After Robert Olson died, Dean Boucher told the Whitehorse RCMP front desk staff that Olson was dead from an accident he, Boucher, had nothing to do with.

A 12-member Yukon Supreme Court jury heard that testimony Tuesday as the second-degree murder trial of Boucher and Mark Lange continued.

Boucher and Lange are charged with murdering Olson between Dec. 23 and 24, 2004.

Crown counsel called four witnesses to testify Tuesday. They included Whitehorse RCMP Const. Christian Pratt, who told the court of learning of Boucher's visit to the Whitehorse detachment on Dec. 27.

Pratt had learned of what had happened through the RCMP dispatcher after he came to the detachment from investigating the discovery of Olson's truck, which had been left in the Wolf Creek subdivision.

Pratt said the vehicle was found at the end of Langholtz Road. Inquiring around the neighbourhood, most people said the vehicle had been there since sometime around Dec. 23 and 25.

Antlers, a caribou head, picture frame and a pillow with what appeared to be dried blood on it were found in the back of the truck. A pair of work gloves with the same red substance as the pillow had were found in the front.

A tow truck was called to move the truck from the area and Pratt and another officer went to Whitehorse General Hospital to determine whether Olson was there.

After it was learned he wasn't, Pratt and the other officer continued to patrol.

As they were patrolling, they were asked to go to the bus station because they were told Lange was planning to leave the city and that he had been involved in a death.

They didn't see Lange, who they would have recognized through dealings over the years there.

When Pratt returned to the office, he was told of Boucher having come in. Boucher was being interviewed at the time.

Pratt then contacted the Carcross RCMP and asked them to secure the scene at Olson's Caribou Hotel which, it was believed, had been broken into earlier.

'Everything happened pretty fast,' he testified.

Earlier Tuesday, the jury and Justice Leigh Gower heard from RCMP Const. Jeffrey Kalles, who had been based in Carcross in December 2004.

On Dec. 24, Kalles was called to the Caribou Hotel by Herb Holstein, who told him it appeared the building had been broken into. Two others were in the lobby of the hotel when they arrived with Holstein in the hotel's bar.

Making observations, Kalles noticed there was a pool of dried blood near the pool table and three drops of blood on a garbage can.

After securing the scene, Kalles contacted the Whitehorse detachment and asked officers to be on the lookout for Olson and his vehicle, which were both missing.

'I felt that Mr. Olson was hurt or needed assistance,' said Kalles, noting he thought Olson might have gone to Whitehorse.

Holstein, the only other person aside from Olson to own keys to the hotel, told the officer Olson was planning to sell the hotel and had to go to Whitehorse for that. Holstein also told him that the Christmas season was Olson's first one alone and that he seemed a bit depressed.

Kalles also told the court he had encountered Boucher and Lange the night before when he was called out to look for a runaway youth.

The pair had been seen around the bridge in the community and later Lange was seen near Olson's truck.

Kalles also told the court the community has a nursing station which is accessible 24 hours a day. If there is a call outside normal business hours, it can be handled by a nurse on-call.

The court also heard Tuesday from the two people working at the Petro Canada service station off the Alaska Highway at McCrae when Boucher and Lange went into the store on Dec. 24.

Owner Michael Wren told the court he was working in the shop when Boucher asked for a tow. His tow truck would have taken a while to get up and running so he suggested Boucher call another towing company.

He had dealt with Boucher on a number of occasions. Aware that Boucher had 'light fingers' and knowing his staffer, who had only worked there about two months, might need assistance, Wren went over to the store after he was done in the shop.

There, he sat with Boucher, who got a sandwich and a drink. When Boucher lifted his hands to eat the sandwich, Wren noticed the backs of his hands were covered with dried blood.

When Wren asked about it, Boucher told him he had gotten into a fight with his sister and her nose had bled.

'I took it at face value,' he said.

Wren later noted under cross-examination that Boucher had made no attempt to hide the blood.

While there were some comments made by Boucher that 'the devil made me do it' and that he was going away for four years, Wren told the court he wasn't sure what was meant, and the sentences weren't connected.

A cab showed up in about 15 minutes and Boucher and Lange, who Wren hadn't noticed was there, left.

Boucher seemed agitated and apprehensive when Wren saw him. Under cross-examination, he told the court the agitation wasn't unusual for someone who had a car stuck in the ditch.

Boucher also refused to pay for the food, but as Wren noted, there were other times he wouldn't pay and later returned to pay.

'I know he would be by sooner or later,' said Wren.

Evan Coldwell, the other staff member working that night at the gas station, testified he had also noticed some blood on Lange's hand when the two left at around 4:30 a.m.

A document from the cab driver who took them downtown was also admitted into evidence. The document stated the two were driven from the gas station to the Pioneer Inn.

The trial continued today.