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Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, both of Port Alberni, British Columbia, are pictured in these undated handout photos.
Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, both of Port Alberni, British Columbia, are pictured in these undated handout photos.
Officials with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said at a press conference Thursday that there have been two "established and corroborated sightings" of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, near Gillam, a town of just over 1,200 people situated along the Nelson River in Canada's northeast Manitoba province.
The national police force has deployed "a significant amount of resources" to the area, including an emergency response team, a crisis negotiation team and aircraft. A checkpoint has been set up on the only road in and out of the community. But the dense, boggy terrain is making the search for the suspects challenging, police said.
"At this point in the investigation, we believe they are still in this area," Cpl. Julie Courchaine told reporters Thursday.
Comment: Very different reactions from the two fathers.
Here's cctv footage of the pair in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, on 21 July. By then, the suspects would have killed 3 people...