FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: PUBLIC PRESSURE ON WINNIPEG POLICE TO SEARCH LANDFILL FOR 3 MURDER VICTIMS!

Winnipeg police say identified victims in alleged serial murder case likely at landfill north of city Winnipeg police say investigators believe the remains of at least two murdered Indigenous women are at Prairie Green Landfill, north of the city.

Police Chief Danny Smyth held a press conference Tuesday to clear up “speculation” that the remains were at the Brady Road landfill, in south Winnipeg. Smyth had said Friday that remains of victims of alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki are believed to be at a landfill, but said no search is planned — due in part to the amount of time that has passed and the fact that there’s no known starting point for the search.

In May Skibicki was charged with the murder of 24-year-old Rebecca Contois, whose partial remains were found in a garbage bin near an apartment building. Police later found the rest of her remains in the Brady Road landfill in the city’s south end.

Skibicki is now facing additional murder charges in the deaths of Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26, and Buffalo Woman, whose identity has yet to be determined. His lawyer has told Global News he will plead not guilty to all charges.

On Tuesday, Inspt. Cam MacKid of the WPS Forensics, Intelligence and Technology Division, said investigators believe the remains of Myran and Harris are likely at Prairie Green Landfill, but the whereabouts of Buffalo Woman’s remains is still unknown. MacKid said police won’t be able to search the Prairie Green Landfill site, citing safety concerns for officers and telling reporters too much time has passed since the women were killed, among other logistical issues.

Contois lived in Winnipeg and was a member of the O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation, also known as Crane River. Harris and Myran also lived in Winnipeg and were both members of Long Plain First Nation. Police say the three were killed in May.

Buffalo Woman is also believed to be Indigenous. Police believe she was killed in March.