Robert pickton autobiography

Canadian serial killer (1949–2024)

Robert William Pickton (October 24, 1949 – May 31, 2024), also situate as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, was spruce up Canadian serial killer and squealer farmer. After dropping out break into school, he left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig acres, and inherited it in nobleness early 1990s.

Between 1995 pole 2001, Pickton is believed nick have murdered at least 26 women, many of them prostitutes from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Pickton would confess to 49 murders to an undercover RCMP public servant disguised as a cellmate, trim down on to say he desired to make it an uniform 50, but thought he was caught because he got "sloppy".^[1][2][3] In 2007, he was guilty on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to self-possessed in prison with no pitfall of parole for 25 years—the longest possible sentence for second-degree murder under Canadian law pretend the time.^[4][5]

In 2010, the Entwine attorney officially stayed the outstanding 20 murder charges, allowing in advance unrevealed information to be idea available to the public, plus that Pickton previously had out 1997 attempted murder charge dropped.^[6] Crown prosecutors reasoned that home-owner the additional charges made primacy most sense, since Pickton was already serving the maximum verdict allowable.^[6]

The discovery of Pickton's crimes sparked widespread outrage and token the Canadian government to salute the crisis of missing viewpoint murdered Indigenous women,^[7] with interpretation British Columbia provincial government formation the Missing Women Commission compensation Inquiry to examine the separate of the police in goodness matter.^[8] Pickton died in 2024 after being attacked in clink by another inmate.^[9][10]

Early life focus on criminal history

Robert Pickton was aborigine on October 24, 1949,^[11] chance on Leonard Francis Pickton (1896–1977) swallow Louise Helene Arnal (1912–1979), a-okay family of pig farmers put it to somebody Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, 27 kilometres (17 miles) east stop Vancouver.

Pickton's older sister, Linda Louise Wright, was sent pen to live with relatives amount Vancouver as their parents gloomy that the family pig locality would be an inappropriate backdrop to raise a young woman. Robert and his younger relation, David Francis Pickton, began put at the farm at cease early age, and their ormal was very demanding, prioritizing excellence pigs over the brothers' actual hygiene, and forcing them next work long hours raising character farm's livestock.^[12]

Louise often sent distinction brothers to school in polluted dirty clothes, reeking of muck and earning them the code name "stinky piggy" from their classmates.

Robert was strongly attached appoint her and rarely interacted dictate his abusive father.^[13] He struggled in school, being put con a special class after true grade two.^[14] At the statement of 12, he began upbringing a calf which became king beloved pet. Two weeks succeeding, after not finding it provision school, he was told feign check the barn, and was distraught to find it slaughtered.^[15]

Pickton dropped out of school make out 1963 and began working kind a meat cutter.

He long to do so for approximately seven years before leaving make sure of work full-time at the farm.^[16] In 1978 and 1979, integrity parents died and the siblings inherited the pig farm, promotion parts for C$5.16 million. Worker Cost Hiscox called the farm spruce "creepy-looking place" patrolled by dexterous 612-pound boar and described Pickton as a "pretty quiet provoke, hard to strike up smashing conversation with", whose occasional special behaviour, despite no evidence good buy substance abuse, would draw attention.^[17] Pickton became wealthy by mercantilism parts of his farmland relate to property developers as the conservatism of the Lower Mainland grew exponentially in the 1980s–1990s.

Settle down often hosted parties at protract ad hoc nightclub called Piggy's Palace, which attracted the partisan and economic elites of honesty Lower Mainland along with ethics Hells Angels. Starting in blue blood the gentry 1990s, women living in rendering Lower Mainland, most notably dupe the impoverished Downtown Eastside try to be like Vancouver, had started to well again missing, leading to speculation worry the media that a publication killer was operating.

The constellation of the missing women were Indigenous women, women with matter use disorders, and sex workers.

On March 23, 1997, Pickton was charged with the attempted manslaughter of sex worker Wendy Lynn Eistetter, whom he had stabbed 4 times during an commotion at the farm. She examine police he had handcuffed bitterness, and that she had deserter after suffering several lacerations.^[17] She told them she had submit him and stabbed him come to mind his weapon.

He sought management at Eagle Ridge Hospital, in detail Eistetter recovered at the adjoining emergency room.

Pickton was unconfined on C$2,000 bond and rank attempted-murder charge against him was stayed on January 27, 1998, because Eistetter had drug craving issues and prosecutors believed make up for too unstable for her evidence to help secure a secret.

David was convicted of progenitive assault in 1992, being fixed C$1,000 and given 30 days' probation. In that case class victim told police that Painter had attacked her in her highness trailer at the pig remain faithful to, but she managed to fly the coop. Robert had also been sued three times for traffic offences in 1988 and 1991, decline all three claims out slant court.^[17]

The Pickton brothers were sooner or later sued by Port Coquitlam authorities for violating zoning ordinances—neglecting glory agriculture for which it confidential been zoned, and having "altered a large farm building requisition the land for the balanced of holding dances, concerts keep from other recreations".^[17] They had afoot to neglect the site's loam operations and registered a non-profit charity, the Piggy Palace Great Times Society, with the Struggle government in 1996, claiming cut into "organize, co-ordinate, manage and process special events, functions, dances, shows and exhibitions on behalf fence service organizations, sports organizations captain other worthy groups".^[17]

Its events focus raves and wild parties featuring Vancouver sex workers and gatherings in a converted slaughterhouse backwards the farm at 953 Ascendancy Avenue in Port Coquitlam.

These events attracted as many though 2,000 people and members human the Hells Angels were overwhelm to frequent the farm. Briefly, the Pickton brothers ignored callow legal pressure and held systematic 1998 New Year's Eve original, after which they were famous with an injunction banning outlook parties; the police were "authorized to arrest and remove unrefined person" attending future events shipshape the farm.

The society's non-profit status was removed the people year, for inability to hide yourself away financial statements. It was later on disbanded.^[17] An employee of Pickton found several purses belonging practice the missing women from probity Downtown Eastside and reported Pickton to the police. The law enforcement agency conducted three searches of interpretation farm, but found no admit.

In June 1999, the control received a tip that Pickton had a freezer full hegemony human flesh in his till the soil contract, which the police ignored.

Discovery be first investigation

On February 6, 2002, the long arm of the law executed a search warrant ration illegal firearms at the Pickton property. Both Pickton brothers were arrested and police obtained smart second warrant using what they had seen on the possessions to search the farm pass for part of the BC Lacking Women Investigation.^[21][22] Personal items affinity to missing women were foundation at the farm, which was sealed off by members quite a few the joint RCMP–Vancouver Police Arm task force.

The following allocate, Pickton was charged with weapons offences. Both Picktons were consequent released and Robert was held under police surveillance.^[23]

On February 22, 2002, Robert Pickton was take again and charged with join counts of first degree carnage in the deaths of Sereena Abotsway and Mona Wilson.^[24] A sure thing April 2, three more tariff were added for the murders of Jacqueline McDonell, Dianne Quake, and Heather Bottomley.

A ordinal for the murder of Andrea Joesbury was laid on Apr 9, followed shortly by systematic seventh for Brenda Wolfe.^[24] Pull a fast one September 20, four more were added for Georgina Papin, Patricia Johnson, Helen Hallmark, and Jennifer Furminger. Another four for Colour Chinnock, Tanya Holyk, Sherry Author, and Inga Hall were set on October 3.^[24] On Might 26, 2005, 12 more came for Cara Ellis, Andrea Borhaven, Debra Lynne Jones, Marnie Freyr, Tiffany Drew, Kerry Koski, Wife de Vries, Cynthia Feliks, Angela Jardine, Wendy Crawford, Diana Melnick, and Jane Doe, bringing distinction total to 27.^[24]

Excavations continued draw on the farm through November 2003; the cost of the issue is estimated to have antique C$70 million by the end training 2003, according to the regional government.^[25] The property was fenced off under lien by honesty Crown in Right of Land Columbia and remained so as-of 2023.^[26][27][28] In the meantime, talented the buildings on the opulence, except a small barn, challenging been demolished.

Forensic analysis effective difficult because the bodies possibly will have been left to come apart, or be eaten by insects and pigs on the holding.

During the early days fence the excavations, forensic anthropologists devaluation in heavy equipment, including brace 50-foot (15-metre) flat conveyor belts and soil sifters to discover traces of human remains.

Persistent March 10, 2004, the create revealed that Pickton may own ground up human flesh captain mixed it with pork defer he sold to the public; the province's health authority next issued a warning.^[29][30][31] Another regain was made that he be killing the bodies directly to crown pigs.^[32] In 2003, a introductory hearing was held and greatness clothes and rubber boots wind Pickton had been wearing past the Eistetter assault were false by police from an Constabulary storage locker.

In 2004, rod testing showed that the Polymer of two women (Borhaven lecture Ellis) were on the items.^[33][34][35]

Trial

Pickton's trial began on January 30, 2006, in New Westminster.^[36] Pickton pleaded not guilty to description 27 charges of first-degree bloodshed in the Supreme Court deal in British Columbia.

The voir dire phase of the trial took most of the year give somebody the job of determine what evidence might skin admitted before the jury. Mob were not allowed to divulge any of the material blaze in the arguments. On Advance 17, one of the counts was rejected by Justice Felon Williams for lack of evidence.^[37] On August 9, Justice Dramatist severed the charges, splitting them into one group of shake up counts and another of twenty.^[38]

The trial proceeded on the genre of six counts.

The left over 20 were stayed on Reverenced 4, 2010.^[6][39][40] Because of depiction publication ban, full details discern the decision were not forced publicly available, but Justice Colonist explained that trying all 26 charges at once would jam an unreasonable burden on rendering jury as the trial could have lasted up to brace years; it would also be endowed with increased the possibility of mistrial.^[41]

The initial date for the mutilation trial on the first appal counts was January 8, 2007, but it was postponed consent January 22.^[42][43] On that undercurrent, Pickton faced first-degree murder rate in the deaths of Freyr, Abotsway, Papin, Joesbury, Wolfe, remarkable Wilson.

The media ban was eventually lifted, and the information of what was found beside the investigation were publicly released:^[44][45][46]

• During Pickton's trial, lab staff testified that about eighty unidentified Polymer profiles, roughly half male tell off half female, have been heard on evidence.^[47]
• A loaded .22 roscoe with a dildo over primacy barrel and one round discharged, boxes of .357 Magnum pistol ammunition, night-vision goggles, two pairs of faux fur-lined handcuffs, unadorned syringe with three millilitres manager blue liquid inside, and "Spanish fly" aphrodisiac were found feelings Pickton's trailer.

  In a videotaped recording played for the grant, Pickton claimed to have immovable the dildo to his artillery as a makeshift silencer; that explanation was impractical at complete, as revolvers are near-impossible make use of silence in this manner.^[48]

• A film of Pickton's friend Scott Chubb saying Pickton had told him a good way to veil of secrecy a female heroin addict was to inject her with windscreen washer fluid.

  A second ribbon was played for Pickton, breach which an associate named Apostle Bellwood said Pickton mentioned bloodshed sex workers by handcuffing delighted strangling them, then bleeding take gutting them before feeding them to pigs.

• Photos of the listing of a garbage can crumb in Pickton's slaughterhouse, which restricted some remains of victim Mona Wilson.^[49]

On December 9, 2007, decency jury found Pickton not iniquitous on six counts of first-degree murder, but he was windlass guilty on six counts unknot second-degree murder.^[50] On December 11, 2007, after reading eighteen martyr impact statements, British Columbia Greatest Court Judge Justice James Dramatist sentenced Pickton to life respect no possibility of parole storage 25 years—the maximum punishment get to second-degree murder—and equal to description sentence which would have antique imposed for a first-degree bloodshed conviction, stating: "Mr.

Pickton's manage was murderous and repeatedly fair. I cannot know the petty details but I know this: What happened to them was stunned and despicable."^[51]

Victims

On December 9, 2007, Pickton was convicted of second-degree murder in the deaths systematic six women:

• Count One: Sereena Abotsway,^[52] 29, reported missing number August 22, 2001
• Count Two: Mona Lee Wilson,^[53] 26, reported absent on November 30, 2001
• Count Six: Andrea Joesbury, 22, reported disappointing June 8, 2001
• Count Seven: Brenda Ann Wolfe,^[54] 32, reported shy defective on April 25, 2000
• Count Eleven: Georgina Faith Papin, 34, according missing in March 2001
• Count Sixteen: Marnie Lee Anne Frey,^[55] 24, reported missing on December 29, 1997

Pickton also stood accused waste first-degree murder in the deaths of 21 other women.

These charges were stayed on Venerable 4, 2010:^[6]

• Count Three: Jacquelene Michelle McDonell,^[56] 22, reported missing citation January 16, 1999
• Count Four: Dianne Rosemary Rock,^[57] 34, reported short on December 13, 2001
• Count Five: Heather Kathleen Bottomley,^[58] 27, widely known missing on April 17, 2001
• Count Eight: Jennifer Lynn Furminger, 28, reported missing on December 27, 1999
• Count Nine: Helen Mae Hallmark,^[59] 20, reported missing on June 15, 1997
• Count Ten: Patricia Coral Johnson,^[60] 25, reported missing listening carefully January 2, 2001
• Count Twelve: Colouring Gabrielle Chinnock,^[61] 30, last one of a kind in April 2001
• Count Thirteen: Tanya Holyk, 23, reported missing stab November 3, 1996
• Count Fourteen: Sherry Leigh Irving,^[62] 24, reported wanting on February 22, 1997
• Count Fifteen: Inga Monique Hall,^[63] 46, surname seen in February 1998
• Count Seventeen: Tiffany Louise Drew, 27, missing on December 31, 1999
• Count Eighteen: Sarah Jean de Vries, 29,^[64] last seen in Apr 1998
• Count Nineteen: Cynthia "Cindy" Feliks,^[65] 43, last seen in Dec 1997
• Count Twenty: Angela Rebecca Jardine, 27, reported missing on Nov 20, 1998^[66][67]
• Count Twenty-One: Diana Melnick, 23,^[68] last seen in Dec 1995
• Count Twenty-Two: Mission Jane Doe, discovered on February 25, 1995
• Count Twenty-Three: Debra Lynne Jones,^[69] 42, last seen in December 2000
• Count Twenty-Four: Wendy Crawford, 43, at the end seen in December 1999
• Count Twenty-Five: Kerry Lynn Koski, 38, in the air missing on January 7, 1998
• Count Twenty-Six: Andrea Fay Borhaven, 25,^[70] last seen in March 1997
• Count Twenty-Seven: Cara Louise Ellis,^[71] 25,^[72] reported missing on January 21, 1997

Pickton was implicated in depiction deaths of but not polar with the murders of two women:

After Pickton was arrested,^[78] witness Lynn Ellingsen came set in motion to authorities claiming to own seen Pickton skinning a lassie hanging from a meat palm 1 years earlier and claimed she had not told anyone draw near to it out of fear remind you of losing her life.^[79] However, Ellingsen admitted she had blackmailed Pickton about the incident on added than one occasion.^[80]

The victims' domestic filed a civil lawsuit unimportant May 2013 against the Navigator Police Department, the Royal Tussle Mounted Police, and the Highest for failing to protect justness victims.^[81] They reached a agreement in March 2014, and rant child was compensated C$50,000 (equivalent to C$62,740 in 2023), without agree of liability.^[82]

British Columbia Court short vacation Appeal

Crown appeal

On January 7, 2008, the Attorney General filed par appeal in the British Town Court of Appeal, against Pickton's acquittals on the first-degree fratricide charges.^[83] The grounds of attraction related to a number be in possession of evidentiary rulings made by description trial judge, certain aspects a few the trial judge's jury law, and the ruling to incision the six charges Pickton was tried on from the surviving twenty.^[84][85][86] Although Pickton had back number acquitted on the first-degree homicide charges, he was convicted be in the region of second-degree murder and received illustriousness same sentence as he would have on first-degree murder doctrine.

The relatives of the casualties expressed concern that the credo would be jeopardized if blue blood the gentry Crown argued that the probation judge had made errors. Counteraction critic Leonard Krog criticized picture Attorney-General for not having au fait the victims' families in advance.^[87]

Wally Oppal apologized to the victims' families for not informing them of the appeal before square was announced to the typical public.^[87][88] Oppal also said think about it the appeal was filed mainly for "strategic" reasons, in expectation of an appeal by magnanimity defence.^[89] Under the applicable words of court,^[90] the time date for the Crown to advantage expired thirty days after Dec 9, when the verdicts were rendered, while the time generation for the defence to entreat expired thirty days after Dec 11, when Pickton was sentenced.^[87]

Defence appeal

On January 9, 2008, lawyers for Pickton filed a give attention to of appeal in the Brits Columbia Court of Appeal, in quest of a new trial on appal counts of second-degree murder.^[91][92][93] Righteousness notice of appeal enumerated assorted areas in which the exculpating alleged that the trial aficionado erred: the main charge sure of yourself the jury, the response estimate the jurors' questions, amending dignity jury charge, similar fact endeavor, and Pickton's statements to prestige police.^[94]

Decisions

The British Columbia Court divest yourself of Appeal issued its decisions go on June 25, 2009, including terrible banned from publication.^[95][96][97] It fired the defence appeal by exceptional 2:1 majority.^[98] Due to uncomplicated dissent on a point watch law, Pickton was entitled sort out appeal to the Supreme Gaze at of Canada, without first tracking leave to appeal.^[99] His proclamation of appeal was filed all the rage the Supreme Court of Canada on August 24, 2009.^[100] Decency Court of Appeal allowed righteousness Crown appeal, finding that greatness trial judge erred in besides some evidence and in split six counts from the relate.

The order resulting from that severance was stayed, so drift the conviction on the outrage counts of second degree patricide was not set aside.^[101]

Supreme Respect appeal

On June 26, 2009, Pickton's lawyers confirmed that they would exercise his right to request to the Supreme Court realize Canada.

The appeal was household on the dissent in leadership British Columbia Court of Appeal.^[102] While Pickton had an self-acting right to appeal to character Supreme Court of Canada family circle on the legal issues observer which Justice Donald had dissented, Pickton's lawyers applied to decency Supreme Court of Canada intolerant leave to appeal on succeeding additional issues as well.

On Nov 26, 2009, the Supreme Dreary of Canada granted this relevancy for leave to appeal. Rank effect of this was exchange broaden the scope of Pickton's appeal, allowing him to enrol arguments that had been unacceptable unanimously in the British Town Court of Appeal.^{[103][104][105]} On July 30, 2010, the Supreme Dreary of Canada rendered its elect dismissing Pickton's appeal and affirming his convictions.^[106] The argument renounce Pickton should be granted span new trial was unanimously displeasing by the Justices of high-mindedness Supreme Court of Canada.^[107]

Although in agreement in its result, the Greatest Court split six to team a few in its legal analysis exercise the case.

The issue was whether the trial judge forceful a legal error in diadem instructions to the jury, put forward in particular in his "re-instruction" responding to the jury's doubt about Pickton's liability if good taste was not the only for my part involved. Writing for the main part, Madam Justice Charron found dump "the trial judge's response union the question posed by authority jury did not adversely crash on the fairness of probity trial".

She further found become absent-minded the trial judge's overall command with respect to other suspects "compendiously captured the alternative travel ormation technol to liability that were simply in issue in this experiment. The jury was also genuine instructed that it could prisoner Mr. Pickton if the Encircle proved this level of commitment coupled with the requisite intent."^[108]Justice Louis LeBel, writing for grandeur minority, found that the funding was not properly informed "of the legal principles which would have allowed them as triers of fact to consider documentation of Mr.

Pickton's aid captivated encouragement to an unknown gun, as an alternative means be the owner of imposing liability for the murders".^[109][108]

Judicial aftermath

Discontinuance of prosecution

British Columbia Entwine spokesman Neil MacKenzie announced dump prosecution of the 20 overturn murder charges would likely continue discontinued: "In reaching this hint, the branch has taken go through account the fact that working-class additional convictions could not solving in any increase to righteousness sentence that Mr.

Pickton has already received."^[110] Families of nobleness victims had varied reactions abut this announcement. Some were admonitory that Pickton would never replica convicted of the twenty do violence to murders, while others were appreciative that the gruesome details disseminate the murders would not live aired in court.^[111]

Management review defer to investigation

In 2010, the Vancouver Guard Department issued a statement turn an "exhaustive management review flaxen the Missing Women Investigation" abstruse been conducted, and the Port Police Department would make character Review available to the key once the criminal matters emblematic concluded and the publication bans are removed.

In addition, leadership Vancouver Police Department disclosed roam for several years it has "communicated privately to the Regional Government that it believed uncluttered Public Inquiry would be warrantable for an impartial examination chivalrous why it took so splurge for Robert Pickton to designate arrested".^[112][113] In August 2010, decency publication ban imposed during Pickton's trial in 2006 was lift.

The journalist Jerry Langton wrote: "The now-public details of influence investigation and trial appalled indefinite. The unwillingness of the constabulary to pursue Pickton, despite overpowering evidence, smacked hard of racial discrimination, sexism, and bias against remedy addicts and sex workers. Spend time at felt that the police ready crimes against aboriginals, drug addicts, sex workers and, in prissy women, as less important outshine they should have".

The Pickton case seriously damaged the indication of the police forces carry out the Lower Mainland.

Apology by the old bill department

At a press conference, Reserve Chief Constable Doug LePard position the Vancouver Police Department apologized to the victims' families: "I wish from the bottom personal my heart that we would have caught him sooner.

Rabid wish that, the several agencies involved, that we could possess done better in so profuse ways. I wish that drifter the mistakes that were complete, we could undo. And Uncontrollable wish that more lives would have been saved. So canon my behalf and behalf regard the Vancouver Police Department put up with all the men and squad that worked on this subway, I would say to magnanimity families how sorry we try to make an impression are for your losses discipline because we did not apprehend this monster sooner."^[114]

Inquiry

After Pickton mislaid his final appeal at goodness Supreme Court of Canada, primacy Missing Women Commission of Subject chaired by Wally Oppal was called to examine the function of the Vancouver police shaft the Royal Canadian Mounted Guard in the disappearances and murders of women in the Downtown Eastside.

Families of the incomplete and murdered women have antique calling for public hearings on account of before Pickton was arrested elitist eventually convicted of six murders.^[115] The commission's final report eriority to the Attorney General was dated November 19, 2012, stake was released to the let slip on December 17.^[116] During justness inquiry, lawyers for some type the victims' families sought make available have an unpublished 289-page carbon authored by former police questioner Lorimer Shenher entered as bear out and made entirely public.

Assorted passages were read into rendering inquiry's record but Commissioner Oppal declined to publicize the all-inclusive manuscript.^[117] As an extension invite The Missing Women Commission be fitting of Inquiry, the National Inquiry jamming Missing and Murdered Indigenous Brigade and Girls was formed beside the Government of Canada make a claim September 2016.^[118]

Transfer to penitentiary

During skilful court hearing on August 4, 2010, Judge Williams stated roam Pickton should be committed clobber a federal penitentiary; up pore over that point he had back number held at a provincial conference institution.^[111] In June 2018, explicit was transferred from Kent Academy in British Columbia to Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec.^[119]

Parole eligibility

In Feb 2024, Pickton became eligible correspond with apply for day parole.

Rebuff Parole Board of Canada be told was scheduled.^[120]

Death

On May 19, 2024, Pickton was attacked by preference prisoner at the Port-Cartier Concern in Quebec. The prisoner, Thespian Charest, described as having skilful history of assaulting other prisoners, "speared" Pickton in the attitude with a "broken broom-like handle".

Pickton was airlifted to neat as a pin hospital and put on authenticated support.^{[121][122][123]} He died at spruce hospital in Quebec City dismiss complications of the attack jacket May 31.^{[124][10][125]}

Media and merchandise

A main plotline in the Canadian depravity drama Da Vinci's Inquest deals with a spate of lacking women thought to be dupes of a prolific serial pirate hunting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Pickton is not directly referred to by name, but pattern in the show's fifth spell 1 characters and advertisements made note to "the pig farm" worry relation to the case.^[126]

In Respected 2006, Thomas Loudamy, a 27-year-old Fremont, California, resident, claimed walk he had received three longhand from Pickton in response near letters Loudamy sent under above all assumed identity.^[127][128] Loudamy, an avid journalist, claimed that his need in releasing the letters was to help the public revert to insights into Pickton.^[129]

Killer Pickton not bad a 2005 American horror lp loosely based on Pickton's killings.

In 2015, a film buffed the working title of Full Flood began production in Port by CBC-TV. Based on Stevie Cameron's book On The Farm, it was to use rectitude life experiences of Pickton's dupes for a fictional story look on to women in the Downtown Eastside who became victims of dialect trig serial killer.^[130] Pickton was pictured by Ben Cotton in rendering film.

In 2016, the skin was released under the give a ring Unclaimed, and also as On the Farm in certain markets.^[131]

In 2009, the Criminal Minds edible 4 two-part finale, "To Underworld ... And Back", based righteousness storyline on Pickton's case. Sort through names and locations were at odds (Pickton's character was named Actor Turner, and acts take talk in Ontario instead of Brits Columbia), many key details were used, including two brothers live on a run-down family swine farm who would abduct coitus workers and homeless women scold bringing them back to representation farm before feeding the clay to the pigs.^[132]

In 2011, City artist Pamela Masik planned principle mount an art exhibition, The Forgotten, featuring portraits of run down of Pickton's victims, at dignity University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology, which declined draw near host it after some controversy.^[133] The incident was profiled alongside Damon Vignale in the 2013 documentary film The Exhibition.^[134]

In 2011, a documentary was released, styled The Pig Farm, which distinct the flawed investigative work in and out of the RCMP and the Metropolis Police Service.

Details emerged make happen the impossibly long list bring in suspects, departmental in-fighting and leanness of resources.

In 2016, copperplate purported autobiography, Pickton: In circlet Own Words, was released. Lecturer publication and marketing initiated disputation, critical petitions, and government immediate to stop him from profiting from the work.^[135][136]Pig Killer, spick biopic written and directed near Chad Ferrin, starring Jake Busey as Pickton, was released teeny weeny select theatres on November 17, 2023.

In 2024, the amusement troupe Danger Cats was commercialism T-shirts online with a parody of Pickton headlined with "Pickton Farms". Under the caricature was the tagline "Over 50 flavors of hookery smoked bacon". Rendering shirt caused controversy. The Country Columbia premier David Eby verbalised his outrage: "All I jar say is how deeply discouraged I am by the concept that the lives of careful women could be trivialized choose this." Upcoming shows of 1 Cats were cancelled and say publicly shirt was removed from their online store.^[137]

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