Jeremy Skibicki suddenly admitted to eliminating 3 more ladies in Winnipeg throughout a prolonged authorities interrogation as he was grilled about the found remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022.
Legal Representatives for Jeremy Skibicki, 37, to argue he was not criminally accountable for deaths of 4 females
Caitlyn Gowriluk · CBC News
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Jeremy Skibicki suddenly admitted to eliminating 3 more ladies in Winnipeg throughout a prolonged authorities interrogation as cops grilled him about the discovery of the remains of Rebecca Contois in 2022.
Part of that 20-hour interrogation video is anticipated to be revealed as proof today, as Skibicki’s first-degree murder trial in the deaths of Contois and 3 other ladies gets underway.
That video was displayed in a voir dire– a sort of trial within a trial to identify the admissibility of proof– throughout pretrial movements in November and was formerly under a publication restriction.
CBC News can now expose information about it due to the fact that the trial is no longer slated to be heard by a jury.
Among the investigators who affirmed throughout those pretrial movements informed the court he was shocked when Skibicki unexpectedly stated he ‘d eliminated 4 females, consisting of Contois.
“I was stunned at the start … I type of froze in my chair,” stated Det.-Sgt. Adam Danylyshen.
The other investigator who remained in that interview– Greg Allan, who is set to affirm Wednesday– informed court he had actually had no understanding of 3 extra killings till Skibicki admitted.
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Skibicki, 37, has actually pleaded innocent to 4 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Contois and 2 other First Nations females– Morgan Harris, 39 and Marcedes Myran, 26 — in addition to a 4th female. She is still unknown, however has actually been provided the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, by neighborhood members.
Today, his legal representatives stated they plan to argue that while he confesses he eliminated the females, he was not criminally accountable due to mental illness.
Throughout the authorities interview, Skibicki confessed to strangling, choking or drowning the 4 ladies, the majority of whom he stated he fulfilled at or near homeless shelters in Winnipeg. He likewise admitted to carrying out sex acts on their bodies in his home.
While he at first informed authorities he acknowledged Contois from the Siloam Mission shelter when they revealed him her picture, it spent some time before Skibicki supplied any other information. Hours into the interview, after asking to see a priest to “admit [his] sins,” he wound up likewise informing authorities about the 3 other killings.
Information on unknown victim
The Crown will provide a much shorter variation of the interview video– simply under 7 hours long– as soon as Skibicki’s trial formally starts on Wednesday, after about a week of extra pretrial movements in the event.
His authorities interview likewise clarifies what Skibicki informed private investigators about the unknown female called Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe. That consists of the truth he at first provided what he stated was her name, just to have cops inform him they had the ability to find that lady, and she lived.
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Skibicki informed authorities Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe was using a Baby Phat brand name coat, which he stated he offered on Facebook after he eliminated her. Pictures of that coat were the only hint Winnipeg authorities had actually launched to the general public to attempt to determine her.
Skibicki likewise informed investigators that he dismembered a few of the females before dealing with their remains in trash bins, which he timed a few of that with trash pickup day.
Arrest by tactical group
Court heard Skibicki was bought to come down on the ground as he was apprehended by an authorities tactical group near a bus stop on Henderson Highway in northeast Winnipeg in May 2022, not long after Contois’s partial remains were found in a trash bin.
The following month, cops recuperated more of her remains from the Brady Road land fill in south Winnipeg.
Skibicki informed authorities in his interview that he ‘d brought other females back to his apartment or condo, however didn’t eliminate them if they logged into his computer system to utilize Facebook. In one case, he stated he chose to let a female he had actually given his home leave after they made love and he saw she was using a rosary.
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The implicated likewise informed authorities he struggles with borderline character condition which he had problem with a methamphetamine dependency.
Cops stated their examination identified the unknown female called Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe was eliminated on March 15, 2022. She was the very first of the ladies eliminated, followed by Harris on May 1, Myran on May 4 and Contois on May 15 of that year, according to authorities.
Private investigators think Myran’s and Harris’s remains remain in the Prairie Green land fill north of Winnipeg, however they’ve never ever stated where they believe Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe’s remains are. They have actually stated just that they think she was Indigenous and in her mid-20s.
In March, the Manitoba and federal governments each vowed $20 milliontowards browsing Prairie Green for the remains of Harris and Myran.
Skibicki’s trial, before Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, is anticipated to continue till June 6.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Caitlyn Gowriluk has actually been composing for CBC Manitoba because 2019. Her work has actually likewise appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, and in 2021 she belonged to an acclaimed group acknowledged by the Radio Television Digital News Association for its breaking news protection of COVID-19 vaccines. Contact her at caitlyn.gowriluk@cbc.ca.
With files from Sarah Petz