In photos: RCMP manhunt in Northern Manitoba continues
Dozens of RCMP officers have been scouring the rugged Northern Manitoba wilderness for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod since July 22, when the grey Toyota Rav 4 that police believe the pair was driving was found burning in a ditch near Fox Lake Cree Nation. The young men from Port Alberni, B.C., are suspects in the deaths of American Chynna Deese, 24, and her 23-year-old Australian boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, as well as Vancouver resident Leonard Dyck, 64. The intensive, nearly two-week search for the suspects has involved sniffer dogs, drones, helicopters, ATVs, two military aircraft and now a dive team. But the manhunt has turned up little in the way of new clues. The land of Fox Lake Cree Nation (population approx. 500) and the town of Gillam, Manitoba (population 1,200) has been inundated with police and media, as the manhunt garnered international attention.
RCMP officers in Gillam, Man., carry one of two metal boxes that contain remains believed to be of the B.C. murder suspects. The boxes were loaded into police planes heading to Winnipeg, late Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019 where the coroner will examine the remains.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
RCMP officers load a plane to leave Gillam, Manitoba on Wednesday after the police have pulled out of the Gillam area August 7, 2019.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
A view of the Nelson River and the eddy and lower rapids where RCMP searched for triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
An RCMP roadblock near where the police are searching the Northern Manitoba bush on Tuesday for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. August 06, 2019Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
An RCMP helicopter takes off from a staging area near Fox Lake Cree Nation, Manitoba as the search for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod continued on Monday. The helicopter has an infrared camera and crews on the ground said it arrived in the area two days ago. August 05,Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
An RCMP roadblock near where the police are searching the Northern Manitoba bush on Tuesday for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. August 06.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
RCMP officers in a Gillam, Manitoba convenience store (the only store open on civic holiday Monday) with Gillam residents. August 05.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
RCMP man a roadblock at Sundance Creek on the Provincial Road 290 north of Gillam, Manitoba on Monday, Aug. 5. This is very close to where the police believe B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod torched the car they were driving. It is about 12 km from where the police have been searching for the signs of the suspects with a dive team after a rowboat was potted on the Nelson River. Police have not confirmed the rowboat’s connection to the suspects.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
RCMP transport a specialized ambulance called a “snowbulance” in Fox Lake Cree Nation from Thompson, MB during the search for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod. The buggy is meant to transport a patient and a medic through the bush as comfortably as possible with shocks and protection from branches. It can also be used in winter with skis attached.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
RCMP officers ask people to turn back driving north on Provincial Road 290 along the Nelson River in Fox Lake Cree Nation on Saturday, Aug. 3.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Fox Lake Cree Nation Chief Walter Spence greets community members at the end of a BBQ and meeting held on Friday, Aug. 2, to keep residents informed during the Canada-wide manhunt.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Sadie Beardy, 7, from Fox Lake Cree Nation, plays with a ball during the community BBQ and meeting.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Members of the Manitoba RCMP Emergency Response Team offload a helicopter in Gillam, Man., on July 31.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Members of the Manitoba RCMP Emergency Response Team search in the bush along Provincial Road 290 on Wednesday, July 31.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Members of the Manitoba RCMP containment team load into a local's truck to search York Landing for triple-murder suspects on Monday, July 29. The two were reportedly spotted by Bear Clan members at the York Landing garbage dump Sunday evening.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
A member of the Manitoba RCMP containment team raises his rifle to a black bear as police search the York Landing garbage dump on July 29.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Billy Beardy, of Fox Lake First Nation, goes out in his construction vehicle every day to patrol areas near where he and his wife, Tamara, found the burned out car driven by two suspects.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
An RCMP plane fuels up at the Gillam, Man., airport on Sunday, July 28, after reports that murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, had been spotted in York Landing, Man. Police did not confirm the sighting, but said they are sending significant resources to the area.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
The sun sets over the forests near Fox Lake Cree Nation. This is by the ditch where two murder suspects are believed to have burned their car before possibly escaping into the bush.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
This a section of the forest near where the burned out car reportedly driven by triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod was found north of Fox Lake Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, thick with spruce, tamarack and birch trees.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
The wilderness outside Gillam, Man., is thick forest and swampy muskeg. As of July 26, police in Manitoba say they still believe two murder suspects may be on the run in the bush.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Elders sit at a community bonfire in Fox Lake Cree Nation, about 51 kilometres north of Gillam, Man., and very close to where two murder suspect's burned out car was found.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Community wellness worker Ken Bighetty, left, came with the Keewatin Tribal Council to help ease the stress for members of the Fox Lake Cree Nation.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Gillam, Man., Mayor Dwayne Forman has been fulfilling interview requests all day in his tiny town of about 1,200 while RCMP search the area for two murder suspects on the run on July 26.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Gillam, Man. resident Alex Muzyczka takes his three daughters Vada, Adelle and Frankie out for an errand to 'give his wife a break' on July 26.Melissa Tait
RCMP dive team members prepare to set off on the Nelson River in northern Manitoba on the morning of Aug. 4.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
The team will assess their capability to search the river for B.C. triple murder suspects Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
The team searched an eddy beyond the lower rapids near where a banged-up rowboat was spotted on Friday. RCMP wouldn’t confirm if any clues were found.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
After a long drive from Winnipeg on Saturday, an RCMP officer cleans off the windshield of the dive team's truck in Gillam, Man., on Sunday morning.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
An RCMP helicopter searches the banks of the Nelson River near where the dive team set off on the morning of Sunday Aug. 4, 2019. .Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail