Canada names fourth Indigenous woman murdered by serial killer [Video]

Canadian police on Wednesday identified the fourth victim of a serial killer who preyed on Indigenous women, a breakthrough authorities hoped could offer comfort to her family after a three-year investigation.

Jeremy Skibicki, who targeted Indigenous women he met in homeless shelters in the province of Manitoba, is serving multiple life sentences after being convicted of four murders last year.

Skibicki’s killings were seen as a symbol of the dangers faced by Indigenous women in Canada, where they disproportionately fall victim to violence, termed a “genocide” by a national public inquiry in 2019.

After his May 2022 arrest, police linked Skibicki to the murders of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and a fourth woman whose identity was unknown.

Indigenous leaders named her Buffalo Woman, in an effort to give her an identity while her real name remained unknown.

Police in Manitoba’s capital Winnipeg on Wednesday identified her as Ashlee …