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Serial Killer Robert Pickton Who Murdered 20 Women or More Was 'Speared in the Head' in Prison · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Robert Picton, a Canadian serial killer, is currently in critical condition after being
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  assaulted in a Quebec maximum security institution where he was incarcerated. The Correctional Service
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  of Canada has confirmed the attack, but has not disclosed further information regarding the
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  incident or Picton's current state. Reports from Sieurte du Quebec indicate that Picton is
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  currently in a medically induced coma, with CBS News stating that he is in
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  a precarious condition. According to an anonymous source cited by the Province, Picton
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  was allegedly attacked by another inmate, who used a broken broom like handle to
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  spear him in the head. Picton was accused of killing twenty six women,
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  and in a two thousand seven trial, he was convicted of murdering six women.
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  CBS News reports the victims were Serena Abbotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joe's,
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  Brenda Ann Wolfe, Georgina Pappan, and Marnie Frey. The remains or
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  DNA of thirty three women were also found on his pig farm. CBC and
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  CBS News report the sister of one of Picton's victims spoke to CBC about the
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  prison assault. I said, good for him. He deserved it, Georgina
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  Papan's sister, tammy Linpapah told the outlet. Lorimer Shenher, a former lead
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  Vancouver police detective, also spoke out about the assault. Obviously, mister Picton
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  has caused a lot of pain for many people, Shenher said the Province reports.
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  Unfortunately, all an attack like this serves to do is further thwart the
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  truth of this case from being told so that all the remaining perpetrators could be
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  brought to justice. It's been an open secret for more than twenty years that
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  these murders were not committed solely by the hands of Robert Picton, one of
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  the world's most notorious serial killers, expressed disappointment that he had been unable to
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  murder more victims. To an undercover police officer posing as his cellmate, Robert
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  Picton said he butchered forty nine women at his farm near Vancouver, Canada.
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  Unaware that he was being filmed, The sixty nine year old told his police
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  officer cellmate that he had wanted an even fifty of victims, but fell short
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  of the macab target after being sloppy. The majority of Picton's victims were individuals
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  engaged in sex work, whom he enticed away from Vancouver's Red Light District to
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  his farm by offering drugs and alcohol. Once there, he engaged in sexual
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  acts with them before taking their lives. He then dismembered their bodies and disposed
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  of the remains by either feeding them to his pigs or grinding them up and
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  potentially mixing them with animal meat, which he is believed to have sold to
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  the public. Some of the women were killed by Picton injecting them with anti
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  freeze from a syringe, falsely claiming it contained drugs. Others were brutally stabbed
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  to death. During a raid on Picton's farm in two thousand and two,
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  police discovered the DNA of twenty six women, further implicating him in their murders.
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  A new documentary titled Voice of a Serial Killer will feature footage captured by
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  an undercover officer shortly after Picton's arrest, in which he shamelessly boasts about his
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  heinous acts. I can making things disappear, he said, only I was
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  kind of sloppy at the end too, getting too sloppy, he added.
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  They got me on this one. They've got DNA. I was going to
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  do another one, make it an even fifty. That's why I was sloppy.
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  I wanted to do one more, make the big five zero. In
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  two thousand seven, Picton was found guilty of six counts of first degree murder
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  and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of twenty five years. The
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  remaining twenty charges were dropped by prosecutors since he was already serving the maximum sentence
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  permitted by Canadian law. As the full scope of his crimes came to light,
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  law enforcement faced criticism from the families of the victims. They accused investigators
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  of overlooking warning signs that a serial killer was at large, resulting in more
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  murders being committed. Furthermore, there were allegations that the disappearances of the women,
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  who were predominantly sex workers from Canada's indigenous community, were not taken seriously
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  by the police. Initially, Picton was apprehended on two counts of murder.
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  Subsequently, three additional murder charges were levied against him. Another charge followed suit.
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  Ultimately, by two thousand five, a total of twenty six murder charges
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  were brought against Robert Picton, establishing him as one of the most prolific serial
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  killers in the annals of Canadian history. During the course of the investigation,
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  law enforcement authorities unearthed the horrifying details of Picton's methods in murdering these women.
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  Based on police reports and a recorded confession from Picton, it was determined that
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  the victims had met their gruesome fate through various means. Some were restrained with
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  handcuffs and fatally stabbed, while others were administered lethal doses of anti freeze.
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  Once lifeless, Picton would either transport their bodies to a nearby meat rendering plant
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  or grind them up and feed them to the pigs residing on his farm.
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  In nineteen ninety six, the Pictons initiated a non profit organization called the Piggy
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