Canadian police announced Wednesday that they have discovered two bodies believed to be the teenage suspects involved in three murders.
An announcement from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) described the discovery of “two male bodies, in the dense brush, within 1 kilometer from where the items [linked to the suspects] were found. This is approximately 8 km from where [a] burnt vehicle was located.”
{mosads}”At this time, we are confident that these are the bodies of the two suspects wanted in connection with the homicides in British Columbia. An autopsy is being scheduled in Winnipeg to confirm their identities and to determine their cause of death,” the Mounted Police added.
The two suspects, Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are believed to be involved in the murders of three people including an American woman, Chynna Noelle Deese, who was found dead along with her Australian boyfriend in British Columbia near a remote stretch of highway.
A Canadian botanist is also suspected to have been killed by the two teenagers.
The commanding officer of the RCMP’s Manitoba branch told NBC News that she was certain the bodies were of the two suspects, but noted that official procedure would be followed to guarantee the finding.
“I’m confident it is them,” Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said. “But to identify them officially, and to be sure, we have to go to autopsy.”