Winnipeg police said alleged serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was charged in the deaths of Rebecca Contois and two Long Plain First Nation members.
Authorities in Winnipeg, Manitoba, believe the murders of four Indigenous women came at the hands of an alleged serial killer now in custody in Canada,Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki, 35, of Winnipeg, has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of the women, a news release from the Winnipeg Police Service states. It is not clear if he has an attorney.
Skibicki was arrested May 18 by the agency's Homicide Unit and charged with first-degree murder, the release says.During the investigation, detectives established three more victims murdered between March and May -- before Contois' death. A fourth victim also is confirmed but not yet identified. She is believed to be an Indigenous female killed on or around March 15, police said.
Bodies of those three new victims haven't been recovered, said Winnipeg Police Chief Danny Smyth, noting police have enough evidence to charge Skibicki in their killings.
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