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WINNIPEG — Winnipeg police have released a few updates on their efforts to identify the victim of an admitted serial killer.

But some details have been revealed in the ongoing murder trial of Jeremy Skibicki (skih-BITS'-kee).

Skibicki is charged with first-degree murder for the 2022 slayings of four Indigenous women, including an unidentified woman.

His lawyers say he should be found not criminally responsible for the killings because of a mental illness.

A group of Indigenous grandmothers have given the unknown victim the name Buffalo Woman.

A ceremonial headdress symbolizing her has been sitting in the courtroom throughout the trial.

the court has heard Skibicki met Buffalo Woman outside the Salvation Army in March 2022.

The two went back to his apartment, where he killed her and dumped her remains in a garbage bin.

D-N-A found on a jacket believed to have belonged to her is the only evidence pointing to her identity.

An R-C-M-P officer has testified that police continue to investigate tips that might help identify her.

The Canadian Press