Mark Smich, shown with his then-girlfriend Marlena Meneses in 2012. Smich, 28, of Oakville, Ont., and Millard, 30, of Toronto, have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in Bosma's death. The Crown in the Tim Bosma trial says a series of text messages between the Hamilton man's accused killers shows the pair meticulously planned to steal a truck, kill its owner with a gun and incinerate the remains. Crown attorney Craig Fraser has shown court texts between Mark Smich and Dellen Millard that talk about stealing a Dodge truck, the same one Bosma was trying to sell online when he disappeared on May 6, 2013, after taking two strangers on a test drive. Police found Bosma's body more than a week later burned beyond recognition.

Source: thestar May 24, 2016 07:26 UTC