
- KIERAN LEAVITT
- Taylor Samson's mom, Linda Boutilier, after Sandeson's verdict was announced.
“Turn around and take a bow, Billy,” Taylor Samson’s
William
And the story still isn’t over. Defence lawyers leaving court didn’t say whether their client is planning to appeal the trial’s outcome, but the Crown is anticipating it.
There’s also the unsolved mystery of what happened to Samson’s body. The Dalhousie University student’s mother, Linda Boutilier, continues to search for her son’s remains.
“I’m going looking after this trial and I’m gonna find my son,” Boutilier told reporters. “I’ll find him on my own.”
Cheers erupted in the courtroom as the jury chairperson read out the guilty verdict.
“Thank you,” someone said as they started to cry.
“Tell us where he is,” Samson’s step-sister yelled.
Family and friends were emotional after leaving the courtroom as they embraced and cried in each other’s arms.

- KIERAN LEAVITT
- Linda Boutilier, mother, and Elizabeth Samson, grandmother, speak to media after the guilty verdict.
“I can actually sleep for a change,” Boutilier said after the verdict.
“Thank the good Lord that the truth has come out,” said Samson’s grandmother, Elizabeth Samson, with tears in her eyes.
She expressed sympathy for the
“I do feel sorry for his family that they brought up a man like him,” she said.
Samson's mother was less sympathetic.
“He has no feeling, no emotion,” Boutilier said of
Samson’s father, Dean Samson, wasn’t able to attend most of the trial for health reasons. However, he was able to make it for the deliberations.
“It’s a horror story,” he said. “My heart’s ripped out.”

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- Taylor's father, Dean Samson.
Samson was a 22-year-old physics student at Dalhousie. Friends remember him as an entrepreneur who tutored first-year students on YouTube and loved helping other people.
“He made people better just by existing. He pushed everyone to be the best that they could be” said
“I’m thrilled with the verdict,” said Lowe. She attended every day of the trial.
Defence lawyer Eugene Tan didn’t want to comment on whether they planned to appeal or
“It was difficult,” said Tan about the case the Crown presented.
Having an emotional connection with
“It makes the decisions a little bit harder to take,” said Tan.
“Chin-up, we’ll just keep moving forward,” was

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- Defence lawyer Eugene Tan.
They’ve asked the family to file impact statements before sentencing on July 11.
“It’s important for the families of the victim to say what they want to say to the offender and to the public,” said MacKay.
She praised the efforts of investigators in the case. “They did an excellent job,” she said, adding that they had some “lucky breaks” throughout the case.
Samson was last seen the night of August 15,
The Crown alleged that Samson brought 20-pounds of marijuana to sell to

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- Sandeson's black duffle bag.
Their theory is that
In her closing argument to the jury, Crown lawyer Kim McOnie said they had amassed an overwhelming amount of evidence.
The Crown said
Police found 20-pounds of marijuana in

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- The 9mm handgun entered into evidence.
A verdict brings some relief said family members, but the longing to bring Samson home continues.
“There is one person sitting in this courtroom who knows where
Boutilier has travelled all over Nova Scotia looking for her son. She’s been driven off properties in towns before, looking for any sign of Samson. Her search continues.
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