The subsequent search for the pair, involving choppers and dogs, failed and it wasn't until 14 months later that hunters discovered their heavily decomposed bodies near Lake Fiastra in the Sibillini mountains.
Jeanette Bishop May, the former Lady de Rothschild, and Gabriella Guerin, her secretary, disappeared in a freak snowstorm in Italy's northern Marche region in November 1980.
After Jeanette Bishop May, the former Lady de Rothschild's, death was reopened as a 'murder investigation' police will focus on 'the local connection' rather than Mafia conspiracy theories.
At the time of her disappearance, she was in the Marche region renovating a 300-year-old farmhouse she had recently purchased with May, 140 miles north-east of Rome – a renovation project for the couple, who loved the area.
At the time of her disappearance, she was in the Marche region renovating a 300-year-old farmhouse she had recently purchased with May, 140 miles north-east of Rome – a renovation project for the couple, who loved the area.
