Trial of admitted serial killer wraps up second week in Winnipeg

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WINNIPEG — The murder trial of an admitted serial killer has wrapped up its second week of evidence. Two former acquaintances of Jeremy Skibicki were expected to testify Friday about their interactions with the killer.

Two former acquaintances of Jeremy Skibicki were expected to testify Friday about their interactions with the killer.

Skibicki is facing four counts of first-degree murder for the slayings of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg in 2022. Prosecutors are arguing the killings were racially motivated and Skibicki preyed on the women at homeless shelters. Police arrested Skibicki in May 2022, after a man looking for scrap metal in a dumpster found the partial remains of Rebecca Contois. More of the woman's remains were discovered the following month at a landfill.Court heard an unidentified woman Indigenous leaders have named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, was killed in March 2022.Police have said they believe the remains of Harris and Myran are in another landfill and have yet to be recovered.

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