Canada murders: Fresh CCTV footage of suspects in Lucas Fowler killing released
Sarah Thomas
9 mins ago
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In the footage released by police on Friday (local time), the two are seen casually walking around a store in Meadow Lake, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, known colloquially as Mounties, said the footage was shot on July 21, six days after the bodies of Sydney man Mr Fowler, 23, and his American girlfriend Chynna Deese, 24, were discovered on a highway in British Columbia.
The Mounties are using helicopters and tracker dogs to search for Mr Schmegelsky and Mr McLeod, and have also called in air support from the Canadian military.
The hunt for the accused murderers has since shifted 1,300 kilometres east to the remote rural town of Gillam in the province of Manitoba.
The search has been centred on Gillam since the discovery nearby of a burnt-out vehicle in which Mr Schmegelsky and Mr McLeod had been travelling.
Police are now going door-to-door in the town and say they want to speak to any members of the public who may have unwittingly helped the pair.
Police said there had been two corroborated sightings of the suspects in the area.
"It is possible that someone may not have been aware of who they were providing assistance to and may now be hesitant to come forward,"
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The pair are childhood friends from Port Alberni on Vancouver Island.