Joseph Oliver Released from Custody in the Dale Worthman & Kimberly Lockyer Murder Case

January 10, 2008. Joseph Oliver was arrested one year ago this week charged with second degree murder in connection with the thirteen year long missing persons case of Dale Worthman and Kimberly Lockyer but Wednesday a Supreme Court Judge has granted him release on bail but he must follow some very strict conditions. In October and December Joseph Oliver was in Supreme Court asking that court for his release from prison. Today Justice Lois Hoegg agreed due to a publication ban were not permitted to report the evidence or the reasons for his release but we can tell you his conditions. Among standard conditions Mr. Oliver must remain on the Avalon Peninsula, not have contact with a long list of Crown witnesses, hes not to enter the community of St. Philips-Portugal Cove. He must report to the RNC everyday and follow a curfew to be in his residence from 11 pm to 7 am he must maintain contact with a sibling every second day. In the summer of 2006 the bodies of Dale Worthman and Kimberly Lockyer were discovered in a wooded area on the outskirts of St. Johns. They had been shot to death. The couple had been missing without a trace for thirteen years just months later, in January of last year Joseph Oliver was charged in connection with their deaths. Today after the courts ruling Mr. Oliver said he was happy to be getting out. Mr. Oliver will be back in court in April for his preliminary inquiry which will determine if theres enough evidence to send him to trial for the murder of the couple.

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