Here's a timeline of what else we know so far about the four women Winnipeg police say were the victims of a serial killer, the man accused of killing them, and the push for the search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two of the women.Winnipeg police say Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and a fourth unidentified woman the community has named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, were all the victims of serial killer.
Defence attorneys had previously argued the trial should be heard by judge alone, rather than a jury, but a judge denied that motion. Demonstrators lit a sacred fire and laid tobacco down outside the Prairie Green landfill near Winnipeg in December 2022. City police said they believe the remains of Harris and Myran were taken there. , calling on Premier Wab Kinew to deliver on his promise to search the landfill for the two women's remains.
His spokesperson told CBC News in a statement that Canada is committed to acting on the landfill search, but needs support from the provincial government. The First Nations advocacy group is part of a landfill search committee that says while it is also pursuing a request to search Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill, it's currently focusing on Prairie Green.
In an October 2022 photo, Donna Bartlett holds up a poster for her granddaughter, Marcedes Myran, who was reported missing earlier that year. in the deaths of Harris, Myran and the woman who will later be given the name Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman. An aerial view shows the Brady Road landfill during a Winnipeg Police Service investigation in 2022. Officers in white suits go through garbage bins behind a North Kildonan apartment building in May 2022. The partial remains discovered there were later determined to belong to Rebecca Contois. Around this time, garbage stops getting dumped in the Prairie Green landfill cell where Harris's and Myran's remains are believed to be.
Long Plain First Nation paid homage to band members Harris and Myran in early December 2022, after police announced they had charged Skibicki in their deaths. , near the area of Main Street and Henry Avenue in Winnipeg, police say later in May, when they announce she is missing.Police believe Skibicki killed the woman the community has named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, on or around this date, court documents say.
Skibicki was charged with assault after allegedly attacking his estranged wife in 2021. Those charges were later stayed.
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