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At a press conference on Wednesday, Winnipeg police confirmed the identity of Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe to be Ashlee Shingoose.
Ashlee’s father Albert Shingoose had one request for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew: sing a song.
@the-great-beast.bsky.social:
Compassion and grace. Thank-you, Wab.
Her name is Ashlee Shingoose.
Her name is Ashlee Shingoose.
Her name is Ashlee Shingoose.
@fagankara.bsky.social:
Heartbreaking moment but also true leadership and I really love that this is a premier of a Canadian province
@scottymcarthur.bsky.social:
Beautiful
I’ve asked friends to show their sons, so they know how real men behave
@amirattaran.bsky.social:
It takes oceans of courage and empathy to perform like this
@rallymodeller.bsky.social:
Rest now, Ashlee Shingoose.
@snarkysteff.bsky.social:
I hope he’s Prime Minister of Canada one day.
Shoutout to Manitoba for getting it right and electing this man. What a refreshing human to get news updates about.
May Ashlee find her peace, and her family, too.
Scott Waddell @dufc1976.bsky.social:
I literally was about to post this ha
@pearatty.bsky.social:
In a world full of Pierre Poilievres, be a Wab Kinew.
@smolkawilly.bsky.social:
This brought tears to my eyes. Those poor families losing their loved ones and enduring this for 2 years.
@chillax-empath.bsky.social:
No more #StolenSisters
@reckoning-ball.bsky.social:
This. This is True Canadian leadership. He said yes they would search for their missing family, he said yes, they would find Buffalo Woman, he has brought healing, closure. Thank you.
@sisigwad.bsky.social:
This song is medicine for the brokenhearted – It’s not often you find a politician and a healer in the same person – especially not at the same time
@a-witty-twit.bsky.social:
Blessed to have Wab Kinew
Mercedes Lenz @yeguablancaa.bsky.social:
I love Wab Kinew
@cafffeinefiend.bsky.social:
What a man! My heart is broken and full at the same time.
@sherryeff.bsky.social:
Watching from Alberta with respect and awe.
Our hearts are with you
(also… A little shame. Our province needs to learn from MB)
@bakergramma.bsky.social:
Such a man of integrity, honouring this woman and her father.
Thank you Wab Kinew
@johnd62.bsky.social:
Wow, what a leader!!
This made me tear right up.
So powerful.
@kasmac.bsky.social:
Heartbreaking. Haunting. Condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones.
@snarkysteff.bsky.social:
Didn’t think I’d be getting a cry from a quick scroll on Bluesky. Oof!
@ana-lia-pauchu.bsky.social:
Same here.
@tcrinctintin1011.bsky.social:
agreed
@jives11.bsky.social:
More stolen sisters – both heartbreaking and infuriating. Thank you for finding these women and bringing them home.
@24chloe.bsky.social:
Weeping, such a sad time. Wab Kinew is a wonderful soul & definitely a person to watch. Our hearts go out to Ashlee’s loved ones.
@chris-brennan.bsky.social:
I wish I could vote for this man.
@vanessasarges.bsky.social:
I’m glad that Ashlee is back with her family. Such a beautiful tribute to her from her father and Premier Kinew.
My heart breaks for everyone who loved Ashlee.
@shelleyessaunce.bsky.social:
G’chi miigwech Waub.
@normagraham.bsky.social:
A profound sorrow.
Winnipeg police set to identify Mashkode Bizihiki’ Ikwe or Buffalo Woman as Ashlee Shingoose by Tiar Wheatle, Mar 25, 2025, APTN News
Ashlee Shingoose vanished in March 2022. Photo: submitted.
Warning: This story contains details that may be triggering.
Ashlee Shingoose from St. Theresa Point First Nation is Mashkode Bizihiki’ Ikwe or Buffalo Woman, APTN News has learned.
Winnipeg police have announced a press conference for Wednesday to reveal more details. Multiple sources would only confirm her name.
A spokesperson for the Manitoba government confirmed Tuesday night that Premier Wab Kinew will be in attendance.
Shingoose, 31, was last seen in downtown Winnipeg near the Salvation Army on March 11, 2022.
She’s one of four First Nations women murdered by Jeremy Skibicki, 37, in the spring of 2022.
He was sentenced to life in prison for four first-degree murder convictions in the deaths of Rebecca Contois, 24, Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26, and Shingoose.
On May 9, 2024, during court proceedings, it was revealed that Shingoose’s DNA had been found on a cigarette butt in Skibicki’s suburban Winnipeg apartment.
At the time, her parents, Theresa and Albert Shingoose, attended the proceedings.
On July 11, when Chief Justice Glenn Joyal gave his oral verdict, the Shingoose family didn’t attend court, instead, they participated in a Sundance ceremony on the outskirts of the city.
On Aug. 28, Albert was present for the written decision and sentencing.
Back in July 2024, APTN News visited the Shingoose family in their home in St Theresa Point, a fly-in community 465 km northeast of Winnipeg.
At the time, Albert already believed his daughter was Buffalo Woman, even though in January 2023 his family had been tested for DNA and police later announced Shingoose was not Buffalo Woman.
Albert told APTN the investigators on Ashlee’s case contacted him and said once the trial was finished, they had a plan.
“What they were saying to me, ‘We are not giving up yet,’” Albert said.
He added that police told him they planned to go back to Skibicki, “and ask him questions. If (he) really seen her or if they know that’s her he killed or what not, that’s what they were going to try find out.”
The Winnipeg police would not confirm or deny what Albert said of his conversation with the two investigators on his daughter’s case at the time, but sources have confirmed this happened.
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APTN has reached out to the Shingoose family but they have not responded.
On March 17, the province announced that remains found at a private landfill north of the city were those of Myran. Harris’ remains were identified on March 7.
The partial remains of Contois were found in a garbage bin near Skibicki’s residence on May 16, 2022. Police commenced a search at the city=owned Brady Road Landfill on June 2, 2022 and recovered additional human remains of Contois on June 14.
Buffalo Woman is believed to be Skibicki’s first victim.
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