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TigressDem

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2. In this case, I don't think it's mean spirited. Horrible situation, but a huge undertaking.
Wed Dec 7, 2022, 01:57 PM
Dec 2022

The first two bodies were found in MAY at a different landfill and they were able to track the truck and pinpoint where it dropped them.

BUT.... the other two victims are much more deeply buried and it's almost winter.

These issues can likely be addressed, but it may need to be done in Spring using robots or something so the asbestos doesn't hurt searchers.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/07/us/canada-indigenous-women-killed-landfill-winnipeg/index.html

Since the time the remains were likely put in the Prairie Green landfill, the site has been covered with about 9,000 tons of wet construction mud that stretches about 40 feet deep, MacKid said. The clay has also become tightly compacted by heavy machinery, he explained.

Additionally, about 1,500 tons of animal remains and 250 tons of asbestos were strewn throughout the site, which would make it difficult for investigators to identify human remains and pose a health risk to workers, MacKid said.

Based on these conditions, he said, police “made the very difficult decision as a service that this wasn’t operationally feasible to conduct a search of this site.”

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