Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew speaks to media at a search facility site with the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
WINNIPEG — Experts conducting a search at Prairie Green Landfill have identified what may be human remains, according to an update from the province.
Manitoba RCMP and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner have been notified. RCMP have now launched a formal investigation into the discovery and are working on identification.
The families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, two Indigenous women believed to have been taken to the landfill, have been notified of the development and visited the site.
The formal search of the landfill began last December, two years after Winnipeg police announced they would not search the landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women.
Police have said they believe the remains of Harris and Myran were sent to the privately run landfill in May 2022.
Jeremy Skibicki admitted to killing Harris, Myran and two other Indigenous women and putting their remains in garbage bins. A judge convicted Skibicki of first-degree murder in July 2024.
“The Winnipeg Police Service is aware that searchers have recovered potential human remains at the Prairie Green Landfill,” said interim Winnipeg police Chief Arthur Stannard, in a statement. “Our thoughts go out to the MMIWG2S+ community and all families who are awaiting word on their missing loved ones.”
Given the new information on Wednesday, the Manitoba government is asking the public to respect the privacy of the involved families. Authorities will provide further details as more information is confirmed.
Crews prepare the site that will be searched for Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, whose remains police believe were sent the landfill just north of Winnipeg, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods)
