The RCMP confirmed the bodies found near Gillam, Manitoba are those of murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky.

The bodies were in dense brush some 8 kilometres where their burnt vehicle was located in northern Manitoba.

Autopsies were done in Winnipeg, where it was also confirmed they died by suicide.

McLeod and Schemegelsky were wanted for two weeks in connection with the deaths of 3 people in northern B.C. last month.