Tim Bosma trial: Forensic anthropologist says bone burned at high heat
Dellen Millard and Mark Smich have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder
A forensic anthropologistwho helped determine that bones found inside a livestock incinerator on Dellen Millard's farm were from a human being istestifying today at the murder trial of two men accused of killingTim Bosma of Ancaster, Ont.
Dr. Tracy Rogers, who works at the University of Toronto, told the court the larger bone discovered was from a human arm and that it showed signs of being burned at a high temperature.
Millard,30, of Toronto, andMarkSmich, 28, of Oakville, have both pleaded not guilty to first-degreemurder in the slaying of Bosma, 32.
Their trial is now in its thirdweek in OntarioSuperiorCourt inHamilton.
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On Wednesday,Sgt.Annette Huys described finding bones inthe 3.5-metre-highincinerator, marketed as The Eliminator,on the Millard farm.
Bosma disappeared on May 6, 2013, after taking two men on a test drive of a truck he was trying to sell. Hisburned remains werefound just over a week later.
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