Jeremy Skibicki conviction: Relief and closure for victims’ families [Video]

A celebration erupted from a Winnipeg courtroom, spilled onto the front steps of the courthouse and throughout downtown minutes after a judge found serial killer Jeremy Skibicki guilty.

On Thursday morning, Manitoba Chief Justice Glenn Joyal convicted Skibicki of four counts of first-degree murder in the horrific and gruesome killings of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and an unidentified victim given the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe or Buffalo Woman.

“I wanted to cry,” Marcedes’ sister Jorden Myran told reporters outside the courthouse. “We fought for this for so long.”

She was joined by other members of the victims’ family, including Rebecca’s brother Jeremy who said he hopes this decision brings closure.

“She was a loving mother, loving sister, a daughter, a friend,” he said of his 24-year-old sister. “It caught us all …