Canada police say they can't recover bodies of murdered Indigenous women [View all]

Source: The Guardian

Canada police say they can’t recover bodies of murdered Indigenous women

Family ‘heartbroken’ and angry by decision not to search landfill after four women were believed to have been killed by serial killer

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Wed 7 Dec 2022 16.58 GMT
Last modified on Wed 7 Dec 2022 17.13 GMT

Police in Canada have said they don’t have the resources to search a landfill to recover the bodies of two Indigenous women murdered by an alleged serial killer – a decision that has left the daughters of one victim “heartbroken” and angry.

Last week, police in Winnipeg announced that four Indigenous women – Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, Rebecca Contois and a fourth woman who they had not identified – were believed to have been killed by an alleged serial killer. Winnipeg police have charged Jeremy Skibicki in their deaths.

But the prospect that the remains of the victims won’t be recovered has prompted disbelief and frustration from families.

“They say they can’t search because it’s unfeasible. Is human life not feasible?” Cambria Harris said at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday. Earlier this week her family was devastated to learn through a PowerPoint presentation that despite believing the remains of her mother Morgan were located at a nearby landfill, police would not conduct a search.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/canada-police-indigenous-women-murdered-serial-killer

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Related:
• Canada: Alleged serial killer accused of murdering four indigenous women (BBC)
• Canadian police believe the remains of 2 indigenous women who were victims of a serial killer are likely in a landfill, but will not search the site (CNN)