Alleged Canadian serial killer accused of killing 26 women

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Alleged Canadian serial killer pleads not guilty
600 jurors called for case of pig farmer accused of killing 26 women

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A pig farmer accused of being Canada’s worst serial killer pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murdering women from Vancouver’s seediest streets.
Robert “Willie” Pickton, 56, who is accused in the deaths of at least 26 women, stood and softly said “not guilty” as each of the names of six of the women was read in court.
Some 600 potential jurors were being called in Saturday. Justice James Williams has ruled that the trial will be divided into two parts, with the first six counts being tried first.
Williams acknowledged the trial will “last a lengthy period.” Most estimates put it at about a year.
The gruesome allegations against Pickton fall under a publication ban that prevents the media from revealing details of the alleged crimes until opening arguments on Jan. 8.
Journalists covering the preliminary hearings have been so haunted by the courtroom revelations that some have sought psychological help.
What can be reported is that Pickton was arrested in February 2002 by police investigating the disappearances of sex-trade workers from Vancouver’s grubby Downtown Eastside district.
Health officials later issued a tainted-meat advisory to neighbors who may have bought pork from his farm, concerned the meat may have contained human remains.
Pickton and his brother, Dave, used to throw parties at the hog farm in a barn they had dubbed the “Piggy Palace,” telling neighbors they were raising money for charity. Investigators, however, have said the parties were drunken, drug-fueled raves with prostitutes.
The province has spent an estimated $61 million sifting through acres of soil on the property.
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  • angelicaangelica Posts: 6,038
    Alleged Canadian serial killer pleads not guilty
    600 jurors called for case of pig farmer accused of killing 26 women

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A pig farmer accused of being Canada’s worst serial killer pleaded not guilty on Saturday to charges of murdering women from Vancouver’s seediest streets.
    Robert “Willie” Pickton, 56, who is accused in the deaths of at least 26 women, stood and softly said “not guilty” as each of the names of six of the women was read in court.
    Some 600 potential jurors were being called in Saturday. Justice James Williams has ruled that the trial will be divided into two parts, with the first six counts being tried first.
    Williams acknowledged the trial will “last a lengthy period.” Most estimates put it at about a year.
    The gruesome allegations against Pickton fall under a publication ban that prevents the media from revealing details of the alleged crimes until opening arguments on Jan. 8.
    Journalists covering the preliminary hearings have been so haunted by the courtroom revelations that some have sought psychological help.
    What can be reported is that Pickton was arrested in February 2002 by police investigating the disappearances of sex-trade workers from Vancouver’s grubby Downtown Eastside district.
    Health officials later issued a tainted-meat advisory to neighbors who may have bought pork from his farm, concerned the meat may have contained human remains.
    Pickton and his brother, Dave, used to throw parties at the hog farm in a barn they had dubbed the “Piggy Palace,” telling neighbors they were raising money for charity. Investigators, however, have said the parties were drunken, drug-fueled raves with prostitutes.
    The province has spent an estimated $61 million sifting through acres of soil on the property.
    One of the murdered prostitutes was my teenage friend from many years ago. We both gave birth as single mothers when we were in our teens. Her child was eventually taken away, as she continued into a downward spiral of addiction and eventual sex-trade work. She was treated inhumanely by males and females alike. People degraded her as the "town tramp". I used to go to parties at her house. We used to hitchhike together. May her precious soul rest in peace. :(
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  • I'm shocked this case doesn't get more attention. I guess when it is prostitutes and poor women than its not a big deal.
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