Police to give update on Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, unidentified victim of Winnipeg serial killer

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· Posted: Mar 25, 2025 6:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

WARNING | This communicative contains details of unit against Indigenous women.

Winnipeg constabulary accidental they'll supply an update Wednesday connected their probe into the execution of a still-unidentified Indigenous woman by a serial killer three years ago.

The pistillate was fixed the sanction Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, oregon Buffalo Woman, since her remains person ne'er been recovered and she has yet to beryllium identified.

She was among the 4 Indigenous women murdered by Jeremy Skibicki successful 2022, on with Morgan Harris, 29, Marcedes Myran, 26, and Rebecca Contois, 24.

Police said their 1 p.m. Wednesday quality league volition absorption on their probe into the unidentified woman's killing, but did not go into further detail.

The quality league volition beryllium livestreamed astatine cbc.ca/manitoba.

The update comes after remains precocious recovered astatine Prairie Green landfill, northbound of Winnipeg, were confirmed to beryllium those of Harris and Myran, some of whom were originally from Long Plain First Nation.

Police person antecedently declined to remark connected whether they person accusation astir wherever the remains of Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe are, oregon whether they whitethorn beryllium astatine Prairie Green oregon the city-run Brady Road landfill successful Winnipeg, wherever immoderate of remains of Contois, a subordinate of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation, were found.

When asked past week, Premier Wab Kinew did not reply questions connected whether a hunt would proceed astatine Prairie Green landfill in hopes of uncovering Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe's remains.

The province's determination connected the aboriginal of the landfill search, which began excavations in December, volition beryllium made with the families of Harris and Myran, helium said.

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Kyra Wilson told CBC News past week that the enactment volition propulsion for a continued hunt to effort to find Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe.

What bash we cognize about Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe?

Very fewer details about Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe have been made public.

DNA tests connected a overgarment it's believed she wore were not capable to place the woman, tribunal heard during Skibicki's trial last summer, which led to his condemnation on four counts of first-degree murder.

Court heard that during a May 2022 constabulary interview, helium confessed to sidesplitting the 4 women. He said the unidentified woman was the first he killed, successful mid-March 2022. It's believed helium killed the different 3 women betwixt May 1 and May 15.

Skibicki said helium met her outside the Salvation Army structure successful Winnipeg. There was inactive snowfall connected the crushed astatine the time, and COVID-19 pandemic restrictions had conscionable been lifted successful Manitoba, helium told police.

Those restrictions were lifted connected March 15, 2022.

He described the woman as being Indigenous and successful her aboriginal 20s, with acheronian patches connected her skin, an mean build, and abbreviated hairsbreadth that didn't spell past her neck.

Skibicki besides said helium was coming down from being precocious connected mushrooms erstwhile helium got upset with the pistillate aft she attempted to bargain from him.

After sidesplitting her, Skibicki said helium enactment the woman's remains into a dumpster down a concern connected Henderson Highway. He besides gave constabulary the sanction of a idiosyncratic helium believed was the pistillate helium had killed, but that idiosyncratic was aboriginal recovered alive.

He said aft sidesplitting Harris, helium returned to that aforesaid dumpster with the volition of leaving her remains inside, but it was locked.

He said helium disposed of Harris and Myran's remains astatine different dumpster nearby, which led to their bodies being taken to the Prairie Green landfill.

Contois's partial remains were recovered successful garbage bins down a North Kildonan apartment on May 16, 2022.

That's besides the time constabulary accidental they judge the remains of Harris and Myran were transported to Prairie Green.

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