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Since December, trained search teams, including forensic anthropologists, have been combing through debris at the Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg with the hopes of finding the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. The two women were killed at the hands of a serial killer in 2022. The Manitoba government, which is spearheading the search with guidance from family members and First Nations leaders, announced Wednesday that suspected human remains had been discovered at the site. 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