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How the RCMP found Canada’s most wanted fugitives with a raven, a Cree trapper and luck

"This is where B.C. murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky hid.

“So now you know how hard it is to see somebody from here,” Mr. Beardy says on a cool September evening, his eyes fixed on the wilderness ahead.

A month has passed since the Cree trapper was with the Manitoba RCMP on the hunt for Canada’s most-wanted fugitives. He was there that Wednesday morning when their lifeless bodies were found lying in thick brush near the Nelson River. "

Until a raven appeared."

"t started with river guide Clint Sawchuk. He was cruising on the Nelson River, taking a group of tourists to the national historic site of York Factory, when he spotted a blue sleeping bag in the water, tangled up in some willows near Hudson Bay. "

"On July 29, police discovered several items belonging to the suspects in the Sundance area, including hundreds of rounds of ammunition. They kept searching, but it took a few days before the next big find."

"There are only two or three people who can navigate that treacherous stretch of the Nelson by boat: Billy Beardy is one of them. He was at work in Bird when he received a call in the afternoon, asking if he could take the RCMP on the Nelson River in his jet boat to recover the items spotted from the air.
The trip wouldn’t be easy. The items – another blue sleeping bag and a black backpack – were found below a high cliff and near the big rapids. "

" Inspector Leon Fiedler, arrived to relieve Inspector Lewis, who was headed on a family vacation. He found Mr. McLeod’s backpack, clothing and wallet with the teen’s identification inside. In the backpack, there was a full box of ammunition."

"RCMP turned to Mr. Beardy again to take three officers and the tracker back on the Nelson River. They set off just after 9 a.m.
The officers weren’t sure exactly where the sleeping bag and backpack had been found, but Mr. Beardy remembered the spot."

That’s when Mr. Beardy noticed a raven jump up from the brush. “Did you see that?” he asked the officer behind him.

Mr. Beardy spun the boat around and headed toward where the raven had been. A lifelong hunter, he knew the bird could be scavenging on something.

“As soon as we got to the shore, sure enough, we saw them,” Mr. Beardy says.

At first, they could only see one of the fugitives in the sloped thick brush, Kam McLeod. An RCMP officer scrambled out of the boat and raised his gun. Mr. McLeod was bearded, dressed in a camouflage top and black rain pants, Mr. Beardy recalls. Bryer Schmegelsky was found about one and a half metres away, lower down on the slope. He was dressed in full camouflage. Their bodies and two SKS rifles were about eight kilometres from the torched SUV.

Police believe Mr. McLeod shot his friend before shooting himself in a suicide pact. The pair talked about doing so in one of six videos recorded on Mr. Dyck’s digital camera.”

"Mr. Schmegelsky spoke of an outlandish plan to march to Hudson Bay and hijack a boat to escape to Europe or Africa. In another, he warned they planned to kill more people and expected to be dead themselves in a week."
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-the-rcmp-found-canadas-most-wanted-fugitives-a-raven-a-cree/