Searchers find items believed to be connected to Taylor Samson homicide

WATCH ABOVE: The search at a lower Truro property has intensified. Investigators are looking for evidence in the murder of Taylor Samson. The 22-year-old’s has not yet been located, but officers have made progress in the case. Global’s Natasha Pace reports.

HALIFAX – Police say searchers have located several items at a property in Lower Truro, N.S. believed to be connected to the homicide of Taylor Samson.

Investigators have been on scene since Tuesday, and were joined the next day by search and rescue teams.

Police say searchers located several items of potential interest on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. The items were seized for forensic analysis and investigators believe the items may be connected to the homicide.

They will not say what the items are, or how they are connected to the case, in order to protect the integrity of the investigation.

Searchers remain on the scene on Friday and were joined by the RCMP Underwater Recovery Team, which will be searching a nearby pond.

“We know that it certainly looks like a very intensive effort and that’s what we’re trying to do, is really consider every option, pursue every investigative effort,” said Halifax Regional Police spokesperson, Theresa Rath.

Samson, 22, was last seen in the 6000-block of South Street in Halifax on Aug. 15.

By Aug. 20, Halifax Regional Police had arrested and charged fellow Dalhousie University student William Sandeson, 22, with first-degree murder.

Samson’s remains have not been recovered, but police say that is one of their top priorities.

“That remains a goal for us,” said Rath.

“We would like to recover his remains. That is as much for us and our investigation and the matter before the courts as it is for the family. We want to bring them some measure of comfort.”

With files from Natasha Pace