Billy Mason

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## Billy Mason

### Classification

Presumed homicide

**William James "Billy" Mason** was a young man who went missing in 2006. A man was convicted of his murder, but his body has never been found.

## Case

### Disappearance

Billy Mason went missing on February 22, 2006. Billy's mother went to his apartment at around 8:30 PM that night to bring him groceries, and he wasn't there. He called her, supposedly from a friend's cell phone, claiming he was at the corner store and would be back shortly. She left and as she was on her way home he called her again asking if she could take some of his laundry with her because the machine in his building was broken. Since she was already home, she said she could pick it up the next day.

When she called him about picking up the laundry on February 23, 2006, he failed to answer after she called numerous times. She called him on February 24, 2006 and an unidentified female answered the phone and claimed that Billy had "gone away for the weekend." His mother was instantly suspicious because Billy did not drive and did not go anywhere often.

### Investigation

Not much is known about the beginning of the investigation. In June 2006, a witness claimed that he was escorted out of his apartment at gunpoint which caused the police to upgrade his case to a homicide. Billy's mother worked tirelessly to keep his name out there, and as a result, witnesses came forward. In November/October 2010 Jeremy Hall was arrested and charged with first degree murder. A second individual, Jason Lusted, was charged as an accessory. Both men had extensive criminal histories. The motive for this crime was revenge involving a drug deal (some reports also say robbery). Lusted's testimony was key to figuring out what had allegedly happened to Billy.

### February 24, 2006

Hall and Lusted got into a stolen pickup truck and went to pick up Billy at his apartment, doing so at gunpoint. They drove to a spot on a remote road which they used to burn stolen merchandise. As everyone got out of the truck, words were exchanged and Billy was shot by Hall. They then left him there for dead. Afterwards, they burned the truck in another location, and in the days after they returned to the body in another stolen vehicle. After wrapping the body in plastic, they drove to Hall's farm where they burned it. Hall's wife reported that she could smell a horrible smell that evening from whatever they were burning. Lusted claimed that Hall told him that he would put the ashes in animal feed bags.

### Trials and aftermath

Jason Lusted was charged as an accessory and received six and a half years in prison. This sentence was later reduced to four and a half years for Lusted's cooperation against Hall. Jeremy Hall was convicted of first-degree murder on March 6, 2013 and sentenced to life in prison. Hall appealed his conviction and it was overturned in February 2018. In January 2021, Hall was convicted a second time but on a lesser-charge of second degree murder and sentenced to seventeen years in prison. He was given credit for spending a large amount of time in solitary, and therefore will be allegedly eligible for parole in 2027. Billy Mason's body has never been found.

## Characteristics

* Brown eyes.
* Brown hair, closely shaved.
* Thin, slender build.
* Light/fair complexion.
* Large scar, right elbow.
* Scar, eyes.
* Scar, centre of forehead.
* Goatee.
* Tattoo on right calf, panther.
* Tattoo on upper back, dragon with missing tail.
* Tattoo on left arm, cross.
* Is manic depressive.
* On Disability.

## Gallery

Left arm, cross tattooMap of where Billy's body was burned.
## Sources

* *The Hamilton Spectator*
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	+ Article #2 (Archived)
	+ Article #3 (Archived)
* *The Toronto Sun (Archived)*
* *The Peterborough Examiner (Archived)*
* Billy Mason at *NCMPUR*
* Billy Mason at *Ontario's Missing Adults*