The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 2

The murder case of a young woman whose body has not been found hinges upon a "large and complex" body of circumstantial evidence.  Laura Babcock, a troubled 23-year-old Toronto woman, vanished five years ago.Two men — Dellen Millard and Mark Smich — are accused of killing Babcock in July 2012 and burning her body in an animal incinerator.

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA

Writer, researcher and host:  Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Dot Sessions:Down by the Bank - Free Music Archive

Ether - Silent Partner  YouTube Audio Library

Reminiscing - Incompetech.com  Kevin MacLeod

Peppers Theme - incompetech.com  Kevin MacLeod

There Will Be Romance - incompetech.com  Kevin MacLeod

Main information sources in episode  :

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-a-timeline-of-the-crown-s-case-1.4418858

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-eight-1.4380703

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-week-2-trial-smich-millard-1.4376318

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accused-killer-dellen-millard-asked-friend-to-keep-tabs-on-laura-babcock-jury-hears-1.4410532

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/co-accused-dellen-millard-calls-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-nine-1.4383035

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-14-1.4396243

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-four-1.4371985

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-ten-1.4385421

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-1.4415122

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-murder-trial-1.4387396  https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/12/16/dellen-millard-mark-smich-found-guilty-of-murder-in-laura-babcocks-death.html

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2017/12/14/his-letters-to-a-girlfriend-were-the-undoing-of-dellen-millard.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bosma-noudga-testimony-laughter-1.3565679

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/what-the-jury-didn-t-hear-at-the-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4436776

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ten-things-jurors-at-the-laura-babcock-trial-did-not-hear/article37305652/

http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/christina-noudga

https://globalnews.ca/news/585372/who-is-mark-smich/

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12/17/convicted-killer-dellen-millard-sent-chilling-letters-to-an-ex-girlfriend-he-was-ordered-not-to-talk-to-how-did-they-get-to-her.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/judge-refuses-dellen-millard-s-request-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/judge-refuses-dellen-millard-s-request-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-witnesses-millard-self-represent-1.4442636

Video clip sources in episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EL6jRCAFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n324nhK5xiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_cPKWAH1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLgv3YhsTM