Police worried missing student was in danger when Sandeson's apartment searched - Nova Scotia
Three days after Taylor Samson disappeared , police broke down the door of William Sandeson 's south- end Halifax apartment to search for the missing man who they believed might be in danger, a first- degree murder trial heard Monday . They didn't find Samson there. But they did find an empty gun box, a safe and, inside an otherwise grimy bathroom, a spotless bathtub, a jury in Halifax was told. Several police officers are testifying at Sandeson's trial, which is now in its fourth week in Nova Scotia Supreme Court . Sandeson is charged with first-degree murder in Samson's death. The Dalhousie University student disappeared on Aug. 15, 2015, and his body has never been found. Sandeson's arrest Det. Const. Jason Shannon was the Halifax Regional Police officer who kicked open the door of Sandeson's Henry Street apartment the evening of Aug. 18. Shannon told the court that on his way to Sandeson's apartment, he noticed a surveillance camera in the hall, wh...