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24-year-old Chynna Deese & 23-year-old Lucas Fowler were young & deliriously in love. Since 3,000 miles separated them with Lucas living & working at a cattle ranch in British Columbia, Canada while Chynna was back in her home state of North Carolina, they blocked out two weeks to drive along the remote yet gorgeous Alaska Highway in a blue Chevy van in July 2019 .
It was along this very stretch of road in northern British Columbia where the couple was tragically found shot to death. What initially appeared to be an absolutely random, senseless double murder soon became something far bigger when a third victim was discovered only days later. This led to one of the largest manhunts that Canada has seen in many years, spanning thousands of miles over multiple provinces.
Although they grew up more than 9,500 miles from one another, from young ages, both Chynna Deese & Lucas Fowler had a passion for travel. There was something invigorating about seeing new places, immersing themselves in different cultures & experiencing the world. Lucas was from Australia while Chynna was from North Carolina, but they crossed paths while staying in the same hostel in Croatia in 2017.
Lucas was a handsome, rugged man with long curly blond hair, a beard & green eyes who stood at 6’3”, towering more than a head taller than Chynna, who had straight blond hair & blue eyes. Their connection was immediate & they bonded over their zest for life & their passion for adventure.
Chynna, who was the youngest of four children to parents Dwayne & Sheila Deese, had always been a flexible, resilient child. According to Sheila, her daughter didn’t walk until she was 13 months old since her older siblings carried her around like a baby doll.
After her parents divorced when she was 12, Chynna & her mom moved into a condo together since her siblings had moved out by that time.
She first caught the travel bug in 2016 when she headed to France to study abroad as a junior psychology major at Appalachian State University. From there, she spent about half of the rest of her short life traveling outside of the U.S. Since her 2013 graduation from Myers Park High School, she had visited 13 countries, funding her travels mostly from working in hostels & for non-profits.
After she & Lucas crossed paths in Croatia, it wasn’t long before they began traveling together. It was clear to anyone they met that they had been destined to be together.
As with Chynna, Lucas had been the fourth child to parents Stephen & Shaunah Fowler. He grew up loving the outdoors of his hometown of Hornsby, Australia in New South Wales on the east coast of the country about 30 minutes from Sydney. He was a lover of animals who was drawn to adventure of any kind, including riding dirt bikes, camping & traveling. After graduating from Ku-ring-gai High School, he finished an apprenticeship as a motor mechanic & then spent the next two years backpacking across the world, which was when he met Chynna.
A few months after meeting, the couple drove off in Chynna’s father’s 1996 Land Cruiser, crossing the United States, exploring the Rockies, through Yellowstone & down to San Diego where they dropped their car off with a friend. From there, they crossed the border, exploring Mexico as well as Central America.
During the winter of 2018, Lucas came back to Charlotte with Chynna to stay with her for two months as they celebrated Thanksgiving & Christmas together with her family. They were charmed by his warm, genuine spirit & he immediately became part of the family.
Shortly after ringing in the new year of 2019, when Lucas’ 90-day visa had expired in February 2019, he headed north after getting a work visa in Canada. He was hired by Christoph & Erika Weder to work as a general ranch hand at Venator Ranches in Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia in the northeastern portion of the province, about three hours from the border of Alberta.
Although Lucas’ parents missed their son, they were thrilled that he was out living his life & seeing the world. Stephen Fowler, a senior detective with the New South Wales police, fondly recalls an iconic photo his son texted them. Lucas had a head full of frozen hair that poked from his winter & an ice laden beard after a day of hard work within freezing conditions. Stephen knew his son was experiencing what few Australians were able to.
Stephen & Shaunah were thankful that their son had found Chynna & they looked forward to having her in their family. They knew that Chynna wanted their future children to have an Aussie accent, but in the meantime, they were young & milking every last drop out of life.
Since Lucas was a skilled mechanic, he repaired the vehicles on the ranch, including a 1985 blue Econoline van that he purchased from his employers. When he wasn’t busy working, he spent as much of his free time as possible talking to Chynna on Facetime as they excitedly planned their upcoming roadtrip.
With 3,000 miles separating them, they understandably missed each other terribly. Chynna planned to join Lucas at the ranch in July shortly before they would set off on a two-week road trip together. They planned to explore the country together, camping along northern Canada & visiting as many of the country’s iconic national parks as they could manage.
Chynna had been working overtime throughout the spring & early summer of 2019, accepting double shifts on weekends as a bartender at Superica, a popular Tex-Mex chain in Charlotte, fueled by the thought of reconnecting with her love within the great outdoors.
When Sheila Deese arrived at her daughter’s house on July 6, 2019, Chynna was trying to figure out how to transport the new size 12, bulky hiking boots she’d bought Lucas for their trip, telling her mom she’d just have to wear them on the plane. Sheila couldn’t help but crack up, imagining the massive shoes on her daughter’s much smaller feet.
After they pulled up to departures, Sheila went around to the passenger side of the car so she could give her daughter a big hug before she boarded her plane. As Chynna walked through the double doors carrying a massive suitcase that held a moose blanket that was rolled up & tied to the straps, Sheila had no way of knowing it would be one week to the day that she would last hear from her daughter.
At each of her layovers, Chynna texted her mom to check in first from Chicago & then from Vancouver. When she texted her the next day at 6:30 pm, she wrote, I made it to the ranchII Just now got WiFi. She told her mom that Lucas said hi & Sheila told him hello back.
Over the next week, Chynna helped out at the ranch, experiencing things for the first time, including trying her hand at a lasso. It was clear to Lucas’ employers, Christoph & Erika, that the young couple was full of happiness & joy just being together. They would catch them in a quick embrace or see them giving each other a quick look that was filled with love.
Chynna shared photos of her time on the ranch to Instagram, one photo depicting her at a ranch party. On Saturday, July 13, she shared a photo of herself & Lucas getting ready to hit the road. Lucas sat behind the wheel of their blue van while Chynna was in the passenger side of the van, each smiling from ear-to-ear.
From the ranch in Hudson’s Hope, they drove five hours north where they stopped to refuel at a gas station in Fort Nelson. According to CCTV from the station, while Lucas pumped gas, Chynna used the station’s squeegee to clean each window. A tender moment was captured between the couple in what would be their last images. Chynna stood on a concrete block at the pumps, leaning forward to give her boyfriend a big embrace.
They went inside to use the restrooms, get some snacks & after spending 17 minutes at the station, they headed west along the Alaska Highway, a nearly 1,400 mile stretch of road that begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia & ends in Delta Junction, Alaska. Chynna texted her mom, telling her not to worry as she explained that she would be in touch whenever possible, but she probably wouldn’t have WiFi for a few days.
Chynna’s family truly hadn’t been worried about them since they were both so well-traveled & had meticulously planned their road trip. They had previously traveled throughout Europe & Asia together & they’d always been sensible & cautious.
Since she wasn’t scheduled to come back to the States until July 31, she & Lucas had the next 18 days to make new memories together.
The following day, Sunday, July 14, a man named Curtis Broughton & his wife Sandra were on their way back from a camping trip in the Yukon territory when they saw the couple sitting beside their blue van on the side of the Alaska Highway at about 3:20 pm. They were about 20 km/12 miles south of Liard Hot Springs in northern British Columbia which was about 285 km/178 miles west of the gas station where they’d stopped in Fort Nelson the evening before.
Since Curtis was a mechanic, he pulled over & offered his help, but Lucas explained that their engine had flooded & they were just waiting for the excess fluid to evaporate. Curtis & Sandra could see that the couple was smiling & seemingly unbothered by the situation as they shared a picnic lunch near the van, making the most of their time before they could get it to start again. As they headed off on their drive, they wished the couple good luck.
When passerby Charles Ray drove by the broken down van that same evening, he also stopped to help. Although Lucas & Chynna told him they planned to call a tow truck, the area was known for a lack of cell service. Charles was camping only 3 km/less than 2 miles away so he planned to check on them in the morning.
When road worker Alandra Hull drove past the blue van, she saw the couple talking with a bearded man who looked frustrated. While Chynna & Lucas stood near their van, the man stood in the middle of the road facing the couple with his palms outstretched. Since she had a bad feeling about the situation, she just kept driving.
While some reports indicate that Chynna & Lucas were last seen alive at about 4 pm on Sunday evening, other reports say it was as late as 7:15 pm.
By the following morning at 7am on Monday, July 15, when highway maintenance worker Trevor Pierre drove past the area, he noticed that the back doors of the blue van were open while the rear right window was shattered. When he stopped to further investigate, he was stunned to find the bodies of Lucas & Chynna lying face down in identical positions in a ditch. Lucas, who wore no shoes, was lying about 16 feet behind Chynna, who wore only one shoe. It was immediately clear they had each been shot multiple times.
According to trucker Ed Grennan, who was one of the first to come upon the scene, it was obvious that the young couple had been dead for hours as their bodies were cold to the touch. Since Ed lost his own daughter at 17, the couple’s deaths hit him hard & just weeks after their murders, he created a makeshift memorial at the site to honor Chynna & Lucas. The memorial has since grown & is carried out by a number of truck drivers who travel the route. There are photos, a cross, flowers as well as an American flag & an Australian flag.
According to their autopsies which were done four days later on July 19, the couple had been shot a total of seven times with entry wounds to both the front & backs of their bodies. Numerous bullets were lodged in the bloody dirt beneath them which told investigators that they had been lying helplessly, face-down in the dirt as they were shot. Based on the spent & unspent casings found at the scene with a head stamp of 101 & 75, an SKS semi-automatic assault rifle had been used.
A sketch was released of the man Alandra Hull had seen interacting with the couple on Sunday evening. He was described as Caucasian with darker skin, dark hair, possibly a beard or glasses & was slightly shorter than Lucas, who stood at 6’3”. He may have been associated with an older model Jeep Cherokee with a black stripe across the hood & a black light bar with small covered lights. It’s believed he was traveling southbound.
On the evening of Wednesday, July 17, Sheila Deese was at home over 3,000 miles away when she was woken by the sound of aggressive pounding on her front door at about 11 pm. When she finally allowed the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer inside, she recalls him handing her a card for an RCMP investigator as he coldly & bluntly told her, your daughter Chynna is deceased in Canada.
Her daughter had traveled the world, sometimes by herself, & she’d always been safe. This time she’d been with Lucas so Sheila couldn’t comprehend what she was being told. As her other children came to her home that night to grieve together, they knew that the worst thing had happened to the best person they all knew.
Four days after Lucas & Chynna were found murdered, police received a call about a burning pick-up truck at 7:19 am on Friday, July 19. The truck in question was 60 km/37 miles south of Dease Lake in British Columbia along Highway 37 which was 470 km/292 miles southwest from where Chynna & Lucas had been killed.
When the first officer arrived at the scene about 30 minutes later, he found a still-smouldering 1993 red & gray Dodge pick-up truck with a cabover camper parked next to a bridge. Camping gear was scattered about the area that included a stove, propane tanks & a yellow-nozzled gas can. When police ran the truck’s partially charred license plate, they learned it was registered to 19-year-old Kam McLeod who lived in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
About 45 minutes later, a road worker stopped RCMP Constable David Ribeiro at 8:30 am to report seeing a dead body within a roadside gravel pullout. The location was about 2.5 km/1.5 miles farther down the road from where the burning pick-up truck had been found.
When he responded to the scene, Constable Ribeiro found a man with a white beard lying on his back, his body was bloodied & burned. Despite the nearest McDonald’s being over 8 hours away, a red cardboard box from McDonald’s with scattered french fries lay between the victim’s legs. To this day, investigators cannot explain how or why the food was there.
The man’s clothing had been torn & Ribeiro could see multiple wounds to his body. Ammunition found at the scene was a match to what had been found at the crime scene where Chynna & Lucas had been murdered.
Based on the fact that there was mud on the victim’s shoes, investigators believe he was likely alive when he arrived at the pullout. There were 13 items lying near his body that included cigarette butts, a Molson beer can, a Red Bull can & plastic zip ties.
Because the man carried no ID, his identity was unknown. After a composite sketch of the victim was released three days later on July 22, a Vancouver woman named Helen Dyck contacted the RCMP later that evening, saying that the man looked like her 64-year-old husband, Leonard Dyck.
Len had spent two decades researching botany with a specific focus on seaweed. He had a PhD in botany & lectured at the University of British Columbia. As much as he was passionate about biology, he was equally enamored with his family.
According to fellow professors, he was a really special man who was truly irreplaceable. He had a knack at opening his student’s eyes to the diversity of life. Although he held his cards close to his chest, he was an absolute joy to be around.
Len had left his home three days before his body was found on Tuesday, July 16. He headed out for a solo camping trip in his silver 2011 Toyota Rav4 to watch grizzly bears in the wilderness & planned to be back home on July 24.
Helen last heard from her husband via text on July 18, one day before his body was found. She indicated that Len loved to explore new places & although he had a tent, he often slept in his car on the side of the road, usually along pullouts. However, his RAV4 was nowhere to be found.
According to the police report, Len had bled out at the scene as a result of injuries from an edged weapon as well as a single gunshot wound. The husband & father of two had a dry wit, a curiosity about the natural world & a passion for learning about bizarre & beautiful organisms that few were lucky enough to see.
Since 19-year-old Kam McLeod’s charred pickup truck had been found near Len’s body, investigators worried that he may have also been a victim of homicide.
When an officer on Vancouver Island spoke with his parents just after midnight on July 20, he was told that Kam & his best friend since elementary school, 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, had left their hometown of Port Alberni with plans of going to Whitehorse to look for work.
According to Bryer’s grandmother, they left at the spur-of-the-moment on July 12, three days before Lucas & Chynna’s bodies were found, after Bryer’s romantic interests toward Kam’s sister were rejected. They last texted with their family on July 17, two days before their pick-up truck was found charred.
After the boys had recently graduated from high school, they spent five weeks working their first jobs at Walmart. According to Al Schmegelsky, Bryer’s father, the boys hadn’t been happy there, so they hoped to find something more promising up north.
He described the boys as two good kids who were out on an adventure together while Bryer’s great uncle said that his nephew was a polite & kind young man.
Kam’s father, Keith McLeod, said that his son had always been a kind, considerate young man who cared about other people’s feelings. A friend described Kam as a big gaming nerd & a happy person who didn’t have many friends, but was really funny.
According to the McLeods, Kam & Bryer were introverted loners & gamers. Officers were told that although they had hunted in the past, to their knowledge, they hadn’t left with a gun & no guns were missing from their family homes.
Al Schmegelsky said that his son had struggled terribly after he & his wife’s nasty divorce in 2005, a time when Bryer’s main influences in life became video games & YouTube. He & Kam considered themselves survivalists who often went into the woods to play war. According to fellow gamers Bryer met on Steam, he was generally very quiet & shy, he was fascinated with Nazi history & had sent them photos of his Nazi attire.
Kam’s girlfriend indicated that he’d left town without even saying goodbye. He texted her one day after he left, writing, Seriously sorry, but I’m not coming back. When she got a hold of him the next night on July 14, likely only hours before Chynna & Lucas were murdered, he refused to say where they were & abruptly ended the call.
Police made attempts to track the teens via debit & credit card transactions, but Kam’s last purchase was made on July 12 at a sporting goods store in Nanaimo, B.C. Bryer last used his card at a gas station along the Alaska Highway on the morning of July 18, purchasing $20 worth of gas one day before Len’s body was found.
Attempts at tracking the teen’s cell phones were also unsuccessful since Bryer’s cell phone had been out of service since July 15 while Kam’s phone remained off since he sent his final text to Port Alberni on July 17.
The RCMP were given a tip that two young men matching their descriptions had been seen purchasing gas at a Co-op in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan on July 21 for a silver Toyota RAV4 that matched the description of Len’s car. This location was a 23-hour drive southeast of Dease Lake where Len had been murdered.
When investigators reviewed surveillance from the station early the next morning, they saw that Kam wore a t-shirt with a cartoon image while Bryer wore a camouflage-pattern jacket. They confirmed that they were now driving what appeared to be Len’s car.
By late afternoon the following day, July 22, police determined that Kam & Bryer were the prime suspects in the murders of Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler & Len Dyck. The RCMP officially issued a public release the following day on July 23, confirming that Kam & Bryer, who were once considered missing, were officially suspects in the three homicides.
The hunt for the teens spanned over five provinces & territories & grew to involve hundreds of officers, volunteers as well as the Royal Canadian Air Force. A total of 19 warrants were obtained for their arrests, including charges of second-degree murder for Len’s death while they remained suspects in Chynna & Lucas’ deaths.
When investigators searched Kam’s charred truck on July 23, they found multiple rounds of ammunition with the head stamp of 101 & 75, which matched the bullets that were used in all three murders. The SKS they purchased at Cabela’s in Nanaimo had been used in both murders.
Bryer’s father Al had always considered his son & Kam as non-violent people who never got into trouble. Neither family could wrap their minds around what had prompted the boys to go on a murderous spree. Al felt that if there was any hope of finding them alive, it was because they were hiding in the woods, something they’d been doing for the last 2 ½ years. As time continued on, he said that his son was in a great deal of pain, he believed that he was on a suicide mission & would likely die in a confrontation with police.
Investigators determined that two firearms had been used to kill Chynna & Lucas while one had been used to kill Len. After leaving their home in Port Alberni on July 12, they stopped off at Cabela’s in Nanaimo where they bought a Soviet SKS carbine, a semi-automatic rifle, as well as two magazines & 20 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition.
Since Kam had a firearm’s license, these items had been purchased legally. The other gun was an older style SKS that consisted of scavenged parts from at least five Chinese-made guns that were believed to have been pieced together over the course of several years based on the weapon’s numerous serial numbers.
After three days of driving, Kam & Bryer made their way to the Alaska Highway on Monday, July 15 & in the early morning hours, a pick-up truck matching the description of what they were driving was seen on surveillance at the Laird Hot Springs Lodge at 1:50 am not far from where Chynna & Lucas were killed. It was seen again an hour & a half later at 3:25 am at a Watson Lake gas station about 150 km/93 miles away. Four hours later, Chynna & Lucas’ bodies were found near the hot springs.
By 4 pm that Monday, they were seen purchasing a 20-liter gas can whose nozzle matched what was found at the scene four days later on Friday, July 19 where they burned their pick-up truck about 1.5 miles from Len’s body.
Ken Albertson, a man who lived in Palmer, Alaska, was able to give investigators a picture of how these killers had been choosing their victims & what had no doubt gone down at the crime scenes. On Wednesday, July 17, two days before Len’s body was found & two days after Chynna & Lucas’ bodies were found, Ken pulled off along a quiet stretch of the Alaska Highway in Haines Junction, Yukon at about 11:40 pm to take a nap. The location is about 800 km/500 miles from where Chynna & Lucas had been murdered.
About five minutes after he climbed into his backseat to sleep, a truck with a camper on top drove past his car extremely slowly, stopping about 50 yards in front of him. Since the sun set only 20 minutes earlier at 11:20 pm that night, it was still light out. He watched as the passenger-side door opened & a man climbed out with a long gun as the truck drove off. The man began walking toward his car in what he described as stalking behavior, slightly crouched, trying to be quiet as he held his gun in a ready-position.
As the man reached the halfway point to his car, Ken saw headlights approaching from the opposite direction & could see that it was the same pick-up truck. As it got closer, the truck slowed down & Ken felt sure that he was in an ambush-situation. Wearing only his underwear, Ken leaped back into the driver’s seat & quickly sped away. As he passed the truck, the driver turned his head & raised his hand in an attempt to conceal his appearance.
Hearing about the three victims in the days moving forward, Ken realizes just how lucky he was to escape the situation alive. Had a little more time passed, allowing him to fall asleep, he would no doubt have been killed.
It was only two days later when Kam & Bryer murdered Len & stole his SUV on Friday, July 19. By 4:47 pm that day, they were in Vanderhoof, B.C. purchasing electrical tape & a crowbar from a hardware store. CCTV footage showed them placing the black tape on the hood of the car as well as on the back spare tire in an attempt to change the car’s appearance.
The following day, on July 22, the teens abandoned Len’s car, setting it on fire near Gillam, Manitoba, a nearly 35 hour drive east from where they’d initially stolen Len’s car near Dease Lake in British Columbia.
Beginning on July 29, investigators began locating several items that belonged to the teens in the Sundance area of Manitoba, including hundreds of rounds of ammunition at various locations.
Over the course of 16 days, the RCMP searched over 11,000 square km/6,800 square miles in northern Manitoba, logging more than 4,500 hours during the search that was done by air, boat, underwater & through insect-infested spongy wet scrubland.
Based on the more than 1,000 tips that had come through from the public, the teens had been utilizing remote isolated routes to avoid detection. Residents were warned that Bryer Schmegelsky & Kam McLeod were armed & highly dangerous.
Kam’s backpack was found on August 1 with a box of ammunition inside as well as his wallet, ID & clothing. They also eventually found Len’s discarded toiletry bag which gave investigators the appearance that they were dumping weight as they moved through the bush.
Six days later, on August 7, police found their deceased bodies in a heavily wooded area about 8 km/5 miles from where Len’s burned SUV had been found. They died by suicide by gunfire & although their exact date & time of death couldn’t be determined, forensic evidence indicated they had been dead for a number of days before they were found. Two SKS semi-automatic rifles were found with their bodies as well as a digital camera belonging to Len.
The camera contained six videos & three still images, none of which were time-stamped, but they appeared to be recorded sometime between when they burned Len’s car & when they died. In the first video, which was nearly a minute long, they confessed to the three murders & indicated that they planned to go to Hudson Bay, hijack a boat & travel to Europe or Africa.
In the second video which was also nearly a minute long, Bryer said that they’d reached the Nelson River in Manitoba & they may have to kill themselves while Kam agreed. They once again took credit for the three murders, expressing absolutely no remorse.
In the third video that lasted 32 seconds, Bryer said that he & Kam had shaved in preparation of their deaths. They planned to be dead within a week & were planning on killing more people.
In the fourth video that lasted 19 seconds, they said that they planned to die by suicide. After a 6 second video that is believed to have been recorded unintentionally, they recorded a final, 31 second video in what they described as their last will & testament, detailing their wishes to be cremated.
In two of the three still images that were taken, Bryer posed with one of the semi-automatic rifles while Kam took a selfie.
Investigators determined that both teens died in a suicide pact where Kam shot Bryer before turning the gun on himself.
Although Kam’s damaged SIM card was found near the banks of the Nelson River, their cell phones were never located. Investigators don’t believe there was a ringleader between the two, describing them as a partnership.
They left no statement about their possible motive & no evidence was collected that suggested that they had been planning a triple murder. Neither had a criminal record & what was described as their previous limited police interactions, had been unremarkable.
According to B.C. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Kevin Hackett, the three murders appeared to be random crimes of opportunity, theorizing that they’d come upon Chynna & Lucas’ van & targeted them for unknown reasons, likely just for the sick thrill of taking two lives.
From here, they drove north to the Yukon, but returned south to B.C. after dealing with car trouble with their truck. It’s likely they encountered Len, who may have been sleeping at the gravel pullout in his SUV, killing him near Deese Lake, B.C, stealing his SUV, money & other items.
No one will ever be able to understand what led two seemingly introverted, but otherwise typical boys, to go off on a murderous spree. Chynna Deese & Lucas Fowler hadn’t known Len Dyck, but they’d all been out doing the same thing, enjoying the beauty & wonder of the Canadian wilderness when their lives were taken for no reason at all.
There are times when Chynna’s friends forget that she’s gone, tricking themselves into thinking that she’s just off on another trip. Sheila Deese keeps the last hand-written note her daughter wrote on the whiteboard on her fridge that reads, You are so beautiful! I love you! Her sister wrote on Facebook, Instead of watching you enjoy your thriving life I can only carry your legacy in mine, and encourage others to do the same.
Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler & Leonard Dyck were all cherished by their family members & they will be forever missed. Meanwhile, Kam McLeod & Bryer Schmegelsky’s families are left devastated by their son’s actions, describing what they did as inconceivable. They cannot identify their actions with the boys they always knew them to be.
Chynna & Lucas had been a young couple who were madly in love & had been exploring & enjoying their time together. Len was a husband, father & lecturer who had built a life around curiosity, knowledge & family who had innocently gone out to watch grizzly bears in the wild. All three had tragically crossed paths with two killers by chance, teens who were cold & remorseless, ending their precious lives in a moment of brutality.
References:
- Wikipedia: Alaska Highway
- ABC News: Tourists in Canada speak of encounter with Lucas Fowler & Chynna Deese before they were murdered
- ABC News: Lucas Fowler’s father pays tribute to his murdered son at memorial service in Turramurra
- North Shore News: Man sought in Alaska Highway murder investigation
- Global News: What the investigators of the northern B.C. murders found – and what we still don’t know
- Global News: B.C. murder suspects died by apparent suicide, autopsy results confirm
- CBC: Bodies found in northern Manitoba believed to be 2 B.C. fugitives
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- CBC: Inside the RCMP’s cross-country manhunt for admitted killers Bryer Schmegelsky & Kam McLeod
- CBC: 2 years later, Whitehorse trucker still honours memory of murdered couple
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- YouTube: CBS News: Bryer Schmegelsky’s great uncle says ‘this tragedy, it affects 5 families
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- New York Post: Father of two allegedly killed by teens in Canada was on a solo camping trip
