Pig farmer killer biography for kids
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5/31: CBS Morning News
Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Wednesday. He was 74.
The Correctional Service of Canada said in a statement that Pickton, an inmate at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec, died in the hospital following injuries resulting from an assault involving another inmate on May 19. Pickton was assaulted at the maximum-security federal institution and then brought to an outside hospital to receive treatment.
Authorities said in a statement they notified Pickton's next of kin as well as registered victims, "in accordance with their specified notification preferences."
A 51-year-old inmate was in custody for the Sunday assault on Pickton, police spokesman Hugues Beaulieu said earlier this month. Canada's correctional services said they were launching an investigation i
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Robert Pickton
Canadian serial killer (1949–2024)
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.
Between 1995 and 2001, Pickton is believed to 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 officer disguised as a cellmate, going on to say he wanted to make it an even 50, but thought he was caught because he got "sloppy".[1][2][3] In 2007, he was convicted on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years—the longest possible sentence for second-degree murder under Canadian law at the time.[4][5]
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B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton viciously attacked in prison, clinging to life
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Notorious B.C. serial killer Robert (Willie) Pickton was on life support Monday after a brutal attack bygd another prisoner in Quebec’s maximum säkerhet Port-Cartier Institution.
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Pickton was airlifted to hospital after the assault, which sources say took place just before 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, May 19.
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One source said the attacker had earlier assaulted other inmates at the prison before being moved to segregation. The attack on Pickton allegedly happened after the prisoner was then released back onto the same unit as the serial killer, Postmedia has learned.
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Pickton was speared in the head with a broken broom-like grabb