Timeline: Kate Prout murder
Adrian and Kate Prout meet and marry the same year.
The couple buy Redhill Farm in Redmarley, Gloucestershire.
Signs of problems in the relationship are recorded in Mrs Prout's diary.
Mrs Prout alleges her husband threw her against their car following an argument.
11 February 2007
Mrs Prout accuses her husband of threatening to kill her and holding her over their drained swimming pool.
She temporarily moves out of the farm.
Two months later the couple attempt a reconciliation and Mrs Prout returns to the farm.
Mrs Prout holidays in Salisbury in Wiltshire while house-sitter Diane Bellamy looks after Redhill Farm.
Mrs Prout goes on holiday to Italy with Linda Wakefield, her sister-in-law.
Ms Bellamy looks after Redhill Farm.
Mrs Prout becomes concerned that her husband is having an affair with Ms Bellamy.
Mrs Prout meets accountants in Cirencester, Gloucestershire to discuss her divorce settlement.
Mrs Prout demands an increased divorce settlement of £800,000. Prout previously offered her £600,000.
Mrs Prout is seen for the last time at her home in Redmarley.
She was last heard from at 15:29 GMT when she called her bank.
Prout reports his wife missing to the police. Searches begin at Redhill Farm.
Police arrest Prout on suspicion of murder.
Officers said they were searching 200 acres of land around her home.
At the time they said there was no direct evidence that she had come to harm and she still may be safe
Prout is released without charge.
The search of the farm at Redmarley and surrounding area concludes.
4 January 2008
Police say they believe Mrs Prout has been murdered.
Prout is arrested for a second time on suspicion of his wife's murder.
28 January 2009
Police confirm Prout is no longer suspected of murdering his wife.
Prout is arrested and charged with murder and appears at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court.
7 January 2010
Debbie Garlick, Prout's new fiancée, announces on Facebook that she has given birth to their first child.
Prout, who denies murder, goes on trial at Bristol Crown Court.
The three-week trial heard about friction between the couple before divorce proceedings began.
It was also told that Mrs Prout's body might never be found.
Prout is found guilty of murdering his wife.
Acting Det Supt Neil Kelly, who led the case, says Mrs Prout's body might never be found unless her husband admits where she is.
Mrs Prout's brother, Richard Wakefield, said the family would like to find out where her body is so they can bury her.
Prout is jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years.
Police call off the search for the body of Mrs Prout.
17 November 2011
Officers who investigated Mrs Prout's murder say they have received "significant" new information.
Police reveal Prout has confessed to killing Mrs Prout and agreed to reveal where he buried her body.
He is seen at the farm handcuffed to an officer as the search begins.
Officers find human remains at Redhill Farm after almost four days of searching.
Human remains found at Redhill Farm in Redmarley are formally identified as belonging to Kate Prout.