One veteran Toronto homicide investigator said the murder has the hallmarks of a carjacking that spiralled out of control, with killers scrambling to cover up the crime.
“This really smacks of a disorganized event, almost panic,” said Mark Mendelson, a retired homicide investigator with more than a dozen years experience. “The next thing you know, they’re left with this body.”
Police have already made several crucial discoveries: Bosma’s cellphone at an industrial complex in Brantford; his 2007 Dodge Ram pickup inside a trailer registered to Dellen Millard — the 27-year-old man charged with Bosma’s death and the only suspect in custody — at his mother’s home in Kleinburg; and Bosma’s charred body in Waterloo where police are searching an airport hangar and farm property owned by Millard.
“Police have a really good body of evidence to work with,” Mendelson said.
He said officers are likely going through cellphone records of potential suspects and downloading GPS co-ordinates from their phones to determine their locations at the time of the killing.
They would also be searching computers for email clues, he said, and looking for any video footage captured at gas stations, drive-throughs and along Highway 407 to help nail down the movements of suspects.
