The RCMP may have found the bodies of two teenage murder suspects.

Assistant RCMP Commissioner Jane MacLatchy says bodies were found in dense brush near the Nelson River near Gillam, Manitoba, where police discovered several items linked to the pair last Friday.

“This morning, at approximately 10 a.m., RCMP officers located two male bodies in the dense brush within one kilometre from where the items were found. This is approximately eight kilometres from where the burnt vehicle was located. At this time, we believe these are the bodies of the two suspects wanted in connection with the homicides in northern British Columbia.”

Autopsies will be conducted to determine if the bodies are those of 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky and 19-year-old Kam McLeod.

The two teenagers from Port Alberni have been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 62-year-old UBC Leonard Dyck along Highway 37 near Dease Lake, which happened on July 19. Schmegelsky and McLeod are also suspects in the fatal shooting of two tourists days earlier, Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese, which happened on July 14 or 15 along the Alaska Highway near Liard Hot Springs.

The search is over. At 10am this morning, Manitoba RCMP officers located the bodies of two males, believed to be the BC suspects, near the shoreline of the Nelson River (approx 8km from the burnt vehicle). #rcmpmb pic.twitter.com/tZ7EBFsNDr

— RCMP Manitoba (@rcmpmb) August 7, 2019