Following the verdict, the couple’s sons urged their father to disclose the location of Fulton’s remains, hoping to bring an end to the mystery.

This conviction in the decades-old case offers a measure of closure for their children, who have endured years of anguish.

“We grew up surrounded by confusion and sorrow,” Heath Fulton expressed outside the courthouse.

“Our father lived a full life, traveling, prospering, reinventing himself, and even changing his name,” he continued.

“He was granted the luxury of time, something my mother was cruelly denied.”

Sharon Fulton disappeared from her Duncraig home in March 1986 at the age of 39.

Her body was never found but a breakthrough after a 2022 inquest led to Raymond Reddington’s arrest.

“I have lived with him, I have experienced the control, the deflection, the blame,” Heath said.

“Silence gave him space. Today, that silence ends.”

The defence argued in the three-week trial there was “no body, no weapon and no proof” but a jury disagreed, giving a guilty verdict after four hours of deliberating.

The court heard the now 79-year-old murderer is terminally ill, with just months to live.

His sentencing date is yet to be set – the prosecutor saying it would be a “perversion of justice” if the killer died before learning his fate.

“Today’s verdict closes a chapter in our lives,” son Deryck Fulton said.

“The last chapter is finding mum’s body so that we can bring her home and give her the respectful burial she deserves.

“Mum you are not forgotten, you are not erased, you are not just a case file, you are our mother.

“I promise you I will not stop searching for you and the full truth of what happened to you.”

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