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Divers from the RCMP underwater recovery team have left the Nelson River, northeast of Gillam, Man., after finding nothing to draw them closer to capturing two teenage murder suspects from British Columbia.

“The Underwater Recovery Team has completed their work following the discovery of a boat on the shore of the Nelson River. They will not be conducting any additional dives,” read a statement from the RCMP.

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Five divers plunged into the northern Manitoba river on Sunday after a helicopter search of Gillam on Friday spotted a damaged aluminum boat, known as a hunter’s punt, on the shoreline.

Provincial Road 290, the only major road going north of Gillam, is blocked off near Sundance, Man., as investigators continue to scour the area in hopes of finding any clues to help track down Kam McLeod, 19, and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky.