Regina police say they haven't given up finding Richele Bear

Regina police say they haven't given up on finding out what happened to Richele Bear, one of two young Indigenous women killed by Clayton Eichler in 2013.

On Monday, Eichler, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Bear, 23, and Kelly Goforth, 21.

The next day, Queen's Bench Justice Fred Kovach sentenced Eichler to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for 20 years.

There's no question of what happened to Goforth — her lifeless body was found stuffed into a hockey bag in a dumpster in September 2013.

However, Bear's body has never been found.

Mother of victim: 'I cannot move forward'

At the sentencing Tuesday, members of Bear's family demanded that Eichler say where he put her.

"Only when Richele is brought home and returned and put to rest will we, our family, our friends start our healing," her mother Michele Bear said in a victim impact statement. "Myself, I am still stuck and I cannot move forward."

Eichler, whose lawyer said he was addicted to meth at the time of the murders, apologized to the families but said he doesn't know where the body is.

"I don't have that answer," he said.

Police hope more information comes to light

Regina Police Service spokesperson Elizabeth Popowich said the police will accept any new information in the case and follow up appropriately.

"We are hopeful that more information may come to light that could give the family of Richele Bear some closure and help them to move forward into healing," Popowich said in an email to CBC News.

However, even though Eichler has been convicted of the murders, he's not compelled to give the police any more information, she said.

Because Goforth's body was found in a dumpster, some people have asked whether Bear might have shared a similar fate, but that has never been anything more than speculation, Popowich said.

Police want to do everything they can, but will need "actionable informations, not just speculation," she said.