Bosma Day 12

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The Tim Bosma murder trial is now in its fourth week and the jury is hearing more about the animal incinerator that was found on a farm belonging to one of the accused. Bosma’s burned remains were discovered inside that incinerator.

The two accused are Mark Smich and Dellen Millard, Millard inherited an aviation business when his father died. He had a hangar in Waterloo, where the crown says he used the incinerator to dispose of Tim Bosma, and he had a farm near Cambridge, where the incinerator was found parked on a trailer.

The Eliminator, the incinerator was called, was supposed to be for small and large animal carcasses, although court heard from the manufacturer today that it is also used to cremate pets, or by law enforcement to get rid of illegal drugs.

The jury saw emails between the Canadian broker and an employee of Dellen Millard’s, Shane Schlatman, who worked in the Millard airplane hangar. He bought the incinerator on behalf of his boss in June of 2012.

The court heard this incinerator can take 500 pounds of animal carcass. The crown asked how much time it would take to burn a 170 lb animal, that was Tim Bosma’s approximate weight. The answer was about 3 hours.

Late in the day the crown showed the manufacturer pictures of the inside of the incinerator, he testified that it looked like it had been used more than once. The manufacturer from Georgia is still testifying so he’ll be on the stand again tomorrow.