BRITISH COLUMBIA BACKPACKER FEARS: A TIMELINE
July 15: At 7.19am, Royal Mounted Canadian Police are called to the side of the road on the Alaska Highway, in remote British Columbia.
Police found the bodies of a young man and young woman about 20km south of the Liard Hot Springs, not far from a beat-up blue minivan.
July 16: Police publicly announce the two bodies were found dead on the side of Highway 97 but say 'no further information is available'
July 17: Investigators ask anyone who may have seen, or have dashcam footage, between 4pm Sunday and 8am Monday to come forward
July 18: Detectives confirm the identities of the two dead as Lucas Fowler, 24, and Chynna Deese, 23
Some 470km away near Dease Lake, police discover an abandoned truck
July 19: The body of Leonard Dyck is found two kilometres from the burned-out remains of the truck McLeod and Schmegelsky were travelling in
July 21: Witness tells media of seeing a 'bearded man' having a 'heated exchange' with Fowler and Deese on the side of the highway
July 22: Pictures emerge of Fowler and Deese's minivan with a blown out back window
Police issue urgent appeal for two men who have gone missing near Dease Lake, Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18
July 23: McLeod and Schmegelsky are named as suspects - a massive search gets underway
A grey Toyota RAV 4 being driven by the pair is spotted in northern Saskatchewan
A burnt-out car is found near the town of Gillam, Manitoba.
July 29: York Landing in Manitoba is thrown into lockdown after two men were spotted foraging for food at a landfill
July 31: Manhunt involving police, military, tracking dogs and drones has found no trace of two teenage murder suspects
August 1: Police begin searching the province of Ontario, 2,000km from where the pair were last seen, after reports of a suspicious vehicle near Kapuskasing
August 2: Police say the sighting of the pair in Ontario was not credible, as Lucas Fowler's friends and family hold an emotional memorial for him in Sydney
Police find several items directly linked to the suspects near the Nelson River after a battered rowboat washes ashore
August 3: Ontario police reveal they received more than 30 tips in just eight hours, and say they are following up on every single one
August 6: The search in the Nelson River is called off, and police block off the town of Sundance, which has been abandoned since 1992, and once housed a murder suspect for three years
August 7: Canadian Police announce that two male bodies believed to belong to McLeod and Schmegelsky were found in 'dense bush' by the Nelson River, five miles from where they abandoned the burning car
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