A timeline of what we know about 4 slain Winnipeg women and alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki | 24CA News
WARNING: This story incorporates distressing particulars.
The news was surprising: 4 girls, all allegedly killed in Winnipeg by the identical man in a span of two months.
Rebecca Contois, 24, remembered at a vigil as somebody who “at all times had a coronary heart for every thing.”
Morgan Harris, 39, whose daughter stated the mom of 5 and grandmother was “happy-go-lucky” and “silly.”
Marcedes Myran, 26, whose grandmother remembers her as blissful, smiley and trusting.
And a fourth girl who, till she’s recognized, has been given the title Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman.
The three girls whose identities are identified had been all First Nations, and police have stated they imagine the unidentified girl was additionally Indigenous. Their deaths have sparked requires motion to do extra to guard Indigenous girls and ladies.
Jeremy Skibicki, 35, is charged with first-degree homicide in all 4 deaths. His lawyer says his shopper intends to plead not responsible on all counts. His subsequent courtroom date is ready for Jan. 13.
According to courtroom paperwork and hearings, Skibicki threatened to kill two earlier companions within the final seven years.
Here’s a timeline of what we all know up to now concerning the 4 girls Winnipeg police say had been the victims of an alleged serial killer and the person accused of killing them.
Dec. 9, 2022
The chair of Winnipeg’s police board says officers are looking for a manner to seek for the our bodies of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.
Police imagine their stays had been disposed of within the Prairie Green landfill, north of town.
Dec. 8, 2022
Operations are paused on the Prairie Green landfill after calls from household and Indigenous leaders to seek for the ladies’s stays.
Dec. 6, 2022
Police say they imagine Harris and Myran’s stays are on the Prairie Green landfill, however say it would not be possible to look for them there.
Earlier the identical day, Harris’s daughters Cambria and Kera name on police to do no matter it takes to seek out the stays of their mom and the opposite girls killed.
Dec. 4, 2022
A beforehand unnamed girl who police allege was killed by Skibicki is given a reputation by the group: Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman.
Police beforehand stated she’s believed to be Indigenous and in her 20s, however will not say how they decided that.
Dec. 1, 2022
Police announce Skibicki has been charged with first-degree homicide within the deaths of Harris, Myran and the girl who will later be given the title Buffalo Woman.
He was already in custody, having been charged with one different depend of first-degree homicide in Contois’s loss of life months earlier.
September 2022
Myran’s household reviews her lacking, months after she was final seen.
Myran’s grandmother, Donna Bartlett, stated Myran’s mom was initially afraid to go to the police as a result of she was scared to be taught that one thing had occurred to her.
June 21, 2022
Police announce human stays discovered on the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg per week earlier have been recognized as these of Rebecca Contois.
June 20, 2022
Homicide investigators decide Harris and Myran’s stays had been possible on the Prairie Green landfill, however don’t disclose this publicly till December.
Sometime round this date, the police forensics crew can be notified.
By then, about 10,000 a great deal of particles had been dumped on the load they had been inquisitive about, police later say.
June 15, 2022
Police announce they’ve discovered partial human stays on the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg throughout a two-week search linked with the killing of Contois.
June 2, 2022
Police start looking Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill for Contois’s stays.
May 19, 2022
Police announce they’ve charged Skibicki with first-degree homicide and detained him in custody.
They additionally determine Contois because the particular person whose partial stays had been found close to a North Kildonan residence constructing earlier that week.
Police say they’ve executed a search warrant on Skibicki’s residence and announce a possible scene has been recognized on the Brady Road landfill.
Because of the circumstances, police say investigators haven’t dominated out the opportunity of extra victims.
May 18, 2022
Police arrest Skibicki in reference to the loss of life of the girl they are going to later determine as Contois.
May 16, 2022
Police search by way of rubbish bins behind a North Kildonan residence.
That search was prompted after partial stays, later confirmed to belong to Contois, had been discovered.
This can be the day police imagine the stays of Harris and Myran had been transported to the Prairie Green landfill.
May 14 or 15, 2022
Police allege Skibicki killed Contois on or round certainly one of these dates, courtroom paperwork present.
May 4, 2022
Police allege Skibicki killed Myran on or round this date, courtroom paperwork present.
May 1, 2022
Police allege Skibicki killed Harris on or round this date, courtroom paperwork present.
This was additionally the date Harris was final seen, close to the world of Main Street and Henry Avenue in Winnipeg, police say later in May, once they announce she is lacking.
March 15, 2022
Police imagine Skibicki killed the girl the group has named Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, on or round this date, courtroom paperwork present.
March 15, 2022
This is the final time Myran had contact together with her household, her grandmother says.
She was final seen in Winnipeg’s North End someday that month, her household says.
Sept. 4, 2019
A 12 months after they bought married, Skibicki’s estranged spouse is granted a safety order in opposition to him for 3 years. She alleges in each an utility for the order and a listening to that she suffered a litany of abuse at his fingers and that he threatened to kill her.
Sept. 4, 2018
Skibicki marries the girl who’s his now-estranged spouse. She later says in a safety order listening to that she was “under the influence” on their marriage ceremony day and went to detox for meth 4 days later.
Dec. 21, 2015
A unique girl, who’s then Skibicki’s common-law companion, information for a safety order in opposition to him, saying in her utility she feared “he won’t stop until I’m dead.”
Her request is dismissed. It’s not clear why, however the circumstances of Skibicki’s probation from a conviction for an assault in opposition to her months earlier than required that he steer clear of his companion and never make contact for 2 years.
Aug. 26, 2015
Skibicki is convicted of assaulting his common-law companion. After spending about two months behind bars, he is sentenced to 2 years of probation.
June 15, 2015
Skibicki assaults his common-law companion. According to an announcement of information later agreed to by Crown and defence attorneys, Skibicki grabbed his pregnant companion’s hair and punched her within the face a number of occasions, then tried to strangle her. He additionally advised her he would kill her if she referred to as police.
Support is on the market for anybody affected by particulars of this case. If you require assist, you’ll be able to contact Ka Ni Kanichihk’s Medicine Bear Counselling, Support and Elder Services at 204-594-6500, ext. 102 or 104 (inside Winnipeg), or 1-888-953-5264 (outdoors Winnipeg).
Support can be obtainable through Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Liaison unit at 1-800-442-0488 or 204-677-1648.
