2024, before he could be tried.

Marion Hodge's body was never found although she was declared legally dead by the Court of Session in Edinburgh in 1992.

Following his death the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service stated that the examination of facts proceedings were then at an end and that four decade police investigation was over and that the case was closed.

Marion Hodge had been 5ft 4in tall with a slim build and dark brown, collar-length hair.

She married at the age of 18 and became a mother by 19.

When she vanished her husband told friends and family that she had 'gone away', but it was noted that that was uncharateristic of her, it being noted that she would never turn he rback on her children.