Canadian police find evidence of teen fugitives on banks of river

A damaged aluminum boat, recovered from the shores of the Nelson River by Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) searching for fugitive murder suspects Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky, is seen in Sundance, Manitoba, Canada August 4, 2019. Manitoba RCMP/Handout via REUTERS.

(Reuters) - Canadian police said on Tuesday they found "several items directly linked" to two teenage boys charged with killing a university lecturer and suspected in the murders of two tourists.

The pair, Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, both of Port Alberni, British Columbia, have been on the run for nearly three weeks with no confirmed sightings since July 22.