PM hopes families find closure after Winnipeg landfill search yields remains of 2 murder victims

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 4:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney says helium hopes recovering the remains from a Manitoba landfill of 2 First Nations women murdered by a serial slayer brings closure to their families.

RCMP person confirmed 2 sets of remains discovered astatine the Prairie Green landfill successful the past period beryllium to Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.

A hunt of the Winnipeg-area landfill began successful December successful the hopes of uncovering the 2 women killed successful 2022 by Jeremy Skibicki. He was convicted past twelvemonth of first-degree execution successful the slayings of Harris, Myran and 2 different Indigenous women.

A proceedings heard that helium targeted them astatine stateless shelters successful Winnipeg and disposed of their bodies successful garbage bins.

Carney says helium wanted to admit the gruesome find and wage tribute to the women's families who fought to bring them home.

"I conscionable deliberation it's important to admit the findings from the Prairie Green landfill successful Winnipeg and explicit to the families of Marcedes Myran and Morgan Harris, and to everyone who loves these women, designation of conscionable however horrific it is to relive this calamity implicit and implicit again," Carney said during an unrelated quality league successful Iqaluit connected Tuesday.

"I anticipation that this unfortunate lawsuit … begins to supply immoderate of that closure."

RCMP confirmed a time earlier that a 2nd acceptable of remains recovered astatine the landfill beryllium to Myran.

The women's families, Indigenous leaders and advocates pushed for years for a hunt of the area, taking their combat to Parliament Hill and the steps of the Manitoba legislature.

It is believed the remains of Myran and Harris ended up astatine the privately tally landfill aft they were killed by Skibicki.

The remains of Rebecca Contois were recovered successful 2 places: a garbage bin and astatine a antithetic landfill. An unidentified pistillate whom Indigenous grassroots assemblage members named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, oregon Buffalo Woman, has not been found.

Police person not said wherever she mightiness be.

Police had refused to hunt the Prairie Green landfill implicit information concerns. The Progressive Conservative authorities astatine the clip besides said it wouldn't enactment a hunt and touted its determination during the 2023 provincial predetermination campaign.

Kinew promised a hunt and, aft his NDP was elected, the state and national authorities enactment up $20 cardinal to money a search.

Wayne Ewasko, interim person of the Progressive Conservatives, apologized successful the legislature earlier this month, saying the enactment had mislaid its way.