A man charged in a homicide case dating back more than eight years made his first appearance in Saskatoon Provincial Court Monday.
Taylor Wolff, 31, is charged with second-degree murder in connection to the death of 43-year-old James Carlson.
Wolff has been ordered to have no contact with about 20 people. The list was compiled by the lead investigator in the case and was provided by the Crown prosecutor.
It consists of potential witnesses and co-accused, according to the crown.
Wolff’s lawyer Chris Lavier says his client has been investigated for several years in the case and continues to deny the allegations.
“I know that they have in the past brought him into custody to ask him questions to do some of their investigation,” Lavier told reporters outside of court. “But I’m not sure why there’s been such an inflection of time before they finally charged him.”
Carlson disappeared from the Watrous area under suspicious circumstances in 2008. His body has yet to be found but investigators believe he was murdered.
He was last seen May 14, 2008, at a local video store. His truck, with all his work tools, was found May 19 abandoned in a field and his home was searched the next day.
The search of the home revealed evidence to support suspicions Carlson was murdered, according to police.
Two years later, in May 2010, a white Monte Carlo owned by Carlson was found concealed on a rural property near Rosthern. Police say the vehicle’s interior was coated in automotive fluid, making the recovery of forensic evidence impossible.
Wolff has a bail hearing scheduled in July.
