Canadian police found the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman in a landfill and found more from another person, a family of victims that searchers asked the serial killer to target.
Police said in a statement that they confirmed that human remains found in a prairie green landfill north of Winnipeg were identified as the remains of 39-year-old Morgan Harris.
“Her family has been notified that the Manitoba government continues to demand respect for family privacy,” the statement said.
Harris, one of four women Jeremy Skibicki killed in 2022, was sentenced to life imprisonment in July 2024 after he was convicted of first-degree murder.
Skibicki, 37, admitted to killing Harris, Rebecca Contois, Marcedes Myran and an unidentified woman named Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe (Buffalo Woman) by the indigenous leader.
Police said Harris' body was “two sets recovered in the search” but did not provide identification for the second person.
The murder was originally discovered in 2022 when Contova's body was found in a trash can near Skibicki's home. Harris and Mylan are believed to have been buried in a private prairie green landfill, and details about Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe are rarely released.
Police initially said they had no resources to search for the facility’s garbage, most of which were buried under clay.
The search was approved after victim families and indigenous groups in Winnipeg led the march and obstacles to march, and authorities pledged a search of $20 million ($14.7 million) for the search.
Harris's daughter, Cambria, has always been a supporter of her mother and needs a search.
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After police confirmed that her mother's body had been confirmed, she wrote on Facebook that it was “a very bitter and joyful moment.”
“Please keep it in your heart tonight with our family and continue every day as we trust the process.” “I believe that both of our families will bring two loved ones home.”
At least 4,000 indigenous women and girls have been murdered or disappeared in recent decades, a landmark report called “genocide” in 2019. In the context of systemic inequality and injustice, vulnerable indigenous women remain victims of policy neglect and national indifference.
