Forensic dentist says ‘baby tooth’ recovered from ashes at murder suspect’s farm
CALGARY — A forensic dentist testified Thursday that he was able to identify what was very likely a baby tooth in the ashes found at the farm of a triple- murder suspect.
Dr. William Blair examined a number of fragments in July 2014 that were recovered from the property north of Calgary where Douglas Garland lived.
Garland, 57, is on trial on three counts of first-degree murder in the disappearance of Alvin and Kathy Liknes and their five-year-old grandson Nathan O’Brien, who was on a sleepover.
Blair, who has practised dentistry for 46 years, said he was given several packets of calcified material from a burning barrel and a fire pit on the farm, but only one item stood out.