Canadian serial killer Jeremy Skibicki has been given four life sentences for the 2022 murders of four Indigenous women in Winnipeg.

He showed no reaction as the sentence was read, and was emotionless as family members of victims delivered angry impact statements in court on Wednesday.

Prosecutors argued that Skibicki, 37, killed four women in 2022 in calculated and racially motivated crimes.

He had pleaded not guilty due to mental disorder.

The murders and subsequent trial sent shockwaves through Canada’s Indigenous community, which has long grappled with cases of violence against women.

The victims are Morgan Harris, 39, Marcedes Myran, 26 and Rebecca Contois, who was 24. The fourth woman has yet to be identified, and was given the name Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, meaning Buffalo Woman, by Indigenous elders.

Throughout the trial, a buffalo head sat on a red cloth on a table near the prosecutors in tribute to the still unidentified victim.

The remains of two victims are believed to still be in a landfill in Winnipeg. A formal search has been set for this autumn, after months of pressure from their families.

According to court documents, Skibicki killed the women between March and May of 2022, with Ms Contois believed to be the final victim.