swedie
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That description was so vague, it could have fit a quarter of the people in my neighbourhood. Do we know DM listened to the radio, read the news or watched it on TV?
And if the farm is as secluded as Swedie claims, why not leave the truck there in a trailer? There is still no believable reason for moving the truck and expecting better results for hiding it, in my opinion. If they thought the farm was good enough to hide a body on, why bother risking moving the truck? If they thought the hanger was too hot for the truck, why not move the other stolen parts out at the same time? Anyone who thought that a missing man might be tied to them could expect all of their properties to be at least looked over, even their moms house, their associates homes, their places of business and their places of leisure. To me the only valid reason for moving the vehicle would not be to hide it, but to use it as a form of intimidation or to point the evidence incontrovertibly at the one person.
How about this theory; DM takes his buddy MS for a test drive with RBEG, and unbeknownst to DM, MS has a thought like, 'Wow, this would be a really good way to jack a truck, hmmmm'. MS asks the next day if he can borrow DM's phone and his Yukon, and DM, who may be over-generous with his friends, says yes. MS arranges for himself and another unremarkable looking accomplice or two to take the test drive, shows up at TB's, takes him on a test drive, and kills TB when he won't abandon his truck.
After the killing, they panic, and think about what is going to tie them to the crime. And come up with just DM knowing that they borrowed his phone and truck. So they realize that as far anyone is concerned, it could have been DM who committed the crime; his phone, his truck. Why not complete the puzzle and use his incinerator and leave the body on his property, sounds like the perfect cover. (Which would explain why whoever used it didn't know how to use it properly, if they had not used it before.)
And then after some thought, and a few days of worrying about whether or not DM could be trusted to keep his mouth shut about lending them the Yukon and phone, they decided that leaving the truck in one of his trailers at his Mom's house would ensure his silence and or ensure that he would look so guilty that no one would ever believe him protesting his innocence. Which it may well have. And which would also explain his initial shock and later, remorse, and his inability to actually help LE because of his lack of knowledge. And if he didn't know who the other associates were with MS that night, he could very well be maintaining his silence because he knows they are out there and they could be using MB as his hostage to silence.
The only thing missing would be a believable motive; who would believe a millionaire would steal a lemon of a truck, and kill a man for it, no less? Well, what if they could make it look like he was running a chop shop? If one of the associates knows someone who has a few things they'd like to unload, like a Harley they can't sell and some scraps with ground off vins, how hard would it be to dump a small load out of the Harley trailer at the hanger?
To me that plan sounds far more reasonable to a murderer than playing hot potato with the evidence and leaving lots of places where evidence would be pointing directly to them and them only.
I do not believe the description was vague. The tattoo as Kav stated was distinctive being on the wrist. The word ambition was common but not the location on the wrist. The tattoo was a huge clue which gave DM away. I would love to know how many tips were phoned in based solely on that tattoo and naming DM as the suspect. Certainly there were other solid tips called in, but just for the heck of it, I would like to know about the tattoo tip.
Yes secluded in the way that someone driving by can not see the field or the bush. One would have to walk part way up the trail beside the barn to see the field and bush. Heading west on Roseville Road, there is a large bush just before DM's field and then an embankment along the road which blocks one view of the field and bush. Driving past the barn toward the neighbours on the same side, the land is flat and you can see the bush way back, directly behind their house.The neighbours have full view and I believe if the trailer was sitting back there, they would be able to see it through the bushes, in the area the incinerator was found. Just from the roadway and driving by it was secluded. Like the saying, "if you would have blink, you would have miss it".
Respectfully but I think you missed the point. TB was burned to get rid of evidence and him but they wanted the truck otherwise they could have parked it anywhere and set it on fire with TB inside. If they left the truck at the farmland, with or without the trailer, I feel certain it would have attracted the neighbour's attention and especially once he heard the missing person and truck news. Just as MB's neighbours were suspicious once DM was arrested. IMPO I do not believe the trailer was taken along in the heist that night, May 6th.
He said the suspect picked up by police was identified by a tattoo on his wrist investigators have called "unique" the word "Ambition" framed by a box.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/05/11/tim-bosma-case_n_3259690.html