A Saskatoon man accused of killing his wife admitted Thursday he was driving the truck police tracked travelling to Blackstrap just days before the victim’s body was found in the area.

David Woods is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dorothy Woods.

Dorothy went missing in November 2011 and her body was found in a culvert south of Saskatoon, near Blackstrap, on Jan. 4, 2012.

Court heard last week that police had installed GPS devices to two vehicles registered to David Woods. One vehicle was tracked, just two days before Dorothy’s body was found, travelling south on Highway 11 towards Blackstrap Lake before turning around and returning to the couple’s home on Riel Crescent.

The truck made the trip Jan. 2, 2012 just hours after police issued a news release stating an adult female’s body was found east of Saskatoon. The body was not Dorothy Woods.

Sgt. David Hudson, the lead investigator in the case, testified last week the route struck him as strange. He said police decided to search the Blackstrap Lake Valley area two days later on Jan. 4.

Officers found Dorothy’s body in a culvert just fifteen minutes into the search.

Surveillance footage from outside the Woods’ home did not identify who was driving the truck and, up until Thursday, it was unclear who was operating the vehicle.

David Woods’ admittance to driving the truck came as an addition Thursday to the agreed statements of facts in the case.

The jury, council, David Woods and media retraced the route Wednesday during an out-of-courtroom field trip.

The trip took about 45 minutes.

The judge told jurors the drive could be useful in helping them understand evidence presented at the trial.

Saskatchewan's chief forensic pathologist testified on Tuesday that Dorothy Woods died before she was dumped in the culvert.

Dr. Shaun Ladham said she was possibly knocked unconscious before she was strangled with a rope.

Court was previously told the couple's marriage was on the rocks, that Dorothy had had an affair and that she had told her husband she was leaving him.

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with files from the Canadian Press