'They took too long': No skull found during police dive in Red River

Police divers have searched the bottom of the Red River for a possible skull spotted on video recordedbyDrag the Red volunteers, but only found a large cow bone and rocks.

Kyle Kematch directed divers to the locationunder the Disraeli Bridgewhere he recorded the skull-like image with a Go Pro camera on Aug. 30.

"There was a large cow bone and also several rocks that may have been the source of what appeared to be a skull, however there was no skull found," a police spokesperson said in an email after the Sept. 28 dive.

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Kematch commended the effort but says he and others areconvinced a skull is still down there.

"The video itself speaks for itselfand from my point of view, I think they took too long," he said. "It might have moved. Maybe they missed it."

Kematch, who searches the Red River for remains of Manitoba's missing and murdered, took the video to police on Aug. 30. He is still frustratedit took more thanfour weeks for police to try to retrieve the object.

In September,Winnipeg police told CBC Newsthe dive teamhad to wait for the right combination of conditions and resources to deploy the team.

Kematch still believes it was a missed opportunity.

He plans to find the object in the video again next year.He wonders if it'sremains fromsomeone "onthe list of the missing," such as his sister Amber Guiboche, who disappeared from Winnipeg in 2010.

"They want me to feel like I'm wasting my time, but I'm not," Kematch said. "It helps me knowing that I'm doing the best I can to bring closure for myself or somebody else."

Kematch is also exploring getting certified to conduct his own dives next year.

'They took too long': No skull found during police dive in Red River

8 years ago

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Police divers have searched the bottom of the Red River for a possible skull spotted on video recorded by Drag the Red volunteers, but only found a large cow bone and rocks.