Saskatoon police find human remains, make arrest in disappearance of woman

Daleen Kay Bosse, 25, was living in Saskatoon with her husband and three-year-old-daughter, and was attending university when she vanished. She was last seen at a nightclub in the early morning hours of May 18, 2004.

Saskatoon police say their historical case unit and missing person task force, with help from the RCMP, recovered human remains in an isolated, bushy area near Warman, Sask.

Douglas Hale, 30, of White Fox, Sask., was charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to a body

He was arrested in a Saskatoon parking lot Sunday and made his first court appearance Monday.

Saskatoon police chief Clive Weighill said Hale was the last known person to see her that evening and he was questioned when she disappeared.

Weighill also said there was no connection between Hale and Bosse.

Lawrence Joseph, chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, applauded the police for their handling of the case.

"I want to salute and take my hat off to the police agencies who did not give up on this very serious crime against an individual that in this particular case is one of ours," Joseph told reporters at a news conference Monday afternoon.

Hale is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a bail hearing.