Overview

• Winnipeg police have identified Buffalo Woman, previously unnamed, as Ashlee Shingoose of St. Theresa Point First Nation through DNA evidence from a jacket.
• Jeremy Skibicki, convicted in 2024 of murdering four Indigenous women, met Shingoose near a Winnipeg homeless shelter in March 2022 before killing her.
• Shingoose's remains are believed to be at the Brady Landfill, and discussions are underway to begin a search to recover her body.
• The identification follows the recovery and identification of the remains of two other victims, Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, at Prairie Green Landfill earlier this month.
• The case has reignited national calls to address systemic violence against Indigenous women, with leaders and families demanding justice and reform.