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| Canada launches manhunt for missing teenagers after highway murders | Canada launches manhunt for missing teenagers after highway murders |
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| Two Canadian teenagers who were originally feared missing in northern British Columbia are now the subject of a national manhunt, as police continue to investigate the murders of the US citizen Chynna Deese, 24 and Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, on a remote highway. | Two Canadian teenagers who were originally feared missing in northern British Columbia are now the subject of a national manhunt, as police continue to investigate the murders of the US citizen Chynna Deese, 24 and Australian Lucas Fowler, 23, on a remote highway. |
| The search for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, suspects in the double murder and in the death of a second unidentified man, is now focusing around the town of Gillam in northern Manitoba, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday. | The search for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, suspects in the double murder and in the death of a second unidentified man, is now focusing around the town of Gillam in northern Manitoba, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said on Wednesday. |
| “The search for these two suspects is continuing,” Manitoba RCMP tweeted. | “The search for these two suspects is continuing,” Manitoba RCMP tweeted. |
| The RCMP had previously said that sightings across the northern prairie provinces have confirmed they are still on the move. | The RCMP had previously said that sightings across the northern prairie provinces have confirmed they are still on the move. |
| “We believe they are likely continuing to travel, though we don’t have a possible destination,” an RCMP spokeswoman, Janelle Shoihet, told reporters late on Tuesday. | “We believe they are likely continuing to travel, though we don’t have a possible destination,” an RCMP spokeswoman, Janelle Shoihet, told reporters late on Tuesday. |
| McLeod and Schmegelsky were spotted on Tuesday by employees at a hardware store in the city of Meadow Lake, in northern Saskatchewan, according to CBC News. | McLeod and Schmegelsky were spotted on Tuesday by employees at a hardware store in the city of Meadow Lake, in northern Saskatchewan, according to CBC News. |
| They appear to be moving further east: the RCMP reported later in the day that they had “reason to believe” the pair had been in the area of Gillam, Manitoba. | |
| Speaking on Wednesday afternoon, RCMP Manitoba spokeswoman Julie Courchene confirmed that the burned-out car found near the Bird reserve on Fox Lake Cree Nation was the silver 2011 Toyota Rav 4 that the suspects had been seen traveling in. | |
| The pair are considered dangerous; the RCMP has warned anyone who spots them to call 911 and not approach. | The pair are considered dangerous; the RCMP has warned anyone who spots them to call 911 and not approach. |
| McLeod and Schmegelsky are childhood friends from the small town of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, and had reportedly worked together at the local Walmart to save up money for their trip off-island. | McLeod and Schmegelsky are childhood friends from the small town of Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, and had reportedly worked together at the local Walmart to save up money for their trip off-island. |
| Canada: two teens thought missing named as suspects in double murder | Canada: two teens thought missing named as suspects in double murder |
| The town’s local radio station reported that, according to Schmegelsky’s grandmother Carol Starkey, the pair had left Port Alberni on 12 July in order to find work in Whitehorse, in Yukon. | The town’s local radio station reported that, according to Schmegelsky’s grandmother Carol Starkey, the pair had left Port Alberni on 12 July in order to find work in Whitehorse, in Yukon. |
| “They’re just kids on an adventure. They’re good boys,” Schmegelsky’s father, Al Schmegelsky, said on Monday – the day before the two young men were named as suspects. | “They’re just kids on an adventure. They’re good boys,” Schmegelsky’s father, Al Schmegelsky, said on Monday – the day before the two young men were named as suspects. |
| It remains unclear if and when McLeod and Schmegelsky came into contact with Fowler and Deese, who were found shot dead at the side of the Alaska highway about 20km south of Liard River Hot Springs provincial park. | It remains unclear if and when McLeod and Schmegelsky came into contact with Fowler and Deese, who were found shot dead at the side of the Alaska highway about 20km south of Liard River Hot Springs provincial park. |
| Police have also yet to make any link between the couple’s death and the discovery of a second dead man 500km to the south near the town of Dease Lake. | Police have also yet to make any link between the couple’s death and the discovery of a second dead man 500km to the south near the town of Dease Lake. |
| The two violent crimes have unnerved remote communities in the northern Canadian prairies – many of which have little police presence. | The two violent crimes have unnerved remote communities in the northern Canadian prairies – many of which have little police presence. |
| Gillam, which is considered populous for the area, had just 1,265 residents at the time of the 2016 national census, spread out over the town’s large 2,000 sq km area. | Gillam, which is considered populous for the area, had just 1,265 residents at the time of the 2016 national census, spread out over the town’s large 2,000 sq km area. |
| Limited roadways in and out of the community and few gas stations would make it difficult for the two fugitives to avoid detection. | Limited roadways in and out of the community and few gas stations would make it difficult for the two fugitives to avoid detection. |
| “We’re as far north as you can go by road,” Gillam Mayor Dwayne Forman told a British Columbia radio station. “Everybody in town knows everybody.” | |
| A new face would be easy to spot, he said: “Even the RCMP, I can tell they’re not our normal contingency members driving around the town.” | |
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