MONTREAL — The mystery had riveted Canadians: A young couple and a botanist killed in a violent rampage in British Columbia. Two young suspects who disappeared without a trace. A cross-country manhunt in a remote, swampy area of northern Manitoba that appeared to be turning up few clues.

Then on Wednesday the Canadian police said they believed they had found the bodies of the two teenagers suspected in the killings.

Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, had been the subject of an intense two-week cross-province manhunt that brought a sense of noirish fear to Manitoba, where some residents said they had been afraid to leave their homes. The case drew international attention to an area unused to getting much notice.

An autopsy was underway to confirm the identities of the bodies, Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, the commanding officer of the Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba, said at a news conference.