The unsolved cases of Amber Guiboche and Tiffany Skye were recently added to the list of cases that Project Devote is investigating.
Just last Wednesday, Project Devote task force members executed a search warrant on Selkirk Avenue in connection to a case.
The joint task force between RCMP and the Winnipeg Police Service focuses on historical homicides and disappearances of exploited Manitobans.
At the time of the search, Winnipeg police spokesman Jason Michalyshen told media the task force had 28 cases in its portfolio and could not disclose which case the warrant was connected to.
An RCMP spokesperson confirmed in an email this week that Project Devote is now looking at 30 cases. RCMP said they wanted to reach family members of those victims before making media aware that cases were added to Project Devote.
Amber Guiboche was last seen on November 10, 2010 in the area of William Avenue and Isabel Street. She was 20 years old at the time of her disappearance.
Tiffany Skye’s body was found in the Red River near the Lockport dam north of Winnipeg on August 13, 2011. Skye, 19, was last seen in the area of The Forks or downtown Winnipeg on August 8, 2011.
The RCMP would not say exactly when these cases were added to Project Devote, only that it was recent. A request to speak to task force members about why these cases were added was denied.
Project Devote was created in 2012 and focused on 28 cases, dating back to 1961.
Since Project Devote began, one case has been resolved. Traigo Andretti pleaded guilty to the murder of Myrna Letandre last year.
The case of Amanda Bartlett, who disappeared in 1996, was also added to the list in 2012.