WINNIPEG -
Neighborhood members are mourning the dying of a girl who was the sufferer of what police describe as a ‘horrifically grisly’ murder.
Police are investigating the dying and concern there could possibly be extra victims.
Dozens gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday night outdoors an condo constructing on Edison Avenue in North Kildonan, an space the place police stated partial human stays had been found Monday morning.
The sufferer has been recognized as 24-year-old Rebecca Contois. These near the household instructed CTV Information that Contois was a mom.
Rebecca Contois is pictured in an undated picture. ( Supply:Fb/Darryl Contois)
"No extra stolen sisters. We need to cease this. There are too many on the market which are lacking," stated Darryl Contois, a group advocate who organized the vigil.
Const. Rob Carver described the world as a “horrifically grisly scene,” and stated someone within the space found Contois.
Police consider she was killed just lately someplace within the space the place she was discovered. Police could possibly be seen analyzing a close-by rubbish bin Thursday. Officers stated the circumstances of the invention are in the end what led investigators to begin looking the Brady Street Landfill.
“Now we have officers on scene at Brady and we’ve been attempting to safe a scene there, a possible scene there and any proof we would find there," Carver instructed reporters. "That's going to be a protracted ongoing operation.”
Investigators arrested 35-year-old Jeremy Anthony Michael Skibicki Wednesday. He has been charged with first-degree homicide and has been detained in custody. The cost has not been confirmed in court docket.
Carver stated police have executed a search warrant at Skibicki’s residence, which is positioned within the space. He stated police have recognized one other potential scene on the Brady Street landfill, and officers are investigating within the space.
He added because of the circumstances surrounding the murder, “Police haven't dominated out the potential for extra victims.”
“There are issues which are main investigators to have a look at that as a possible chance for certain,” Carver stated, including he was unable to present extra particulars.
Space resident Deborah Hastings stated police got here knocking on her door the morning Contois’ partial stays had been discovered as officers looked for clues. She stated her focus proper now's on the household’s well-being.
“That’s so unhappy. Such a younger life taken. She doesn’t actually have a probability now," Hastings stated. "I pray for the household. I do pray for the household.”
Dozens gathered for a candlelight vigil Thursday night outdoors an condo constructing on Edison Avenue in North Kildonan, an space the place police stated partial human stays had been found Monday morning. (Supply: Danton Unger/ CTV Information Winnipeg)
Throughout the vigil Thursday, the group prayed and sang as they mourned Contois' dying, and demanded motion so no different ladies would develop into victims.
"Anytime we lose any of our Indigenous ladies, ladies and two-spirit and gender-diverse folks, it is vitally tragic to the group and devastating to the household," Hilda Anderson-Pyrz, the chair of the nationwide household and survivor circle, who was on the vigil.
"It's actually highly effective when the group gathers and helps the household throughout such a tough time."
Contois’ household has requested for privateness.
-with recordsdata from CTV's Danton Unger
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