No evidence of homicide in case of woman’s remains found in Winnipeg landfill: police

Winnipeg police say they have no evidence to suggest the death of an Indigenous woman whose body was found in a landfill Monday was a homicide.

Police chief Danny Smyth says 33-year-old Linda Beardy was seen climbing into a garbage bin alone after exiting a store and was not seen afterward.

Smyth says the bin was picked up by a truck a few hours later, its contents were emptied and taken to a city-run landfill where Beardy’s body was found shortly afterward.

Smyth says the autopsy is ongoing, but there are no injuries that would point to a homicide.