# Canadian police identify remains of murdered Indigenous woman at landfill

Police said they had identified Morgan Harris, 39, and had also found more remains of another person.

## Canadian police identify remains of murdered Indigenous woman at landfill

Police said they had identified Morgan Harris, 39, and had also found more remains of another person, after a months-long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer.

Police  they had confirmed that human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, had been identified as those of Morgan Harris, who was 39.

"Harris's family has been notified and the Manitoba government continues to ask that the family’s privacy be respected," the statement said.

Harris was one of four women killed in 2022 by Jeremy Skibicki, who was  after he was found guilty of first-degree murder.

Skibicki, 37, had admitted to killing Harris, Rebecca Contois, Marcedes Myran, and an unidentified woman,  Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe (Buffalo Woman) by Indigenous leaders.

Police said Harris’s remains were “one of two sets recovered in the search” but did not provide an identification for the second person.

The murders were first uncovered in 2022 when the remains of Contois were found in a dumpster near Skibicki’s home. Both Harris and Myran were believed to have been buried in the privately owned Prairie Green landfill, while few details have been released about Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe.

Police initially said that they did not have the resources to search the refuse at the facility, much of which was buried under tonnes of clay.

After the victims’ families and Indigenous groups in Winnipeg led marches and road blockades to pressure officials to approve a search, authorities  for a search.

Harris’s daughter, Cambria, has been  and of the need for a search.

After police confirmed her mother’s remains had been identified, she wrote on Facebook that it was “a very bittersweet moment”.

“Please keep our families in your hearts tonight and every day going forward as we trust this process,” the post said. “I believe both our families will bring both of our loved ones home.”

At least 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have been murdered or gone missing in recent decades, in what  described as a “genocide”. In a backdrop of systemic inequity and injustice, vulnerable Indigenous women continue to be victims of neglectful policies and state indifference.
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