Winnipeg trial hears neighbour saw admitted serial killer getting rid of garbage

By The Canadian Press  Hours before the partial remains of Rebecca Contois were found in a Winnipeg garbage bin, a man who lived in the same apartment building as her killer saw the man disposing of trash in the middle of the night. Allan Mackay told the trial of Jeremy Skibicki that he confronted his neighbour in 2022 after hearing the man running up and down the stairs of their building while wearing boots. When Mackay opened his apartment door, he saw Skibicki. “He came downstairs carrying a couple of baskets in his arms,” Mackay testified Wednesday. “(Skibicki) said, ‘I’m getting rid of garbage.'” Mackay said he spoke with Skibicki for less than five minutes and told him to take out any garbage later in the morning when it wouldn’t…

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