Vancouver – Serial killer Robert Pickton appeared in court by video Tuesday for a civil case involving the families of several of his victims.
It’s one of the first times anyone from outside the prison system has seen the notorious murderer in the years since his conviction.
Pickton – bald and wearing a white shirt as he sat in a room at Kent Institution, a maximum security southeast of Vancouver – was polite as he listened to a BC Supreme Court judge and the lawyer for nine families explain the proceedings. CTV News online article 14th January 2014
March 22nd 1997 Downtown Eastside Vancouver, Canada: Her streetname was Stitch … a 31-year-old mother of two with a serious drug habit. Selling her body was the quickest way to the next high. An old pickup truck approached; the driver flashed some cash and Stitch got in. The driver was 47-year-old Robert Willy Pickton who drove Stitch seventeen miles east to his pig farm … Stitch escaped with four stab wounds; she was critically injured but alive. Pickton had been sloppy; this one had got away. World’s Most Evil Killers s6e2: Robert Pickton, the Pig Fame Killer, Sky Crime 2021
Over the next five years at least forty-nine other women wouldn’t be so lucky. ibid.
Pickton was one of those predators who hunted women relentlessly. ibid.
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Knoxville, 1995: A young woman was essentially slaughtered … She cut her all over … Christa was later diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Killer Kids s4e5: Southern Belle from Hell & My Best Friend’s Girl, LMN 2015
When an 18-year-old girl lures her romantic rival away from their dorm room with promises of a fun night out, her victim hopes to God this is her chance to convince her nothing is going on with her boyfriend. But she doesn’t live long enough to make her case. She has no idea how dark and twisted her killer is. True Crime Recaps: The Most Shocking Teenage Murder Case Ever! Youtube 15.24, 2023
Christa Pike was just 18 years old when she was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of another teenager. ibid.