VIA NBCNEWS. (THECOUNT) — Two teens suspected in a killing spree in rural Canada are believed to be dead after two bodies were found by authorities, ending a three-week manhunt.
Authorities believe two bodies found dead Wednesday morning are that of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, after items linked to the men were found earlier this week on the shore of the Nelson River, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced Wednesday.
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McLeod and Schmegelsky are suspects in the deaths of American Chynna Deese, her boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, and a third man identified as Leonard Dyck, a lecturer in botany at the University of British Columbia.
The bodies of Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, and Lucas Robertson Fowler, 23, were found just before 7:20 a.m. on July 15 along Alaska Highway 97 near Liard Hot Springs, a tourist attraction, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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