Why did it take Winnipeg police so long to interview a serial killer in search for victim’s identity? – CBC

Apr 14, 2025

After years of work, missing woman Ashlee Shingoose confirmed last month to be previously unidentified victim

Experts say there doesn’t seem to have been anything explicitly preventing Winnipeg police from reinterviewing a serial killer sooner in their mission to identify his unknown victim — but there’s a range of possible reasons that could help explain why it took so long to do it.

At a news conference last month announcing police had determined the woman previously only known as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe was 30-year-old Ashlee Christine Shingoose, Deputy Chief Cam Mackid told reporters police drew that conclusion in part because of information gleaned from a second interview they did in December with the serial killer convicted in her murder — more than 2½ years after he first spoke to police.

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