Mark Horning (right) and Will Taylor being led into a police van. ©Provost News File Photo. Inset photo of Timothy Salsman. Photo submitted

Second Man Sentenced in Salsman Death
Another man has been sentenced following the torture and killing of Timothy Salsman that took place at a Hayter house in 2004.

Mark James Horning, now 23 years old, plead guilty in an Edmonton court to manslaughter on Friday morning, May 16.

Crown prosecutor Ashley Finlayson told The Provost News in a telephone interview that Horning was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Because he has been in a remand centre for three and one half years Horning gets twice that amount credited to his sentence so technically he is seen as already served seven years— leaving four more years to serve.

Finlayson said that Horning apologized to his family and Salsman’s family for causing shame and embarrassment.

Salsman’s mother Maggie, who lives in Alberta is planning to have a memorial in Edmonton and a funeral in Sussex, New Brunswick. Her son would have been 27 years old on May 7.

Pam Kirk, an aunt of Salsman told The News that his remains were “identified by forensic in Vancouver. We didn’t get his head and hands as Will Taylor hid them and won’t say where he put them, I hope he sees Timmer every time he closes his eyes, I hope this haunts him, like it should.”

On February 5, 2007, then 26 year old William Edgar Taylor was found guilty of the second degree murder of 23 year old Timothy Salsman. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

It was reported that Horning received a lighter sentence in part because he had indirectly helped investigators discover some of Salsman’s remains.

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