Police say 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky and 19-year old Kam McLeod admitted to killing three people in Northern British Columbia, but expressed no remorse in the videos they recorded and did not explain their motives behind the killings that sparked a nationwide manhunt this summer.
In a press conference held at RCMP Headquarters in Surrey Friday afternoon, BC RCMP Commander Kevin Hackett said they believe the recorded confessions.
“We believe that no other suspects were responsible for the three homicides, or were involved in any way. The murders appear to be random and crimes of opportunity with no known motive,” he said.
“The investigative theory is that McLeod and Schmegelsky came across Lucas Fowler’s van, and targetted Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese for unknown reasons. They shot and killed the couple before continuing up through to the Yukon. The two returned to BC days later because they were having vehicle issues abd came across Mr. Leonard Dyck outside of Dease Lake, and shot and killed him.”
Hackett said the pair burned their vehicle before taking Dyck’s car and money and fleeing east.
Police say the guns used in the murders, were the same firearms found with the bodies of McLeod and Schmegelsky after they committed suicide in Northern Manitoba on August 7th
