Court hears how Winnipeg man killed, dismembered, disposed of four First First Nations women

Forensic evidence about how and when exactly a man killed, dismembered and disposed of the bodies of four First Nations women in 2022 was presented in a Winnipeg superior court for the first time on Thursday.According to a statement of facts now agreed to by both the Crown and defence, Jeremy Skibicki killed the yet-to-be-identified woman whom Indigenous elders have named Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, meaning Buffalo Woman, on or about March 15 of that year; 39-year-old Morgan Harris on or about May 1; 26-year-old Marcedes Myran on or about May 4; and 24-year-old Rebecca Contois on or about May 15.Testifying before Court of King’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal, Winnipeg police DNA specialist Constable Jan de Vries explained Thursday that numerous items seized from Mr. Skibicki’s home in the city’s Kildonan neighbourhood and garbage receptacles in other areas helped investigators piece together the details of his crimes.