Just Waiting ... Anxiously

"The family is 100% confident that this is a suicide, a non-criminal matter. They had a very loving relationship and there was nothing untowards between the two of them."
As for the case of Ms. Babcock: "It all seems to be an ocean of conjecture and speculation."
Deepak Paradkar, defence lawyer for Dellen Millard

"Toronto police homicide squad is investigating both of those cases -- the missing woman, Laura Babcock, and Wayne Millard's death. We can't come to any conclusions, obviously, however they are being looked at."
Constable Wendy Drummond, Toronto Police spokeswoman

The scion of a family business and fortune who had it all evidently had too much. Something within, some personal devil poisoned his future, forcing him to behave like a relentless psychopath, pushing all the boundaries of civil society in the belief perhaps that he would be immune to identification and thus responsibility. Just a nice boy whom his entire family was proud of. An accomplished pilot, a party kind of guy.

The human mind works in mysterious ways. Something like a force of nature, like nature itself, confounding us, intriguing us, frightening us. Last week, after news media began reporting that the body of Tim Bosma, burned beyond recognition at a farm in Ayr, Ontario, owned by Dellen Millard had been found, a young man recognized that name -- Dellen Millard -- and contacted police.

His missing fiancee, presumed dead, had been in contact with someone of that name. It was the last contact registered on her cellphone. Something clicked. Police began to look for the possible remains of another body on the farm that came equipped with its own very useful incinerator. "The report of further bodies is totally untrue at this time", said Staff-Sgt. Matt Kavanagh, lead investigator in the case, last Tuesday.

That was then. But developments in this puzzling case continue to surface. Now there is suspicion that Dellen Millard's father, Wayne Millard's death might not have been without assistance from his loving son. As it is 27-year-old Dellen Millard is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Tim Bosma who had advertised his Dodge Ram pickup truck for sale, and which Mr. Millard had responded to.

When Wayne Millard died on November 29, 2012 of a gunshot wound at the Toronto home he shared with his son, evidently no suspicion at that time fell on his son. That has changed. And 23-year-old Laura Babcock's disappearance has also been unsolved since she was seen for the last time in June of 2012. Her friend Shawn Lerner alerted police that Mr. Millard was the last call on her cellphone.

"We're just holding our breath. I'm not going to speculate. We're still hopeful she'll be found alive. We are just waiting to hear back from police on the remains that have been found. It's very frustrating."