Dellen Millard farm search tied to Laura Babcock disappearance

Toronto police said an investigation Monday at the Waterloo Region farm of Dellen Millardwas related to the disappearance of Laura Babcock.

The 23-year-old Toronto woman, who police saidhad arelationship with Millard, was reported missing in June 2012.

• Police say Laura Babcock had relationship with Bosma accused

A Toronto police forensic vehicle and several detectives in plainclotheswere seenat the North Dumfries Township property. Investigatorscould be been seen entering and exiting the farm's barn.

Later Monday, officers fromWaterloo Regional Police's drug unit were at the scene and searched the barn.Both forces hadwrapped up their search around 6 p.m., with onlya singleWaterloo cruiser remaining to guard the property.

A search warrant was executed at the farm Monday morning, Toronto police said.

• Only 1 set of human remains found at Millard farm, police say
• Tim Bosma's widow says 'I am broken'

Police declined to provide any more details, other than to say that new information led to the latest search.

Babcock's cellphone records show Millard was one of the last people she called before she went missing.

Laura Babcock's mother, Linda Babcock, told CBC reporter Marivel Taruc in a brief interviewon Mondaythat she will stay positive.

"I'm being totally optimistic," she said.

Burned human remains were previouslylocated on the farm, and investigators said they were confident they belong to Hamilton man Tim Bosma.

Earlier, police found an incinerator on the farm that they say Millard purchased last July. The machine, known as The Eliminator, is used to cremate livestock, but police said Millard didn't own any animals.

Millard, the 28-year-old heir of a family aviation business, was charged with kidnapping and killing Bosma after the husband and father disappeared after he went on a test drive of a truck on May 6 with two strangers who responded toan online ad.

Police have also charged Mark Smich, 25, with first-degree murder in Bosma's death.

Millard's lawyer,Deepak Paradkar, said his client has not been interviewed recently about Babcock and he didn't know about the search warrant being executed. Millard's next court appearance is set for Thursday.