Police lay charges in 1996 cold-case murder

Charges have been laid against an Edmonton man more than two decades after he became the target of an investigation into a Calgary murder. Daniel Boysis, 22 — also known as Daniel Morgan Turner — was last seen Dec. 1, 1996, in his Falconridge home near 68th Street N.E. and Faldale Close N.E. Staff Sgt. Colin Chisholm of the CPS Homicide Unit said Boysis was living “somewhat of a transient lifestyle” when he met Randolph Edward Westman in a northwestern Alberta community. The two men became roommates in Calgary a short time before Boysis disappeared and, on Tuesday, Westman was charged with Boysis’ murder. Chisholm said the case wasn’t even on police’s radar when Boysis first went missing because his disappearance was never reported. Two years later, Chisholm said a number of witnesses came forward and gave details to police. “We were given information in 1998 that led us to believe that Mr. Boysis had met with foul play,” Chisholm said. “An investigation was launched at that point and Mr. Westman has been a suspect since 1998.” Police say cold-case detectives began re-examining the murder in 2016. Boysis’ body has never been recovered. Randolph Edward Westman, 57, of Edmonton, is charged with second-degree murder and indignity to a body. Westman appeared briefly in provincial court where duty counsel Bob Haslam asked that his case be adjourned two weeks to allow him time to get a lawyer.