Memorial for victims of Winnipeg serial killer helps families close painful chapter after sentencing hearing [Video]

One day after a Winnipeg serial killer was sentenced to life in prison for murdering four women, the families gathered for a memorial ceremony designed to close this emotional chapter of their lives.

Stephanie Contois, the sister of Rebecca Contois, one of the four women who were murdered in 2022, was credited for requesting the memorial and asking the other families to attend.

More than 150 people, including family members, friends and many of the people who’ve supported the families through their grief, attended the memorial Wednesday at the Oodena Circle at The Forks.

“It’s been a very, very long two years of fighting and it hasn’t been easy but with you guys behind us, it’s been a little bit better,” Jorden Myran, the sister of Marcedes Myran, one of the victims, told the crowd.

“Yesterday was a very emotional day, and although he got life, he deserves a lot …