Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers.

And I'm Brett. And this week's story is about a murder spree that happened in plain sight

and when undetected for almost a year. And it's also a cautionary tale for the digital age

and for anyone who's ever sold something to a stranger on the internet.

This is the story of Dellen Valard.

On the evening of May 6, 2013, Tim Bozema put his two-year-old daughter to bed and began to pace.

He was waiting for a guy who was supposed to come test drive his truck. They planned to

meet at like 7, but it was now almost 9 p.m.

Now, he knew they were coming. They called around like 730 to say they're on their way

from Toronto, but now it's almost dark and like he's like, let's just get the show on the road already.

So while he's waiting for them, he's kind of like talking to his wife about the people coming over

and he's asking her like, do you think I should like go with them for the test drive or just like

give them the keys and let them do it? And she's like, yeah, of course you go with them.

Like we want our truck to come back, don't we? Like you don't just give your keys to a stranger.

So finally, well after 9 o'clock, two men arrived for the test drive.

And it's no wonder they were late because they show up on foot.

And this is a little unusual in general, but you know, like they're there to buy a car.

Maybe they didn't have one of their own. So fine. But what makes this feel extra strange was

that Tim and his wife, Charlene lived in this like very semi-roll area that's an hour outside

of Toronto. So this isn't a place that you typically like get to on foot, but whatever they were

here, and honestly, they were just hopeful that the truck was going to sell. Like at this point,

it was costing them way more than they were willing to pay and repairs and cash would be welcome

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