2022 Winnipeg serial killings

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Between March and May 2022, four Indigenous-Canadian women, Rebecca Contois, Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified woman referred to as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe (or Buffalo Woman), were murdered by Jeremy Skibicki. He was charged for the murders on December 1, 2022. [1] On July 11, 2024, he was found guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder, and he was sentenced to four life sentences in August 2024.

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Investigations by Global News and CBC News revealed that Skibicki had a pattern of spousal abuse, with two previous partners having been allegedly assaulted, threatened, and raped by Skibicki. Both partners were of Indigenous (Métis) descent. Further investigations of Skibicki's Facebook account revealed a pattern of misogynistic, violent, anti-semitic, and white supremacist behaviour. [2]

The killings prompted an emergency debate in the House of Commons regarding the ongoing epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls. A motion proposing the creation of a "Red Dress Alert" by MP Leah Gazan was unanimously adopted by the House of Commons, citing the murders in a letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino. [3] [4] Ahead of the 2023 Manitoba general election, the ruling Progressive Conservatives campaigned against searching the landfill for the remains of Myran and Harris. [5] [6] [7] The Progressive Conservatives would lose the 2023 election to the New Democrats, who promised a search for the women's remains at the Prairie Green Landfill if elected. [8]

Victims

Four individuals are thought to have been victims of Skibicki. Three of the four were Indigenous women, and the fourth individual is thought to additionally be of Indigenous ancestry. [9] Family members of several of the women stated that they were homeless at the time. [10]

Rebecca Stacey Contois (January 27, 1998 [11]  – May 14–15, 2022) was a member of the O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 24 years old [12] and a mother of one.

Morgan Beatrice Harris (1982or1983 – c. May 1, 2022) was a member of the Long Plain First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 39 years old. Harris was last seen in the area of Winnipeg's Main Street and Henry Avenue. [12]

Marcedes Myran (November 9, 1995 [13]  – May 4, 2022) was a member of the Long Plain First Nation and lived in Winnipeg at the time. She was 26 years old and a mother of two. [13] [14] Myran was last seen in the North End neighborhood of Winnipeg. [12]

Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe/Buffalo Woman was an unidentified woman of possible Indigenous descent. She was thought to be in her mid twenties and living in Winnipeg at the time. [15] [12] She was previously referred to as "Jane Doe" or as an unidentified victim, but discussions among advocates and Indigenous elders led to the adoption of the name "Buffalo Woman", which the Winnipeg police adopted. [16] The name was given to refer to the buffalo spirit which gave her name to individuals who had not received a spirit name in order to know one another, and allow for the acknowledgement of Buffalo Woman by the spirit realm. [16] [15] Buffalo Woman was thought to have worn a Baby Phat brand reversible brand jacket with a fur hood. [1]

Perpetrator

Jeremy Skibicki
Born
Jeremy Anthony Micheal Skibicki

1986or1987(age 36–37)
Criminal charges First-degree murder (4 counts)

Jeremy Anthony Micheal Skibicki was charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Contois, Myran, Harris, and Buffalo Woman. A representative for Skibicki stated that his client would plead not guilty. [15] Skibicki admitted to the murders but entered a not criminally responsible plea. On July 11, 2024, the plea was denied, and he was found guilty for the murders. [17]

Skibicki has a documented history of abuse against his partners. In June 2015, Skibicki was convicted following the assault of his common-law partner. The woman, who was pregnant at the time, was strangled by Skibicki and was punched repeatedly in the face. Skibicki threatened to kill the woman if she attempted to call the police. The woman filed for a protection order but the order was dismissed. Skibicki allegedly expressed violent fantasies towards his previous partner, and had smothered his partner so hard that her teeth began bleeding. He was sentenced to two months in prison and two years probation for the assault. [18] In 2019, Skibicki's then-wife filed a protection order against him at their first wedding anniversary. [19] [2] In 2021, Skibicki was charged with disobeying court orders, threatening her, and assaulting her with a deadly weapon. [2] Skibicki told his then-wife that he would kill, torture, traffic, or abduct her. She had alleged that she was abused by her husband, including having been raped by him while she was asleep and suffocated with a pillow. [18] In May 2022, his then-wife filed paperwork for a divorce. [19] Another assault charge against him, for allegedly attacking his spouse, was stayed. Both of Skibicki's previous partners were Indigenous, and were of Métis descent. [18]

Following an investigation by CBC News, it was found that Skibicki's personal Facebook page contained violent material, in addition to antisemitic, misogynistic, and white supremacist material. [2] Skibicki described himself as a member of "Holy Europe", [1] the "Alliance of Patriotic Parallel Movements of European Folks" (APPMEF), a far-right organization which promotes the belief that white Europeans need to preserve their bloodlines from being diluted by race-mixing, multiculturalism, and immigration. [2]

Timeline

The killings were committed between the months of March and May 2022. [15] Police believe Buffalo Woman was killed on March 15, 2022. [12] [1] [20] Marcedes Myran's last contact with her family took place around this time. [20]

Investigators believe that Harris was killed on May 1, 2022, [1] the day she was last seen alive. [12] [20]

Police suspect that Myran was killed on May 4, 2022. [12] [1] [20] Myran's family reports her as missing on September 26, 2022, following reluctance by the family in finding out something may have happened to her. [20]

Police allege that Contois was killed either on May 14 or on May 15, 2022. [20]

On May 16, 2022, Rebecca Contois' partial remains were found in a garbage bin near an apartment complex in Winnipeg's North Kildonan neighborhood. [21] In the ensuing search on June 2, 2022, further remains of Contois were found at the Brady Road Landfill. [12] [21] Skibicki was charged by authorities on May 18, 2022, for the killing of Contois. [1] [22] [9] [20]

On May 24, 2022, authorities issued an alert asking for help in finding Harris. [12]

On December 1, 2022, police announced that Skibicki was charged with three counts of first degree murder for the additional killings of Harris, Myran, and Buffalo Woman. [12] [20] Skibicki appeared in court on December 2, 2022; his case would go directly to trial without holding a preliminary hearing. [23]

On November 6, 2023, in a pretrial hearing, Skibicki pleaded not guilty and made a motion that the trial should be heard by a judge rather than a jury, a motion that the Crown opposed. [24] On January 24, 2024, a judge ruled that Skibicki did not have a right to a trial before a judge without the Crown's consent. [25]

Investigation

Authorities discovered Contois' partial remains on May 16, 2022, in a "horrifically grisly scene" in garbage bins behind Mar Joy Apartments in North Kildonan, Winnipeg. [19] It was believed that as part of the residential pickup, some of Contois' remains had been transported to the Brady Road landfill. [1]

Authorities began searching the Brady Road landfill for the rest of Contois' remains on June 2, 2022, following the lighting of a sacred fire. They were joined by authorities from the Ka Ni Kanichihk's Medicine Bear Counselling Program and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak's missing, murdered and Indigenous women and girls liaison unit. [21] On June 21, 2022, some of Contois' remains were found at the Brady Road landfill. [1] [20]

Prairie Green Landfill, a site where the remains of both Myran and Harris' remains are suspected to lie, was closed down briefly in June 2022. The fact was not disclosed publicly until it was shared publicly by a group tasked to oversee a feasibility study on the recovery of the remains. [20] Homicide investigators determined on June 20, 2022, that it was likely that the two's remains would be in the Prairie Green Landfill. [20]

Police announce on December 6, 2022, that it would not be feasible to search the site for the bodies of Myran and Harris. [20] Premier Heather Stefanson called for operations on the landfill to be paused on December 8, 2022, but announced on December 15 that only a single cell's activities were paused following an announcement on December 8. [20] The federal government announced on December 15, 2022, that it will cover the cost for an Indigenous-led feasibility study on the recovery of the remains at the landfill. Stefanson pledged support for the study the following day. [20] The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who oversee the feasibility study, states that a search can be undertaken as early as April 2023. [20]

Discovery of Linda Mary Beardy's body

The body of Linda Mary Beardy was discovered at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility on April 4, 2023, and reported to authorities. Beardy was a member of the Lake St. Martin First Nation and lived in Winnipeg before her death. [26] [27] [28] Her death initially raised suspicions that there was a connection to the deaths of Skibicki's four other victims, who were suspected to be located at nearby landfills, as some of Contois' remains were found at the same site as Beardy's. [26] Beardy's discovery renewed calls for searches of the landfills by the families of Skibicki's victims. [27] [29]

Winnipeg Police later determined that Beardy was not a victim of homicide, after witnesses reported seeing her climbing into a garbage bin, which was later picked up by a truck, hours before her body was found. [30] Police chief Danny Smyth stated there were "no other injuries that suggest any kind of foul play." [30] Beardy's family released a statement criticizing the approach Winnipeg police took in their transparency and expressed concerns that the Winnipeg police "may not be compelled to complete a thorough investigation." [30]

Reactions

Law enforcement

Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth stated in a press conference that it was unsettling whenever there is any kind of serial killing, [1] highlighting that the women were Indigenous and stating "We’re very sensitive to the whole missing and murdered Indigenous women investigation and inquiry and the recommendations that came out of that." [31]

Government reactions

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Members of Parliament Leah Gazan (left) and Niki Ashton (right) called for an emergency debate following the revelation of the killings

Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham stated "condolences are not strong enough" [31] and that the women were "members of our community ... someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's mother, someone's friend" [1] in a press conference that there was much more work to be done in protecting Indigenous women and girls, highlighting the vulnerability caused by homelessness, addiction, and poverty. [22] [9]

Members of Parliament Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) proposed an emergency debate in the House of Commons of Canada on the issue of MMIWG2S+ and called for further resources to support vulnerable women following the revelation Skibicki had allegedly killed multiple Indigenous women. The request for a debate was not granted. [32] Gazan stated: "While the government stalls in providing resources, Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit continue to be murdered." Gazan pressed the Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations Marc Miller on the decision by the Winnipeg police not to search the Brady Road landfill for the bodies of the three missing Indigenous women, of which Miller remarked that he found the decision "very puzzling". [23] Miller stated his intention to meet with Harris's family, while Gazan met with the families of Harris and Wilson, along with other Indigenous leaders, in a press conference. [32]

Date Debates MP Riding In office Party Hansard
May 30, 2022No. 77 (44-1) MP Leah Gazan Winnipeg Centre 2019–present NDP Hansard [33]
• Gazan states that the system has failed Contois.
December 2, 2022No. 140 (44-1) MP Leah Gazan Winnipeg Centre 2019–present NDP Hansard [34]
• Gazan receives news of the murders and urges the government to come up with a response.
December 5, 2022No. 141 (44-1) MP Niki Ashton Churchill—Keewatinook Aski 2008–present NDP Hansard [35]
• Ashton discusses Skibicki's ties to Neo-Nazism and calls for a comprehensive federal response.
December 5, 2022No. 141 (44-1) MP Leah Gazan Winnipeg Centre 2019–present NDP Hansard [36]
• Gazan calls for an emergency debate regarding the MMIWG2S crisis in response to the killings.
December 7, 2022No. 142 (44-1) MP Marci Ien Toronto Centre 2020–present Lib. Hansard [37]
• Ien honours the four victims in the context of gender-based violence.
December 7, 2022No. 142 (44-1) MP Leah Gazan Winnipeg Centre 2019–present NDP Hansard [38]
• Gazan discusses Skibicki's beliefs and their consequences.
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Andréanne Larouche Shefford 2019–present BQ Hansard [39]
• Larouche discusses Skibicki's beliefs and the causes for the violence Indigenous women and girls face.
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Leah Gazan Winnipeg Centre 2019–present NDP Hansard [40]
• Gazan shares a speech from Cambria Harris, Morgan Harris' daughter.
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Jagmeet Singh Burnaby South 2019–present NDP Hansard [41]
• Singh calls for urgent action regarding the MMIWG2S crisis.
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North 2010–present Lib. Hansard [42]
• Lamoureux discusses the case in relation to the death of Tina Fontaine
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Jenny Kwan
MP Lori Idlout 		Vancouver East
Nunavut 		2015–present
2021–present		 NDP Hansard [43]
• Kwan discusses the serial killing in relation to Indigenous killings in the Downtown Eastside
• Idlout discusses the violence and resulting effects of ongoing colonialism
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Laila Goodridge Fort McMurray—Cold Lake 2021–present Cons. Hansard [44]
• Goodridge discusses the deaths in relation to the death of Amber Tuccaro and other MMIWG2S cases in her district
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Michelle Ferreri Peterborough—Kawartha 2021–present Cons. Hansard [45]
• Ferreri calls on the Liberals to take action regarding the killings
December 7, 2022No. 143 (44-1) MP Jenica Atwin Fredericton 2021–present Lib. Hansard [46]
• Atwin notes the Canadian government's failures in implementing the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's calls to action
December 9, 2022No. 145 (44-1) MP Peter Julian New Westminster—Burnaby 2004–present NDP Hansard [47]
• Julian calls for further housing for unhoused Indigenous people and states that "we will fight to honour their memories."

MLA for Point Douglas Bernadette Smith, whose sister went missing in 2008, supported the decision to refer to one of the victims as "Buffalo Woman". Smith attended a vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women held following the announcement of further victims. [16] [15] Shadow Justice Minister Nahanni Fontaine expressed on her Twitter account that community members were feeling "rage, despair, disgust and unspeakable sadness" following the arrest of Skibicki, who she described as a "monster". Fontaine asked "When will the protection of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited be taken seriously? Winnipeg now has the distinction of having two separate serial killers of Indigenous women. Are we waiting for a third or fourth to rear their murderous heads?" [31]

Indigenous leaders

Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southern Chiefs' Organization, which represents two of the reserves that the victims were from, [31] stated: “We will be keeping you in our thoughts and prayers as you grapple with the news that your loved ones have been taken from us in such a violent way.” [12]

Kyra Wilson, Chief of the Long Plain First Nation, where Harris and Myran were from, called for further support for Indigenous women, two-spirit, and gender diverse individuals, in addition to support due to the deaths of two community members. [31] Wilson highlighted the disproportionate violence committed towards Indigenous women for many generations. [12]

The Assembly of First Nations, which was holding a special chief's assembly in Ottawa, held a moment of silence in honour of the victims and their families on December 6, 2022. [32]

Community reactions

A candlelight vigil was held outside of Skibicki's home on December 1, 2022, for individuals grieving the loss of the women and other loved ones. [31]

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