June 29, 2016

* Karen Ristevski last seen at her Melbourne home in Avondale Heights

* Her mobile phone pings off a tower in the Macedon Ranges

* A car similar to her black Mercedes SLK coupe spotted by CCTV cameras near Diggers Rest railway station

December 19, 2016

* Police search grassland, waterways, creeks and farms

February 20, 2017

* Karen Ristevski's body found at Mount Macedon Regional Park

March 6, 2017

* Funeral service held with husband Borce Ristevski a pallbearer, while daughter Sarah leads the procession

August 31, 2017

* Police recreate the journey of Ms Ristevski on the day she went missing in a black Mercedes, identical to hers

December 13, 2017

* Borce Ristevski charged with murder and faces court where a lawyer indicates a not-guilty plea. He is remanded in custody

April 18, 2018

* Ristevski returns to court where it's revealed detectives tapped phone calls and planted listening devices as they investigated the alleged killing, compiling a 22,000-page evidence brief

* Ristevski is granted state-funded legal aid as he fights the allegations

May 16, 2018

* Court told the pair's daughter Sarah and Borce's son Anthony are expected to give evidence at a committal hearing

July 16, 2018

* Ristevski's two-week committal hearing starts, aiming to determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial.

Australian Associated Press