The Crime Tapes: Liana White is found and her husband is arrested

CTV News Edmonton's David Ewasuk takes a look back at the case of Liana White, who went missing in July 2005, and how her husband Michael White ended up being c

On Monday, we introduced our new series, The Crime Tapes, where CTV News Edmonton’s David Ewasuk looks back at the Michael White investigation, featuring our reporting at the time.

Part 1 focused on the day his pregnant wife, Liana White, went missing.

In the days following Liana White’s disappearance, police launched a search, and so too did her husband, Michael White.

And it was his search party of 40 volunteers, not the police, that made a gruesome discovery.

July 17, 2005, five days after Liana White went missing

Watch the TV story about the search party and their discovery:

July 18 and 19, 2005

Watch the TV story about Michael White being charged with murder:

Michael White’s arrest coming so soon after appearing on TV was no coincidence. His behaviour in front of the camera and the words he chose raised suspicion with investigators, they later said.

But it was the evidence they uncovered behind the scenes that played an even larger role in the laying of the murder charge against him.

That evidence was revealed at his trial in November 2006, the focus of Part 3 of The Crime Scene Tapes on Wednesday.