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Joe Scarpelli on Twitter
"I’m about 6 km from where Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod’s bodies were found. It’s too dangerous to get there by foot. A local can be heard in this video describing the area."
Interesting video at the link. Gives some perspective on how difficult this search must have been for the RCMP.
Now let's see how long it take for the first movie to go into production...will make for quite a script.
They searched much of this vast area using heat-detecting technology in the Hercules. If they had been dead shortly after the RAV4 fire, there probably wouldn't have been any heat.I don't understand- the RCMP claimed to have "searched 11,000 sq. km", but the bodies were found only 8 km from the burned out car?
The wide area search was for live fugitives. The bodies were found in dense bush. Objects found Friday, bodies found today just 1km away, so we get the idea how difficult such searches are.I don't understand- the RCMP claimed to have "searched 11,000 sq. km", but the bodies were found only 8 km from the burned out car?
I know two tall teens who just learned to drive, but wouldn't dare.I bet police all throughout Canada are exhaling as well because they will no longer be receiving 911 calls from panicked people due to a possible sighting of this pair. Probably tall young men with a similar appearance are relieved too.
Here, Medical Examiners and Coroners are often the same. So, good to know.
Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner
All I'm interested in is whether cause of death will be public (and am confident that the people who politely answered that question know what they are talking about it).
I assume the Coroner who eventually determines manner/cause of death be from the same jurisdiction.
They searched much of this vast area using heat-detecting technology in the Hercules. If they had been dead shortly after the RAV4 fire, there probably wouldn't have been any heat.
Did they hear the sounds of the manhunt? Were they still operating under the determination to avoid capture at all costs--even their lives? Did one or both make it through the rainy night? What would they have said to each other?
The victims and families of the victims deserve justice. I feel that they got it--these fugitives were hated and hunted to the last minute of their lives, and their end was not a pleasant one. And, the families of these teens deserve closure. They too, have gotten that--rather than having to endure more days, weeks, years of wondering if their sons are alive, dead, hurt, hungry...All these hurting families, at least now their healing can begin.
What good can come out of this? Maybe, just maybe, it will cause one parent to try to do better by his or her child. Be there for them. Take an interest in them, their hobbies, their friends. Teach them to respect and love their own life, and the lives of all other beings. No, it will not prevent all events like this from happening--but it might make the difference for one lonely teen teetering on the edge of making a very bad decision.
It's less than half a km from a road. That's a really weird thing for him to say. Unless they were found on the other side of the river?
I am feeling the same. I felt so saddened and I really wasn't expecting to feel that way. I think being a mother and picturing the two boys (to me they are also just boys) huddled together in the bush it just kinda hit me. Thank you for your post. I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling this way.I feel great sorrow for all the victims in this case.
I don't normally have much empathy for the accused (if any), but maybe it's the mother in me - I can't help but also feel sorrow for these 2 pitiful boys (to me they are indeed boys) - they not only wasted their own lives, but, they pointlessly inflicted great harm on their own families, friends, community, country at large, and also an international community of travelers.
It is indeed the worst possible tragedy.
WG
The wide area search was for live fugitives. The bodies were found in dense bush. Objects found Friday, bodies found today just 1km away, so we get the idea how difficult such searches are.
Meh, I think it more likely they drank from the Nelson and shat themselves to death.MOO but I think they went into the brush and committed suicide together.
It's less than half a km from a road. That's a really weird thing for him to say. Unless they were found on the other side of the river?
I went to the Press Release and it is worded quite different from the tweet."On August 2, 2019, RCMP located several items on the shoreline, approximately 9 km from where the burnt vehicle was located. RCMP have confirmed that these items are directly linked to the suspects."That's what I was wondering too. "9 km along the river" implies the items were scattered is what I'm thinking. Makes me think they were in the boat and it overturned.
If the items were all in one location, then that's a different story.
Or one died and the other remained with him until he left too. I am just so saddened by this news. If I were the parents of Lucas or Chynna, or the family members of Prof. Dyck, this would be a relief but also make it worse...the never knowing and the senselessness of it all. Rest in peace (or "live it up") Lucas and Chynna and Prof. Dyck. Many, many hearts will always be with you. To the families of the boys, may you find peace again some day.