The RCMP has sent divers to Gillam, Man., as the nationwide manhunt for the suspects in three B.C. homicides continues.
The police force said in a statement that its underwater recovery team arrived in the small northern Manitoba town on Saturday.
WATCH: Search for B.C. murder suspects moves to river
Gillam, about 740 km north of Winnipeg, is where Bryer Schemegelsky and Kam McLeod were last seen on July 22.
Schmegelsky and McLeod have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Vancouver man Leonard Dyck. They are also suspects in the shooting deaths of Australian Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese of North Carolina.
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RCMP scaling back search for BC murder suspects in Gillam, Man -
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RCMP: Searching York Landing wasn’t a waste of time
Police said specially trained officers would be searching a section of the Nelson River on Sunday. They said that officers searching by helicopter on Friday spotted a damaged aluminum boat on the river’s shores.
WATCH: RCMP divers search Manitoba river in hunt for teen fugitives
On Thursday, the RCMP announced it was partially withdrawing from search efforts in Gillam after officers combed through the rough wilderness for more than a week without finding the two young men.
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