Bosma Day 10

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Tim Bosma’s still-grieving family wept openly in court today as photos appeared on screens showing the bones found at the bottom of an animal incinerator near Dellen Millard’s farm. The jury has already heard that those bones proved to be Tim Bosma’s who was found “burned beyond recognition.” Dellen Millard and Mark Smich are on trial for first degree murder.

The first witness was Chaz Main, a 28-year-old whose friend lives at a gravel pit north of Dellen Millard’s farm near Ayr. They pay a local farmer a case of beer and a bottle of Crown Royal to have the use of his land for dirt biking. The day after Dellen Millard’s arrest, police were searching all his properties including his farm and one officer noticed Main on his bike. She waved him over.

Main was asked whether he’d noticed anything unusual on the property, he said yes. He had taken a picture of the machine he described as a big redneck smoker, he didn’t think anyone would believe him when he first saw it partially hidden in a stand of trees the day before just north of the barn that belonged to Millard.

It had the word Eliminator across the side, but a smaller panel advised that it was an animal incinerator. Police realized it was big enough to hold a human, more than 10 feet tall, so they opened it to see if Tim Bosma, still considered missing was inside. A bone was visible and with officers, a forensic anthropologist later spent days sifting through the ashes.

Chaz Main also told police he had seen an excavator with a burned-out motor and another tractor that seemed to be stuck in a swamp nearby. As he was taking them to that area, they noticed two large burn circles. The smell of an accelerant like gas was evident and small bits and pieces of metal, including three seatbelt buckles were found on the ground there.

Defence lawyers have yet to cross examine the forensic officer who discovered the two bones, that will happen in the morning.