'Satan answered my prayers,' Folker says in letter

A letter hand-written by David Folker in the weeks following Ann Marie Shirran's death was entered as evidence today at Folker's second-degree murder trialin St. John's.

The 42-year-oldis accused of killing Shirranin July 2010.

The pair had a young sontogether.

In the three-page letter written to a friendnamed 'Tammy', Folker describes Shirran as "mentally ill" and sayshe "could not stand the sight of (her), yet I stayed for [the child]."

RNC Const. Lori Normore testified Wednesday that the letter was found in Folker's Toyota RAV 4 during asearch in late August 2010.

Below is a copy of the letter obtained by CBC News.

Aerial photos of the scene where Shirran's remains were found in 2010 were also shown to the jury Wednesday.

They'vebeentold that animal bones were collected with Shirran's remains, and that tests hadto be done to determine which bones were human.

The jury hasalready heardthat Shirran'sbody wasdumped by Folkerin a remote area nearCappahayden, on theSouthern Shore, and that the remains were scatteredby wild animals.

Reporter Ariana Kelland filed updates from the trial at Supreme Court in St. John's.