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Remains of Indigenous Woman Marcedes Myran Identified at Prairie Green Landfill

The discovery concludes months of excavation efforts for two victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, with the search for a fourth victim ongoing.

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Families and supporters of four murdered women celebrate outside the Manitoba Law Courts after the guilty verdict of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki is read in a courtroom in Winnipeg on Thursday, July 11, 2024. Skibicki plead guilty, but not criminally responsible due to mental illness, to the murders of Marcedes Myran, 26, Morgan Harris, 39, and Rebecca Contois, 24 and a fourth, unidentified woman. A judge determined Skibicki is guilty of killing all four women. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
A display at the entrance of a makeshift camp near near the Prairie Green landfill in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in April 2024
The Prairie Green landfill in Stony Mountain, Man., is shown on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski

Overview

  • Authorities confirmed the remains of Marcedes Myran, a 26-year-old Indigenous woman, at the Prairie Green Landfill in Manitoba on March 17, 2025.
  • The remains of Morgan Harris, another victim of Jeremy Skibicki, were identified at the same site earlier this month.
  • Jeremy Skibicki was convicted in 2024 of murdering four Indigenous women in 2022, including Myran, Harris, Rebecca Contois, and an unidentified woman named Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (Buffalo Woman).
  • The $40 million federally and provincially funded search began in December 2024 after public outcry led to a reversal of an earlier decision not to search the landfill.
  • Indigenous leaders and advocates continue to call for systemic change and justice, highlighting the disproportionate violence faced by Indigenous women in Canada.