Canadian killer duo bodies found

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After a nearly three-week-long manhunt in the Canadian wilderness, two teenagers suspected in at least three murders are believed to have been found dead, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Wednesday.

“The search is over. At 10am this morning, Manitoba RCMP officers located the bodies of two males, believed to be the BC suspects, near the shoreline of the Nelson River,” authorities wrote on Twitter.

Police suspect Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are behind the slayings of Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, and his 24-year-old American girlfriend, Chynna Deese, whose bodies were discovered on July 15 off of the Alaska Highway, about 12 miles south of Liard Hot Springs.

The two teenagers are also suspected in the death of 64-year-old botanist Leonard Dyck, whose body was found next to their burned-out pickup truck on July 19. 

On Wednesday, two bodies believed to belong to the teens were found near the shoreline of the Nelson River, almost three weeks after they were last seen in the Gillam area on July 22. Authorities previously said McLeod and Schmegelsky told their parents they were going to Alberta in search of “work” and would not have cell service.

“Our officers knew we needed just one piece of evidence to move the search forward & on Friday, August 2nd, the items found on the shoreline of the Nelson River & directly linked to the suspects, enables officers to narrow down the search,” authorities said.

Police said that after finding the items, specialized RCMP teams began searching “nearby high-probability areas,” where officers eventually found the bodies in a dense brush about a mile away.

Autopsies on both bodies are being scheduled in Winnipeg.

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