A portrait Ashlee Christine Shingoose sits on display at a ceremony and press conference in Winnipeg, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Officials confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, also known as Buffalo Woman, as Ashlee Christine Shingoose, 30, from St Theresa Point Anisininew Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
March 27, 2025 - 9:28 AM
WINNIPEG - The parents of a slain Manitoba woman say they hope the search for their daughter's remains can begin soon.
Albert and Theresa Shingoose say they're pleased that police have identified their daughter, Ashlee Shingoose, and have determined that her remains are likely in the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg.
She was previously unidentified as one of four victims of serial killer Jeremy Skibicki, who was sentenced to life in prison last year.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Winnipeg police say the landfill will be searched.
Albert Shingoose says a landfill is not a burial ground and people are not garbage.
He says a successful search would bring his daughter home.
"It was good to hear where my daughter is now. Now we all got to work hard to bring her home," he said at a news conference Thursday.
All four victims were First Nations women who disappeared in 2022. Skibicki's trial was told he targeted them at homeless shelters in Winnipeg and disposed of their bodies in garbage bins in his neighbourhood.
For years, Shingoose, 30, was unidentified and known as Mashkode Bizhiki'ikwe, or Buffalo Woman.
Remains of Rebecca Contois were first discovered in a garbage bin in Skibicki's neighbourhood in May 2022. More of her remains were later found at the city-owned Brady landfill.
The remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran were recently discovered at the Prairie Green landfill, a privately run facility north of Winnipeg.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 27, 2025
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