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Manitoba begins third stage of landfill search for victims remains [Video]

The province says it has begun the third stage of its plans to search the Prairie Green Landfill north of Winnipeg.

The remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran — victims of convicted serial killer Jeremy Skibicki — are believed to have been taken to the landfill in 2022.

Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder in their deaths, as well as the murders of two other Indigenous women — Rebecca Contois, whose remains were found in a different landfill near the city, and an unidentified woman who has been named Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (Buffalo Woman) by the Indigenous community.

“It’s been two years now that my mom’s been laying in a landfill as well as Marcedes Myran. That’s two years too long. I’m excited to finally be getting this this on the way,” said Cambria Harris, Morgan Harris’ daughter.

Premier Wab Kinew said Wednesday that the search facility pad is almost …

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