By Brittany Hobson \u00a0The Canadian Press The opening day of the murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki heard he targeted vulnerable Indigenous women at Winnipeg homeless shelters and, while being questioned by police in one gruesome killing, blurted out that there were three more victims. \u201cI killed four people,\u201d Skibicki is heard telling police unprompted in an interrogation video played Wednesday at the trial in Court of King\u2019s Bench. Skibicki is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the slayings in the early months of 2022. The 37-year-old has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers told court earlier this week Skibicki admits to the killings but is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. \u201cThis case is about a man\u2019s hate-filled and cruel acts perpetrated against four vulnerable Indigenous women,” prosecutor… <\/p>\n
By Brittany Hobson \u00a0The Canadian Press The opening day of the murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki heard he targeted vulnerable Indigenous women at Winnipeg homeless shelters and, while being questioned by police in one gruesome killing, blurted out that there were three more victims. \u201cI killed four people,\u201d Skibicki is heard telling police unprompted in an interrogation video played Wednesday at the trial in Court of King\u2019s Bench. Skibicki is charged with four counts of first-degree murder for the slayings in the early months of 2022. The 37-year-old has pleaded not guilty. His lawyers told court earlier this week Skibicki admits to the killings but is not criminally responsible due to mental illness. \u201cThis case is about a man\u2019s hate-filled and cruel acts perpetrated against four vulnerable Indigenous women,” prosecutor... <\/p>\n