CANADA Jeremy Skibicki charged with four murders of Indigenous women

[whiterhino]

Excellent and swift outcome! When is sentencing?

Thoughts and prayers with the victims and their families in mind.

 

[Snoopster]

I don't know how sentencing works, but because of the finding by the judge there is a mandatory life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. And let's face it, a serial killer isn't likely to get parole.

The emotions of all of the victims' families and all in the community were raw.

On Thursday, songs of honour and healing could be heard throughout downtown as family members and friends marched to Portage and Main and held a round dance celebrating the verdict.

“A little bit of mixed emotions – a sense of relief, gratitude, but ultimately hopefully it brings closure,” said Jeremy Contois.

Cambria Harris, the daughter of Morgan Harris, spoke during a news conference at the Assembly of First Nations conference in Montreal.

“Today we found out the man that took my mom’s life and the three other women was found guilty on all four counts of first-degree murder and criminally responsible,” she said. “He knew exactly what he was doing at the time when he committed those acts… He preyed on these women at shelters, he took them home, and he took their life and disposed of them in a landfill.”

Relief and closure for victims' families in wake of Winnipeg serial killer's conviction

Now we wait for the landfill to be searched more thoroughly. The victims' loved ones deserve nothing less. It may be a longshot, but this has been torture for these families and who knows if there are other unknown victims.

For those not from Canada, or who haven't followed this case, the fairly recently elected premier of Manitoba (equivalent to a state governor) is indigenous and likely won the election because of this case and because of all of the unsolved murders/disappearances of indigenous women. (And, he seems to be an amazing, eloquent, smart person who might have been elected even if these murders didn't happen. I'm wondering if he might be a candidate for Prime Minister of Canada sometime in the future, but I definitely have to get to know him better. He's very impressive. His name is Wab Kinew.)

 

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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

'Justice was served': Killer of 4 women in Winnipeg guilty of first-degree murder

Cheers erupted in a Winnipeg courtroom, spilling out onto downtown streets Thursday, as family members who lost their loved ones at the hands of a serial killer said they had finally received justice. A judge convicted Jeremy Skibicki of first-degree murder in the 2022 slayings of four women in...

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[dotr]

Aug 28 '24

Sentencing hearing for Winnipeg serial killer to hear from women's families

Families and supporters of four Indigenous women who died at the hands of a serial killer are expected to address the man for the first time today in a Winnipeg courtroom.

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'Families and supporters of four Indigenous women who died at the hands of a serial killer are expected to address the man for the first time today in a Winnipeg courtroom.

A judge convicted Jeremy Skibicki last month of first-degree murder in the 2022 slayings, which put another spotlight on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

A first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.'