Human remains believed to be those of Kate Prout, who was murdered by her husband four years ago, have been found by police.
They were discovered close to where Adrian Prout told police he had buried her body after dramatically confessing last week to the murder.
Specialist forensic experts and cadaver dogs have been searching woodland on the £1.2 million farm in Redmarley, Gloucestershire, for four days.
Prout, 49, had previously maintained that his wife disappeared in November 2007, but he was convicted of her murder in February last year.
On Friday he was brought to the farm from his prison cell in handcuffs and took detectives to the area where he believed he had buried the 55-year-old.
Speaking at a police cordon at Cobhill woods Detective Superintendent Simon Atkinson, of Gloucestershire Police, said: "At one o'clock this afternoon we have found human remains close to the location Adrian Prout identified as the place he buried his wife.
"No formal identification has taken place; however, we have informed Kate's family of recent developments. I do hope that this will be the final chapter of these harrowing events for Kate's family."
Prout's admission came to his fiancee, Debbie Garlick, a year after Mrs Prout's family last pleaded with him to reveal the truth.
Gloucestershire Police, who in 2007 launched one of their largest police searches to find Mrs Prout, described the search over the past four days as "challenging".
Prout had shown officers an area of 300 square yards (250 square metres) on Redhill Farm but was unable to give her exact location. "We have been searching for nearly four days, and that perhaps gives you an indication of just how tough it has been," Mr Atkinson said.
