Taylor Samson murder investigators continue to comb Lower Truro property

Police are back in Lower Truro, N.S., this morning scouring the property belonging to the family of a man accused of killing a Dalhousie University student.

William Michael Sandeson, a 22-year-old fellow Dalhousie University kinesiology student and track athlete from Lower Truro, is charged with first-degree murder in Taylor Samson's death. Sandeson was about to start his first year of medical school.

Colchester Search and Rescue are joining the Colchester District RCMP and police dog teams with the search on Wednesday.

Officers at the scene described it as a massive search area that includes a property on the corner of Soley Brook Loop.

Darlene Simpson has lived next door to the property for 11 years and says the Sandesons have lived there since she moved in.

She says police won't say what they're doing there.

Samson's body has not been found. Police won't confirm what they're searching the property for.

Megan Beaver lives in the area. She hopes the Samson family will find closure soon.

"I just can't imagine what they're going through right now. It must be so unsettling just not to know," she said. "There are just so many unanswered questions."

Beaver says she didn't know Sandeson, but some of her friends grew up with him.

"They were all surprised when they heard. But people change," she said.

Drug deal suspected

According to a warrant filed in Halifax provincial court, police suspect Samson was involved in a drug deal before his death.

Samson, who was from Amherst, was last seen on Aug. 15 at the Sigma Chi fraternity house to which he belonged, on South Street in Halifax.

In search warrant documents, police say Samson's girlfriend told investigators he left the apartment the night he disappeared with a black duffel bag, containing what she believed was marijuana.

She told police when he left, he only took his phone and left behind his wallet and keys, as well as medication for a liver disorder. He told her he would "only be gone for 15 minutes," according to court documents.

Police say they believe Samson was murdered at Sandeson's Halifax home on Henry Street.