The Manitoba RCMP says that after a two-week manhunt, the search is over for Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky.

Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, Commanding Officer of the Manitoba RCMP says that two bodies were discovered this morning in dense brush approximately eight kilometres from the burned-out vehicle the fugitives were last seen driving.

MacLatchy says RCMP believe at this time the bodies are those of McLeod and Schmegelsky. An autopsy is scheduled in Winnipeg to confirm their identities.

"I'm confident that it is them," MacLatchy says, but an autopsy must be conducted in order to confirm.

Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy says that all along officers knew they needed just one piece of evidence to move the search forward & on Friday, August 2nd, the items found on the shoreline of the Nelson River & directly linked to the suspects, enables officers to narrow down the search.

MacLatchy says "There's obviously a certain amount of relief that we were able to locate these people and hopefully bring some closure not only to the victims of the homicides," but also to those in the surrounding communities in northern Manitoba. She says she hopes that people will be able to be more at ease now without having to worry about who is in the bush.

RCMP searchers located a damaged aluminum boat along the shore of the Nelson River on Friday while searching from a helicopter. A dive team conducted underwater searches on Sunday. On Tuesday, August 6, the RCMP also confirmed that they had found several items directly linked to the suspects on the shoreline on Friday.

"I want to thank the communities and the leadership of Gillam, Fox Lake Cree Nation, Ilford War Lake First Nation, and York Landing. Your lives have been disrupted. Many of you lived with uncertainty and fear, but throughout you were resilient," MacLatchy says.

"You came together as communities and you helped the officers get the job done."

MacLatchy also thanked RCMP officers for their hard work in the search.

McLeod and Schmegelsky had been charged with Second Degree Murder in the July slaying of Vancouver professor Leonard Dyck. They are also considered suspects in the deaths of Lucas Fowler of Sydney, Australia, and his girlfriend Chynna Deese of Charlotte, N.C.