Manitoba decommissions Prairie Green landfill search

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government announced Thursday that it has decommissioned the search site at the Prairie Green landfill north of the city, where remains of two First Nations women murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki were recovered last year. Efforts continue at the Brady Road landfill for the remains of a third victim.

Skibicki was convicted in July 2024 of four counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Morgan Harris, 39, and Marcedes Myran, 26, both members of Long Plain First Nation and residents of Winnipeg; Rebecca Contois, 24, from O'Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation; and Ashley Shingoose, 30, from St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation, previously known only as Buffalo Woman or Mashkode Bizhikiikwe.

Police believe the killings occurred in spring 2022: Shingoose around March 15, Harris around May 1 after she was last seen near Main Street and Henry Avenue, Myran around May 4, and Contois around May 14 or 15. Partial remains of Contois were found May 16 in a garbage bin near an apartment building, leading to Skibicki's arrest two days later and charges. Additional remains of Contois were later recovered at the city-run Brady Road landfill.