Bosma slain inside his truck, source says
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A family photo of Tim Bosma.
Tim Bosma was killed inside his truck following a struggle, a source says.
Bosma, who police say was found burned "beyond recognition" at an undisclosed Waterloo location, "did not die in the fire," said the source.
"He didn't burn alive."
Since Sunday, police have been combing a Waterloo Region farm owned by Millard, where an incinerator was found. It is not known if the machine was used to burn Bosma's body.
On May 6 around 9:30 p.m., Bosma took two men for a test drive in his pickup truck and was followed by another car, police said. He was never seen again.
Police said Bosma was "targeted" and likely died within hours of his disappearance.
Dellen Millard is alleged to be one of two men who climbed into the truck with Bosma.
Millard, 27, was arrested on May 11 in Mississauga. He plans to plead not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, according to lawyer Deepak Paradkar.
Police described Millard as "a very intelligent guy," but didn't know much about him, said the source, who was not involved with the investigation.
The source also said police raised the possibility the homicide may have been just for a thrill.
The search for Bosma has taken many strange twists after police found his cellphone discarded at an industrial complex in Brantford and then discovered his truck parked inside a trailer at Millard's mother's house in Kleinburg.
Police soon focused their search on two properties in the Waterloo region owned by Millard — one the sprawling farm and the other a multimillion-dollar hangar at the Region of Waterloo International Airport.
And on Thursday, the office of the chief coroner for Ontario confirmed they are still investigating the apparent death by suicide of Dellen Millard's father, Wayne Millard,in November.
Toronto Police confirmed they went to the Etobicoke home on Maple Gate Court jointly owned by Millard and his father on Nov. 29, 2012, for a death investigation that was deemed "not criminal."
But almost six months since his death, the investigation into Wayne's death is still "ongoing."
"His death is still under investigation," said Cheryl Mahyr, issues manager for the coroner's office. "So it's still open and has not yet concluded."
Despite the case remaining open, the Riverside Cemetery & Cremation Centre in Toronto confirmed Wayne Millard's body was cremated and is interred at an unknown location.
The coroner's office did not clarify if the case had been concluded and then reopened or what impact the cremation would have on an ongoing investigation.
An obituary written by Millard, and published in the Toronto Star on Dec. 14, only indicated his father had "passed" and spoke about his love of flying and animals
