Heads up to anyone selling a vehicle in the classifieds

This man in Hamilton has been missing since May 6th. Two guys showed up to take a look at the pickup truck he was selling on Kijiji.ca. He told his wife that he was going out for a test drive with them but he and his truck haven't been seen since.

http://www.cbc.ca/hamilton/news/story/2013/05/07/hamilton-missing-man.html

 

That is just brutal.:confused:

 

Ive always let them leave their car in my driveway and test drive... they always come back for their car!

 

Someone asked the question in the comments of that news article. "How did these two guys get to the house". So far no one seems to have offered that information. For me not having a car to leave in my driveway would raise red flags right off the bat. Of course, I'm a suspicious SOB anyway.

 

Sellers will have to start taking Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson along on test drives.

The first thing I thought after reading the article was "How did they get there?" too.
You get what you pay for when you sell on free classified sites though, they're like scum magnets.
They just sentenced an older guy and his teenage accomplice locally here for luring down and out guys to work on his place in a Craigslist ad then murdering them and taking what little cash and belongings they had.

 

I thought exactly the same as above posts..... How did they get there, No car, etc,etc.. Time of nite also, it was just after 9PM I believe. I know it's spring and all but it's kinda dark by then.

 

What a sad and tragic story...I hope this guy is okay, I can't believe someone would take anothers life over a pickup truck.

 

We watched this on the news, he's poor wife, she gave an emotional plee for her husband.

 

Who knows how they would have come up with a car to leave? Could just as easily been swiped too, is now hot, and looking for a replacement.

The trick is - give the drivers licence to someone at home, you have yours and that should suffice. If they come back looking for it without you, that person knows not to answer the door and to be calling 911.

That said, if two people come to look at my vehicle, only one has ever gone with me, I've always left the other at my house. Now one wonders about that, what havoc could be reaped back there while I'm gone?

Egads, nothing is simple any more. Those poor people. Please keep us updated if you hear news.

 

Just in!!!! PLEASE keep sharing and help the nightmare end! Tim's cell phone has been recovered in Brantford and his truck was spotted. One of the suspects has the word Ambition tattooed on his wrists. If we all do our part and keep sharing, maybe this little girl, wife, and family will have him back in their arms.

That's the latest I've heard. Let's pray for a happy ending, but I have to admit, it is looking less and less likely.

 

It looks like they have rough descriptions of these two guys now. Apparently they both went to look at a similar truck the day before but the owner of that one was left alone.

http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/opp-searches-in-brantford-connected-to-tim-bosma-disappearance-1.1275797

 

I just read they caught the Ambition dude and were saying he was being held for a number of things including holding someone in captivity or something along those lines so there is a chance the seller is still alive.

 

this is exactly why i never meet a CL buyer without my .380 in my pocket.
there have been people (and i use that term loosely) here that have posted ads selling Ipads and car stereos. buyers show up only to be robbed. I cant even imagine what it is like in an area rife with gangs that do that all the time.

 

They've found his truck and charged one of the guys who did it. Still no sign of the seller or the other guy who was in on it.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2...kes_mothers_day_plea_for_his_safe_return.html

 

Thanks to all keeping me updated on this story, the local media here in Utah has had nothing about this story at all. I'm still praying for this guy to found alive and safe.