The Test Drive That Never Came Back: The Tim Bosma Case

The Test Drive That Never Came Back: The Tim Bosma Case He posted his truck for sale online, like millions of us do every day. Two strangers came to his door at night, on foot, and asked for a test drive. Why did the buyers arrive with a burner phone and a rehearsed story? What was an industrial incinerator called The Eliminator doing on a farm, waiting, before the ad was ever answered? And how did a wealthy aviation heir glide past every alarm until one victim's community refused to stop searching? In this episode, we follow the Tim Bosma investigation from an ordinary online classified ad in Ancaster, Ontario to one of the most shocking hunts in Canadian criminal history: the footsteps on the gravel driveway, the rehearsal test drive with another seller, the single tattooed word that broke the burner phone's anonymity, the truck hidden in a trailer, and the machine on the farm near Ayr that revealed not one crime but a sequence, reaching back to Laura Babcock and to a father's death once ruled a suicide. Person: Tim Bosma, 32, contractor, husband of Sharlene, father of a young daughter Date: May 6, 2013 Location: Ancaster, Ontario, Canada Case: Planned first degree murder during a staged truck test drive; victim's remains burned in a livestock incinerator Legal status: Dellen Millard convicted of three first degree murders, Mark Smich of two; all convictions upheld on appeal in 2023; after the Bissonnette ruling struck down stacked parole terms, both may apply for parole around 2038; both remain in prison - The night test drive that felt wrong to everyone watching from the garage - The burner phone dead end and the "ambition" wrist tattoo that broke the case - The Eliminator: the incinerator that connected three deaths - The Bosma Army: a church community that filled a courtroom for five months - From a 75 year parole bar to 25: how one Supreme Court ruling rewrote the sentence The Tim Bosma case changed how a nation sells to strangers. Listen now to the full story of the Tim Bosma case. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].