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Sifting of landfill to begin in search for Manitoba serial killer victims

Dresses symbolically hung on fences in April 2023 at a landfill in Winnipeg where remains of a First Nations woman were found
Dresses symbolically hung on fences in April 2023 at a landfill in Winnipeg where remains of a First Nations woman were found. Photograph: Shannon Vanraes/Reuters

The unprecedented search of a landfill in Canada for the remains of two murdered Indigenous women entered a critical yet “difficult” stage as teams braced for the possibility of finally recovering the victims of a convicted serial killer.

On Monday morning, trucks began carrying excavated material from a Winnipeg landfill, said the Manitoba premier, Wab Kinew, as he outlined the immense scope of a search aiming to bring some closure to grieving families.

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