Murder victim Morgan Harris confirmed among 2 sets of remains found at Winnipeg-area landfill
CBC
WARNING: This story contains details concerning the murders of First Nations women.
RCMP have confirmed one of two sets of human remains found in a landfill outside Winnipeg late last month are those of Morgan Beatrice Harris.
Experts have been searching for the remains of Harris and Marcedes Myran since late last year. The two women, both from Long Plain First Nation, 95 kilometres west of Winnipeg, were among four First Nations women murdered by serial killer Jeremy Skibicki in 2022.
In a Facebook post Cambria Harris, Morgan's daughter, said Friday's news was a "very bittersweet moment."
"Please keep our families in your hearts tonight and every day going forward as we trust this process," the post said. "I believe both our families will bring both of our loved ones home."
Harris's remains were found on Feb. 26 at the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg, one of two sets recovered in the search, the province said in news release late Friday evening, adding that as facts are confirmed, relevant authorities will provide more information.
Skibicki was convicted in July 2024 of four counts of first-degree murder in the killings of four women in Winnipeg in 2022.
In addition to Harris and Myran, he was found guilty in the deaths of Rebecca Contois, 24, and a still-unidentified woman who has been given the name Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, by community leaders.
Investigators believe Contois was the last woman Skibicki killed, on May 14 or 15, 2022. They believe he killed Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe in mid-March of that year.
It's believed Harris, 39, and Myran, 26 were killed in early May 2022.
Partial remains belonging to Contois were discovered in garbage bins near Skibicki's apartment and at Winnipeg's city-run Brady Road landfill.
During Skibicki's trial, court heard that when Contois' remains were found, Harris's and Myran's remains were in a dumpster just a few blocks away and about to be taken to a landfill that same morning.
It wasn't until June 20, 2022, that police realized Harris's and Myran's remains had been taken to Prairie Green, and by then more than 10,000 loads of garbage had been dumped there.
Winnipeg police initially decided that it was not feasible to search the landfill. The decision was backed by then-premier Heather Stefanson and her Progressive Conservative party, leading to widespread anger among the families of the victims, First Nations leaders and community members.
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