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For two weeks, the people of Gillam and Fox Lake Cree Nation held their breath, wondering if Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky could actually still be out there in the northern Manitoba wilderness.
On Wednesday afternoon, the RCMP told them they could finally exhale. The police believe they found the bodies of the two murder suspects, 8 km away from where the Toyota Rav4 they drove across the Prairies was found burning outside Gillam on July 23.
“I’m confident it is them,” said RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy.” “But to identify them, officially, to be sure, we have to go to an autopsy.”
The length of time it took authorities to find the young men emphasizes just how difficult the terrain is to navigate. RCMP scoured the wilderness—largely dense brush—with dog teams. Drones and a helicopter with an infrared camera hovered over the trees to spot anyone on the run. Locals set up patrol groups to keep a lookout at night. Others slept with their guns at their bedside.
Schmegelsky and McLeod had driven across the Prairies before RCMP determined they were, in fact, suspects in the deaths of three people in British Columbia.
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