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UPDATE: The RCMP announced on Aug. 7 that two bodies believed to be Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod were found on the shoreline of the Nelson River in northern Manitoba.

As the search for triple murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky reached Day 15, social media sleuths were busy doing their own investigating on the story.

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To quell the online theorists, the RCMP answered — and dispelled — five of the main conspiracies floated about the case:

Did a Texas murder suspect who crossed the border kill Leonard Dyck, Lucas Fowler or Chynna Deese?

Derek Whisenand illegally crossed into Canada near Haskett, Man. on the week of June 24, 2019, before travelling to Winnipeg and possibly heading east.

McLeod, 18, and Schmegelsky, who turned 19 on Aug. 4, were last seen in Manitoba on July 22.