Tim Bosma's Murder Exposes Spoiled Rich Kid's Crimes Part 2

 

On May 6, 2013, a call came into the Bosma household. Someone was calling about the pickup truck Tim had for sale on kijiji. It was fairly late in the evening, but Tim agreed, telling his wife, Sharlene that he would be going on the test drive with these two men, Dellen Millard and Mark Smich.

 Two men he had never met before. He wasn't in the least suspicious when the men showed up on foot, brushing it off, telling Sharlene that they had a friend drop them off. Tim promised his wife he would be right back, but no one returned; causing her to call 911 in the early morning of May 7, 2013 reporting her husband, Tim Bosma missing.

(Even though it wasn't known at this time, it was later revealed that Tim was sitting in the passaenger seat, and he was shot and killed while they were "testing out the truck". It was never determined who actually pulled the trigger; but as if simply killing him wasn't enough, Millard and Smich brought Tim's body to the Millard hangar and placed him into the incinerator).

Initially this case was treated as a "missing persons" situation. They began their investigation, quickly discovering it was a burner phone who called the Bosma residence that night. 

Two days later, Tim's cellphone was found and had been deactivated but it was found in the industrial area of Brantford, Ontario. The police used the call log from the burner phone and what they discovered was chilling...

Tim Bosma was not their first attempt at doing this. The first time they failed, they didn't show up on time so they lost the opportunity to do what they intended. They did, however go for a second test drive a day before they met Tim Bosma. That seller was able to give the police some key pieces of information on the two men, including a tattoo one of the men had... it was on his wrist and it was the word "ambition" written inside a box.

By this time Hamilton Police Services was working with both Peel Regional Police Services and Toronto Police Services...

Four days after Tim's disappearance, HPS found out from the other police services that there is a Toronto man named Dellen Millard, who has that tattoo and carries a satchel bag with him at all times.

On May 11, Dellen Millard was arrested; the following day, Tim's truck was found inside a trailer on the property of his mother's house. The trailer that they used was registered to the airport and Millardair.

Eight days after the fatal test drive, Police revealed that Tim Bosma was dead; later confirming they found burnt remains in the incinerator which was out at Dellen Millard's Ayr farm property.

Eight days after that, on May 22, 2013 Mark Smich was arrested as well; but only after the police kept him tightly under surveillance.

As for the trial, things were very contradictory... Three different theories were presented in court. Smich was blaming Millard and Millard blaming Smich. Smich actually claimed he was driving in another vehicle behind the truck but Millard's lawyer said all three men were in the truck and her client, Dellen Millard was driving, which would make Mark Smich the shooter. 

The shooting was claimed to be accidental, as they tried to say Tim Bosma was fighting for his life when the gun went off and he was shot and killed by accident. 

Millard took the smart (by legal standards) way, and opted not to take the stand to testify; unfortunately Smich wasn't as smart and persistently denied the version Millard's lawyer presented. The Prosecution/Crown explained their version of events, based on the evidence that all three men were in the truck; they could NOT however prove beyond a reasonable doubt who actually pulled the trigger. 

BUT as long as both men worked on the plan and executed the shooting; according to Canadian law, both man could be charged with first degree murder, no matter who fired the bullet that killed Tim Bosma.

It seems that the Crown's theory was the one that made the most sense and on June 17, 2016 both Dellen Millard and Mark Smich were found guilty and convicted of the first degree murder of Tim Bosma. Both were sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility of parole for 25 years.

You would think this would be the end of these two despicable men's streak of crimes, but sadly, they had murdered two other people (that we know of). I will write about those crimes in the next blurb.

To be continued....