Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer who ground his victims into mincemeat
Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer who ground his victims into mincemeat. On Feb. 6, 2002, police executed a search warrant at the property for reports of illegal firearms. Both Robert and his brother David were arrested and police were then able to obtain a second warrant based on what they had seen at the farm.
Within hours of officers arriving with a search warrant, the property became the site of the largest crime scene search in the country's history. A total of 200,000 DNA samples and 600,000 exhibits were seized and forensic experts were forced to use heavy equipment to sift through nearly 300,000 cubic metres of soil. Personal items belonging to missing women were found at the farm.
On February 22, 2002, Robert Pickton was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Sereena Abotsway and Mona Wilson. On April 2, three more charges were added for the murders of Jacqueline McDonel, Dianne Rock, and Heather Bottomley. A sixth charge for the murder of Andrea Joesbury was laid on April 9, followed shortly by a seventh for Brenda Wolfe.
On September 20, four more charges were added for the slayings of Georgina Papin, Patricia Johnson, Helen Hallmark, and Jennifer Furminger. Another four more charges for the murders of Heather Chinnock, Tanya Holyk, Sherry Irving, and Inga Hall were laid on October 3, bringing the total to fifteen. On May 26, 2005, tvwelve more charges were laid against Pickton for the killings of Cara Ellis, Andrea Borhaven, Debra Lynne Jones, Marnie Frey, Tiffany Drew, Kerry Koski, Sarah de Vries, Cynthia Feliks, Angela Jardine, Wendy Crawford, Diana Melnick, and Jane Doe, bringing the total number of first-degree murder charges to twenty-seven. On December 9, 2007, the jury returned a verdict that Pickton was not guilty on six counts of first-degree murder, but was guilty on six counts of second-degree murder.
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