RCMP believe they have found the bodies of B.C. fugitives Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky in northern Manitoba, ending a cross-Canada search for the men suspected of killing three people.
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Mother of victim Chynna Deese says she is “speechless” at the news that the fugitives suspected in her daughter’s slaying have been found dead in Manitoba.
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Police said in a Facebook post Tuesday they located several items on a shoreline Saturday, about nine kilometres from where a burnt-out vehicle used by Kam Mcleod and Bryer Schmegelsky was found last month.
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RCMP dive team ends Manitoba river search for B.C. fugitives with no new leads
The RCMP’s Underwater Recovery Team has come up empty after completing an exhaustive search of the Nelson River in northern Manitoba for signs of two fugitives wanted in connection with three homicides in northern British Columbia.