19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky were originally considered missing, but now the RCMP say these two men are suspects in both the death of a man near Dease Lake and the double homicide near the Liard Hotsprings.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had said on Monday they were searching for 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, whose burning vehicle had been discovered south of Dease Lake.
The teens are believed to be responsible for the man's death as well as the murders of Chynna Deese, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, of Sydney, Australia.
This video shows the last moments before a young couple were found shot dead on the side of a remote highway in northern British Columbia.
RCMP sergeant Janelle Shoihet said on Tuesday that Mr McLeod and Mr Schmegelsky were now murder suspects, and warned the public not to approach them.
Shoihet said they are considered unsafe and urged the public not to approach them and to call 911.
Police identified the couple as Australian Lucas Fowler, 23 and American Chynna Deese, 24.
Shoihet said Schmegelsky, 19, and McLeod, 18, have been spotted in northern Saskatchewan and are no longer considered missing.
A sketch of a man who the Royal Canadian Mounted Police say interacted with Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese is displayed during a news conference, in Surrey, British Columbia, on Monday July 22, 2019. She said they were on their own and she doesn't believe they had a conversation with the employee. On Monday, police released a composite drawing of the heavy-set, middle-aged man with a beard hoping he would be recognized.
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Investigators have only just confirmed the body is that of Mr Murillo-Moncada, having compared the remains to his parents. Murillo-Moncada was employed at No Frills at the time of his disappearance but was not working on the day he disappeared.
If they had taken the ferry to Prince Rupert, the route to Whitehorse is up Highway 37 through Dease Lake.
On Tuesday, July 23rd, Manitoba RCMP published a warning that the two men may have potentially been sighted near the town of Gillam, MB, though RCMP are warning residents in both provinces to remain cautious.
Police have since confirmed that Deese and Fowler were on a road trip exploring Northern British Columbia and that they were "victims of gun violence".
"It's just been hard for the community for sure with reasonably limited information to go off of", said Port Alberni Mayor Shari Minions.
Police would also not speak to what had changed in the investigation that led investigators to decide the pair were now suspects.
Police couldn't immediately say whether the two men have prior criminal records.
"This has torn two families apart", he said.
McLeod and Schmegelsky's burned-out truck and the unidentified man's body were found four days later in northeast B.C., more than 470 kilometres away from the first crime scene.
It's still unclear how the unidentified man died, and Mounties have repeatedly said they would not, at the time, release information about the cause of death, saying that information was not important.
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