Canadian police identify remains of murdered Indigenous woman at landfill

Police said they had identified Morgan Harris, 39, and had also found more remains of another person

Canadian police have identified the remains of a murdered Indigenous woman at a landfill and found more remains from another person, after a months-long search demanded by the families of victims targeted by a serial killer.

Police said in a statement they had confirmed that human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, had been identified as those of Morgan Harris, who was 39.

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