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CTV Winnipeg: Reaction to Skibicki guilty verdict

July 12, 2024 —

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A Manitoba judge has found serial killer Jeremy Skibicki guilty of four counts of first-degree murder, ruling he was not suffering from schizophrenia when he ‘mercilessly’ killed four Indigenous women.

A cheer erupted from the gallery of the courtroom in Winnipeg when Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal delivered a summary of his decision Thursday morning.

It was words the friends and families of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran, Rebecca Contois and an unidentified victim given the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe or Buffalo Woman have been waiting more than two years to hear.

Assistant professor, Brandon Trask from the Faculty of Law spoke with CTV’s Daniel Halmarson with reaction to Jeremy Skibicki’s guilty verdict. Here is the full story.

Faculty of Law, Jeremy Skibicki, MMIWG

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