PORT ALBERNI, B.C.—The RCMP are urging the public to “remain vigilant nationally” as the manhunt unfolds for two young men suspected in the grisly slaying of a pair of tourists in northern B.C. and in the suspicious death of another unidentified man.The last reported possible sighting of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, was in Gillam, Man., on Tuesday, where a burned-out vehicle was found that resembled the one they had been seen driving in Saskatchewan.Cpl. Chris Manseau told the Star on Wednesday that police do not want people to focus on where the teens were last seen, adding they could be miles away by now.“If they’re on the move, if they’ve got another vehicle, they could truly be anywhere,” said Manseau.“They’ve obviously travelled some great distances over the last couple of days, so where they’re headed, we don’t know.”READ MORE:What we know and don’t know about recent deaths and disappearances in northern B.C.Time to revisit disappearances in hometown of B.C. killing suspects, says homicide expertThe five people at the centre of deadly saga in northern B.C.The deaths of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and American Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, made international headlines after they were found shot to death on the side of the Alaska Highway south of the B.C.-Yukon border last Monday, July 15. Four days later, RCMP responded to reports of a burning truck south of Stikine River Bridge on Highway 37, near Dease Lake, B.C. While investigating the vehicle fire, police discovered the body of an unidentified man at a highway pullout about two kilometres away.RCMP have not disclosed how the unidentified man died, but they released a composite drawing of the heavy-set, middle-aged man with a bushy beard in an attempt to identify him. The burning truck was last seen being driven by McLeod and Schmegelsky in Dease Lake, which is located about a seven-hour drive from where Fowler and De ...
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