Photos of a large blue plastic tote containing St. Albert senior Ron Worsfold’s body and a bloody bed were shown to jurors Thursday in the Court of King’s Bench.
The photos of the tote were taken at a makeshift dump near a rural residence at 51223 Range Road 264 in Parkland County on July 9, 2017. Aerial photos showed a track from the residence to the site.
RCMP members testified about the photos introduced in the first-degree murder trial of Beryl Musila, 33, in Justice Larry Ackerl’s court.
“It was a large Rubbermaid container (about two feet by four feet) with the lid taped down,” said Sgt. Shane Turvey, the forensic identification specialist attending the scene.
“I did remove tape and peel (the lid) back and there was, unfortunately, a body inside,” he said.
He also found a knife blade, which appeared to have blood on it.
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Musila is accused of drugging, bludgeoning and stabbing Ron Worsfold on July 7, 2017.
On Tuesday, Musila entered a plea of guilty to indecently interfering with Ron Worsfold’s remains.
The Crown says Musila moved the tote containing Worsfold’s body to several residences before two men helped transport it from a home where a party was going on to the makeshift dumpsite.
Jurors saw photos from the site, and Turvey identified a brown cardboard box that was taped shut, a black suitcase, smaller Rubbermaid totes, including one containing a bloody pillow. There was a blue recycling bin and a black trash bag, he noted.
Turvey previously examined Ron Worsfold’s apartment at 205-75 Mission Avenue in St. Albert. He described from the photos an exposed portion of the carpet that had been cut out, which had some red staining around it.
He said he had removed the sheets and flipped the victim’s mattress.
“There was a large red stain in about the middle,” he said, adding there was blood on the outside of the mattress and some staining that had transferred to the box spring.
Testimony continues in Justice Larry Ackerl’s courtroom Court of King’s Bench.
The first-degree murder trial is expected to take six weeks.
