Tim Bosma Timeline: Timing of suspect Dellen Millard’s real estate deal called ‘beyond smelly’

The lawyer for murder suspect Dellen Millard says there isn’t “anything untoward” about bizarre real estate transactions his client made in the wake of his arrest in the death of Tim Bosma.

But several experts with experience is real estate and tax law told the Toronto Star the timing is “beyond smelly” and pose serious legal questions.

An investigative report released by the Star on Wednesday found that Millard transferred three properties into his mother’s name one day after his arrest and three days before Bosma’s body was found on a separate plot of land owned by the heir of a family aviation dynasty.

“The timing is beyond smelly. It doesn’t make sense to me,” real estate lawyer Andrew Fortis told the Star. “It raises a lot of red flags.”

Those three properties include a downtown Toronto condo worth $620,000 that had been purchase just days earlier, a condo north of Toronto and a suburban home where Millard had been raised.

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They did not include plot of southern Ontario farmland where police say Bosma’s badly burned body was discovered, or a Waterloo airport hangar also searched in the massive investigation.

Legal experts say it isn’t clear why Millard would have decided to transfer the property into his mother’s name. It might have been an attempt to shield the property from a possible wrongful death suit. It could have been a convoluted attempt to distance himself from his wealth. Or it could have simply been a transfer with poor timing.

“I don’t think there’s anything unusual about a family member taking over assets while you’re in jail,” Millard’s lawyer, Deepak Paradkar, told the newspaper. “I don’t believe there’s anything untoward.”

Check out a timeline surrounding Dellen Millard and the death of Tim Bosma.

2011: The owner of the yacht rental agency says he rented Millard a boat and later recalls seeing blood on the vessel. OPP reports their investigation is complete and concerns are "unfounded."

July 3, 2012: Toronto police confirm this week thatphone records indicate missing woman Laura Babcock spoke with Millard on this day.

July 16, 2012: Toronto police seek the public’s assistance in the disappearance of Babcock, 23. The original investigation ends when nothing suspicious is uncovered.

November, 2012: Millard's father, Wayne, dies from a gunshot to the face, believed to be suicide. Police confirm this week they are taking a second look into the death.

April 28: Ancaster, Ont., man Tim Bosma posts his 2007 Dodge Ram truck for sale online.

May 5: Two Toronto men selling trucks online are called from Millard's cell phone to arrange test drives. One test drive was given without incident. Toronto police tell CP24 the second man slept through the call and did not arrange a test drive.

May 6: Bosma leaves his home to take an evening test drive with two men. Police say they were followed by a third person in a vehicle owned by Millard. Bosma does not return from the trip.

May 7: Millard buys a downtown Toronto condo for $627,534, according to records obtained by the Star.

May 10: Millard is arrested in connection to Bosma's disappearance and charged with forcible confinement and theft over $5,000.

May 11: While in custody, Millard signs power of attorney for three properties over to his mother. The properties include his new Toronto condo and two others. The Star reports Madeleine Burns pays $1 for property valued at more than $1 million.

May 12: Bosma's truck is located inside a trailer parked outside Burns' home.

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May 14: Bosma's body is found during a police search of Kitchener, Ont., farmland owned by Millard. The body is said to have been burned beyond recognition, but is later confirmed to belong to the missing father.

May 15: Millard is charged with first-degree murder.

May 22: Mark Smich is arrested and named as the second suspect in Bosma's death. A third suspect remains outstanding.

May 28: Toronto police begin searching Millard's farmland in the re-launched hunt for missing woman Laura Babcock. They confirm this week the search ended without the discovery of pertinent evidence.