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RSS FeedsShaken communities feel sense of relief as bodies believed to be fugitives found in deep brush of northern Manitoba
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

8 august 2019 14:05:34

 
Shaken communities feel sense of relief as bodies believed to be fugitives found in deep brush of northern Manitoba
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


Even in death, Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky remained elusive.The search for the two young fugitives, who led authorities on a manhunt across Western Canada’s vast terrain, ended Wednesday morning with the discovery of a pair of bodies near the shores of Manitoba’s Nelson River.The find marked an end to “exhaustive” efforts by the RCMP and military but left agonizing questions unanswered — perhaps forever — about the two friends from Vancouver Island and the crimes they’re believed to have committed.What prompted the two B.C. teenagers to allegedly kill a young couple, not much older than they were, along the Alaska Highway or a middle-aged University of British Columbia botany instructor? How did they avoid a sophisticated search by RCMP officers and Canadian Armed Forces personnel through the boggy, dense bush of northern Manitoba?“It’s going to be extremely difficult for us to ascertain definitively what the motive was,” acknowledged Assistant Commissioner Kevin Hackett of the British Columbia RCMP. “Obviously, we will not have the opportunity to speak with these individuals.” There was, nonetheless, relief.Doris Fleck, the sister of slain UBC instructor Leonard Dyck, said Wednesday she was “sobbing when (she) heard the news” that two bodies had been recovered.Read more:In accused killers’ B.C. hometown, question looms: Who were Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, really?Column: The hunt for two B.C. murder suspects is over — but their motives may have died with themManhunt for murder suspects echoes ‘Mad Trapper’ chase that stumped RCMP in 1930s“It is a relief, and at the same time, it has been such a needless loss of life,” she wrote in a post to her Facebook page. “We cannot change what happened but we can remember (Leonard) for his dry sense of humour, his generosity and love.”She declined an interview.The bodies were found ...


 
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In accused killers B.C. hometown, question looms: Who were Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, really?
(The Star Fashion & Style)
In accused killers B.C. hometown, question looms: Who were Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky?
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 
 
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