Further investigations of Skibicki's Facebook account revealed a pattern of misogynistic, violent, anti-semitic, and white supremacist behaviour.
[2] The killings prompted an emergency debate in the House of Commons regarding the ongoing epidemic of violence against Indigenous women and girls.
A motion proposing the creation of a "Red Dress Alert" by MP Leah Gazan was unanimously adopted by the House of Commons, citing the murders in a letter to Public Safety Minister Marco Mendocino.
[3][4] Ahead of the 2023 Manitoba general election, the ruling Progressive Conservatives campaigned against searching the landfill for the remains of Myran and Harris.
[1] Jeremy Anthony Micheal Skibicki was charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the killings of Contois, Myran, Harris, and Buffalo Woman.
[22] On May 16, 2022, Rebecca Contois' partial remains were found in a garbage bin near an apartment complex in Winnipeg's North Kildonan neighborhood.
[11] On December 1, 2022, police announced that Skibicki was charged with three counts of first degree murder for the additional killings of Harris, Myran, and Buffalo Woman.
[28] Authorities discovered Contois' partial remains on May 16, 2022, in a "horrifically grisly scene" in garbage bins behind Mar Joy Apartments in North Kildonan, Winnipeg.
[1] Authorities began searching the Brady Road landfill for the rest of Contois' remains on June 2, 2022, following the lighting of a sacred fire.
They were joined by authorities from the Ka Ni Kanichihk's Medicine Bear Counselling Program and the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak's missing, murdered and Indigenous women and girls liaison unit.
[22] The federal government announced on December 15, 2022, that it will cover the cost for an Indigenous-led feasibility study on the recovery of the remains at the landfill.
[22] The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, who oversee the feasibility study, states that a search can be undertaken as early as April 2023.
[22] The body of Linda Mary Beardy was discovered by workers at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility on April 4, 2023, and reported to authorities.
[30][32] Winnipeg Police later determined that Beardy was not a victim of homicide, after witnesses reported seeing her climbing into a garbage bin, which was later picked up by a truck, hours before her body was found.
"[34] Winnipeg mayor Scott Gillingham stated "condolences are not strong enough"[34] and that the women were "members of our community ... someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's mother, someone's friend"[1] in a press conference that there was much more work to be done in protecting Indigenous women and girls, highlighting the vulnerability caused by homelessness, addiction, and poverty.
[24][9] Members of Parliament Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre) and Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski) proposed an emergency debate in the House of Commons of Canada on the issue of MMIWG2S+ and called for further resources to support vulnerable women following the revelation Skibicki had allegedly killed multiple Indigenous women.
[35] Gazan stated: "While the government stalls in providing resources, Indigenous women and girls and two-spirit continue to be murdered."
[35] MLA for Point Douglas Bernadette Smith, whose sister went missing in 2008, supported the decision to refer to one of the victims as "Buffalo Woman".
[16][15] Shadow Justice Minister Nahanni Fontaine expressed on her Twitter account that community members were feeling "rage, despair, disgust and unspeakable sadness" following the arrest of Skibicki, who she described as a "monster".
[35] A candlelight vigil was held outside of Skibicki's home on December 1, 2022, for individuals grieving the loss of the women and other loved ones.