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As investigators in Manitoba await autopsy results on two bodies believed to be high-profile B.C. murder suspects, the probe into the mystery behind the pair shows no sign of slackening.

Even with the apparent deaths of Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, it is incumbent upon the RCMP to keep pursuing their investigation as if they were going to take the case to court, says Wayne Fowler, a retired homicide detective with the Toronto Police Service.

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“The last thing an investigator wants is 10 years down the road, a deathbed confession (from someone else) saying, ‘It wasn’t them, it was me.’ ”

So far, RCMP officials have been tight-lipped about what evidence they have gathered against the pair who were wanted in connection with a trio of killings last month in northern B.C. They have acknowledged it may be “extremely difficult” to pinpoint a motive for the slayings.

“I know that investigators are going to be in the area where the bodies were discovered for some time, conducting scene analysis and searching for any other additional evidence,” Staff Sgt. Janelle Shoihet, a B.C. RCMP spokeswoman, told the National Post.