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Robert William Pickton (October 24, 1949 – May 31, 2024), also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, was a Canadian serial killer and pig farmer. After dropping out of school, he left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig farm, and inherited it in the early 1990s.
Jun 1, 2024 · Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton - who was convicted of killing six women and confessed to killing dozens more - died after being attacked earlier this month by another inmate, prison...
May 31, 2024 · VANCOUVER — Robert Pickton, one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers, died on Friday, 12 days after he was assaulted in prison. Pickton, an inmate at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec,...
Jun 1, 2024 · One of Canada's most prolific serial killers, Pickton lured women from Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood to his rural pig farm in nearby Port Coquitlam. Many...
May 31, 2024 · After 11 days on life-support and being placed in a medically induced coma by doctors at a Quebec hospital, Robert Pickton died on Friday, according to a release from Correctional Service Canada.
- Raju Mudhar
- rmudhar@thestar.ca
Oct 8, 2020 · Robert Pickton, who operated a pig farm in nearby Port Coquitlam, was charged with murdering 26 of the women. He was convicted on six charges and sentenced to life in prison. In a jail cell conversation with an undercover police officer, Pickton claimed to have murdered 49 women.
May 21, 2024 · Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition and underwent surgery after he was attacked by another inmate in a Quebec prison on Sunday.
