Robert William "Willy" Pickton (born 24 October 1949) is a Canadian serial killer who was convicted in 2007 of the second-degree murders of six women. Arrested in 2002, he was the subject of a lengthy investigation that yielded evidence of numerous other murders. Pickton was charged with the deaths of an additional twenty women, many of them from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but these charges were stayed by the Crown in 2010. Pickton was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole for 25 years – the longest sentence for murder under Canadian law at the time he was sentenced.
During the trial's first day of jury evidence, the Crown stated that Pickton had confessed to 49 murders to an undercover agent from the Office of Inspector General, who was posing as a cellmate. The Crown reported that Pickton told the officer that he wanted to kill another woman to make it an even 50, and that he was caught because he was "sloppy".
Book: "On the Farm - Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story off Vancouver's Missing Women" by Stevie Cameron
Online:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/26/1
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Pickton
https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/06/17/picktons_mother_was_a_key_influence.html
Robert Pickton Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Serial Killer’s Kin Sue Canada for Damage to Pickton Pig Farm
The Robert Pickton Case: A Timeline - CityNews Toronto
Pickton described how he killed women, former friend says | CBC News
Youtube:
Serial Killer: Robert Pickton (The Pig Farmer Killer) - Full Documentary
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