RCMP find items linked to B.C. murder suspects

RCMP in northern Manitoba say they have found several items linked to two murder suspects from British Columbia. Mounties did not say what the items are but that they were found on the shore of the Nelson River, approximately 9 km from where the burnt vehicle was found.

Mounties searched the river near Gillam over the weekend after a damaged aluminium boat was discovered there Friday. They said a dive team conducted an underwater search “of
significant areas of interest” on Sunday. The search did not uncover any additional items linked to the suspects.

This is the damaged aluminum boat found by #rcmpmb officers on the shores of the Nelson River during a helicopter search on friday afternoon. pic.twitter.com/56Ez8alVTs

— RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) August 4, 2019

The area has been the focus for more than a week in the hunt for Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, who are suspects in the killings of three people last month in northern B.C.

The news comes after RCMP said last week they would be scaling back their manhunt in the Gillam area, where a burned-out vehicle the suspects had been travelling in was found.