‘Screaming into silence’: Parents of serial killer victim address special hearing

By Brittany Hobson The father of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer told a special court hearing his family was left to “grieve in pieces” for three years before she was identified. The family and community of Ashlee Shingoose presented victim impact statements Friday during the hearing in Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench. It came one year after Jeremy Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life for killing Shingoose and three other First Nations women. Albert Shingoose described travelling from his home community of St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation in northeastern Manitoba on a mission to comb Winnipeg streets looking for his missing daughter in 2022. “Sometimes my legs and feet could not take even one more step,” he…

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