The search site at a landfill near Winnipeg, where Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran’s remains were discovered, has now been officially shut down. The search operation at the privately owned Prairie Green landfill began on December 2, 2024, and concluded on July 9, 2025. The Manitoba government announced on Thursday that the site has undergone a gradual decommissioning process, including the removal of equipment and structures, dismantling of the family support space, and environmental remediation.
Human remains, identified as those of Harris, aged 39, and Myran, aged 26, both from Long Plain First Nation, were found in February shortly after the search commenced. The total cost of the search was $18.4 million, significantly lower than earlier estimates.
An initial feasibility study in 2023 funded by the federal government and conducted by the Association of Manitoba Chiefs had projected a worst-case scenario cost between $84 million and $184 million over three years. A subsequent report estimated a cost closer to $90 million if the search could be completed within a year.
Premier Wab Kinew stated, “We’ve demonstrated that the landfill search was feasible, environmentally respectful, safe, and financially prudent.” Specialized equipment and personnel have been relocated to the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg, where the search for Ashlee Shingoose’s remains is ongoing.
Kinew mentioned that the techniques employed at the Brady Road landfill are akin to those used at Prairie Green, with promising data aligning with the targeted search area. The search efforts will continue through at least 2026, with no definitive end date determined yet.
Ashlee Shingoose, Marcedes Myran, Morgan Harris, and Rebecca Contois were victims of Jeremy Skibicki, a serial killer in Winnipeg in 2022. Shingoose, aged 30, was from St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation, and Contois, aged 24, was a member of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation. Skibicki was convicted in July 2024 of first-degree murder in the deaths of all four women.
Skibicki confessed to the murders during a police interview in May 2022 after Contois’s partial remains were discovered in garbage bins near his apartment. Additional remains were subsequently found at the Brady Road landfill. While the families of Harris, Myran, and Contois have been able to conduct funerals and ceremonies, efforts are ongoing to locate Shingoose’s remains for closure and healing.
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