Canadian police said they found the bodies of two men in northern Manitoba on Wednesday and said they were "confident" that they were the two young fugitives wanted for more than two weeks for a triple murder.
"At around 10 am today, RCMP officers (Federal Police, Editor's note) found the bodies of two men" 8 km from where the two suspects' vehicles were found in late July, Jane said. MacLatchy, police spokesperson, at a news conference. "We are confident that these bodies are those of the two wanted suspects in connection with the homicides in British Columbia" last month, she said. "An autopsy will be done in Winnipeg to confirm their identities and determine the cause of death," she said.
"Several objects directly related" to the found killers
The day before, the investigators had announced to have found in the area of Gillam, epicenter of research for two weeks, "several objects directly related" to the two teenagers, Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky. They also found a damaged boat on the banks of the Nelson River, a portion of which was searched by police divers on Sunday, with no results.
The discovery of the bodies of the two fugitives, if confirmed by autopsy, will end a nearly three-week manhunt across Canada, which ended in the very inhospitable region of northern Manitoba. infested with wild animals and biting insects.