Plus, the two teens’ bodies were found about 2000 km from where the other people were killed, and there’s not been any indication that they were travelling with a third person. All of the sightings in Saskatchewan and Manitoba were of just the two.
For another person to be responsible for all five deaths, that person would have had to follow the two of them for 2000 miles and not be detected in the manhunt in northern Manitoba.
And if the two teens weren’t fleeing justice, why did they end up in northern Manitoba, avoiding all human contact?
That is one theory. The police did find some items that they said belonged to the two near a damaged boat. This is what let the police to search very intensively in the area around the boat. I would not be surprised if the police used cadaver search dogs to find them. The two were apparently found within a kilometer of the boat in the bush. I’d be willing to bet that the time of death will be estimated to be around July 25 or 26, and it will have been murder/suicide. No doubt we’ll know more in the coming weeks.
I read an article after the boat was found, quoting a local person saying that there was a waterfall upriver of where it was found, that is not readily apparent until you’re pretty close to it.
Going over a waterfall could bend an aluminium boat.
Mayor of Port Albernini, where the two teens were from, gives a good interview about the effect it’s all been having in the town, the availability of counselling for teenagers who were at school with the two, and so on.
Also expresses her sympathy for the residents of Gillam, two provinces over, who went through lockdowns and searches and were concerned for their personal safety.
Mounties have stated that they’ve found something near the bodies that may be of interest in explaining what happened in BC; further announcement may follow.
“RCMP confirmed Monday the two bodies found in northern Manitoba last week are those of homicide suspects, Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, and said the two died in what appears to be suicides by gunfire.”