Evil 01 - Pickton to face more murder charges

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</tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#j" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Jury didn't hear whole story about Pickton: author</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#pick" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton jury returning to court with verdict</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#jud" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton jury enters 2nd weekend of deliberations</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#judge" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Judge clarifies his instructions to Pickton jury</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#4" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Judge in Pickton trial to begin instructions</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#19" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Lawyers to give closing arguments in Pickton case</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#defen" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Defence rests its case in Robert Pickton trial</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#01_1" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pic</B></I><I><B>k</B></I><I><B>ton </B></I><I><B>didn't understand jokes, conversations</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#01" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton talked of killing prostitutes: witness</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#jury_hears_pickton_s_1991__audio_memoirs_" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Jury hears Pickton's 1991 'audio memoirs'</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#gun_raid_on_pickton_farm_led_to_sinister_discovery" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Gun raid on Pickton farm led to sinister discovery</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#pickton_told_cop_he_was_being_investigated" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton told cop he was being investigated</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#on_tape_pickton_tells_police_he_got__sloppy_" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>On tape: Pickton tells police he got 'sloppy'</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#jurors_to_continue_watching_pickton_videotape" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Jurors to continue watching Pickton videotape</B></I><I><B>  </B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#b_c__jury_to_hear_taped_robert_pickton_interview" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>B.C. jury to hear taped Robert Pickton interview</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#trial_of_robert_pickton_to_begin_in_b_c_" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Trial of Robert Pickton to begin in B.C.</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#jury_selection_begins_for_trial_of_robert_pickton" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Jury selection begins for trial of Robert Pickton</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#pickton_jury_could_hear_evidence_by_jan__2007" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton jury could hear evidence by Jan. 2007</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#pickton_pleads_not_guilty_at_pre_trial_hearing" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Pickton pleads </B></I><I><B>not guilty</B></I><I><B> at pre-trial hearing</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#more_missing_women_of_vancouver" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>More Missing Women of Vancouver (updated)</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A HREF="#families_of_murdered_women_finally_hear_pickton_s_voice" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="698"><div> <I><B>Families of murdered women finally hear Pickton's voice</B></I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="27"><div> <A 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Posted | Last Updated Wed. Dec. 12 2007  02:01  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 12th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Cheers and cries erupted in the courtroom when a B.C. Supreme Court judge sentenced Robert William Pickton to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for the maximum 25 years after his conviction on six second-degree murder charges.</B></div> <bR> <div> Justice James Williams made the sentencing decision in a New Westminster court late Tuesday after hearing 18 victim impact statements, followed by arguments from the Crown and the defence on parole eligibility.</div> <bR> <div> "Mr. Pickton's conduct was murderous and repeatedly so. I cannot know the details but I know this: What happened to them was senseless and despicable," said Williams, who read out the names of the six victims.</div> <bR> <div> "Mr. Pickton, there is really nothing I can say to express the revulsion the community feels about these killings."</div> <bR> <div> A person convicted of second-degree murder gets an automatic life sentence, but the judge sets the date of parole eligibility within the range of 10 to 25 years. A first-degree murder conviction gets an automatic life sentence with no parole for 25 years.</div> <bR> <div> The judge said parole eligibility for most second-degree murder cases does not exceed 20 years, but this case is unique and warranted the maximum.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c522a08d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>Robert William Pickton, seen here in a court sketch made during his trial, heard on Tuesday how much time he must serve in prison before he can apply for parole. (CBC) </I></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="c523a0800.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <I>Rick Frey, whose daughter Marnie is one of the six women Pickton murdered, says it's a good day for his family now that Pickton must serve 25 years in jail.  (CBC) </I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 704 WIDTH="716"><div> "The women who were murdered, each of them, were members of our community. They were women who had troubled lives. Each of them found themselves in positions of extreme vulnerability. They were persons who were in the ugly grasp of substance abuse and addictions, persons who were selling their bodies to strangers in order to survive," Williams said.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton, 58, was found guilty on Sunday of killing Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Marnie Frey, Georgina Papin and Brenda Wolfe.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, B.C., will serve the six life sentences concurrently.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown had asked for the maximum 25 years before Pickton would be eligible for parole, while the defence requested 15 to 20 years.</div> <bR> <div> B.C.'s Attorney General Wally Oppal told CBC News on Sunday that regardless of the judge's decision, it is very unlikely that Pickton will ever convince a parole board to release him.</div> <bR> <div> "It will be difficult to ever conclude that Mr. Pickton will ever see the light of day again," Oppal said.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Calls made for inquiry into police investigation</B></div> <bR> <div> Rick Frey's daughter Marnie is one of the six women Pickton was convicted of murdering.</div> <bR> <div> He said he's glad that Pickton decided against making a statement to the court, taking the advice of his lawyers to keep quiet, because he didn't want to listen to anything the convicted killer had to say.</div> <bR> <div> "When it was second-degree you know you kinda go down a bit," he said Tuesday. "Now that Justice Williams has imposed the maximum 25 years, ya know, it's good. It's a good day for us."</div> <bR> <div> Some family members and social workers are calling for a public inquiry into the way police handled the missing women investigation.</div> <bR> <div> They say too many reports of women going missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside were not investigated by police for too many years.</div> <bR> <div> Stories of women disappearing from the area started emerging in the 1980s, and by the 1990s sex-trade workers insisted a serial killer was at work.</div> <bR> <div> Police insisted the missing women were just missing, and there was no evidence of foul play, say family members.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="j"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 221 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Jury didn't hear whole story about Pickton: author</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Dec. 10 2007  09:19  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 10th, 2007</div> <div> <B>The entire story about convicted serial killer Robert William Pickton has yet to be told, says an author writing a book on the case.</B></div> <bR> <div> "The jury didn't hear a great deal of information," Stevie Cameron told Canada AM on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> On Sunday, the seven-woman, five-man jury found Pickton, 58, guilty on six counts of second-degree murder.</div> <bR> <div> He had been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Mona Wilson, Marnie Frey, </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c505a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist drawing of serial killer Robert Pickton listening to the guilty verdict in BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C. on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007. (Felicity Don / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 540 WIDTH="716"><div> Georgina Papin, Brenda Wolfe, Sereena Abotsway and Andrea Joesbury.</div> <bR> <div> To find someone guilty of first-degree murder, the jury would have had to accept that the Crown proved there was planning and deliberation on Pickton's part.</div> <bR> <div> Cameron noted some chilling letters written by Pickton in February 2006 to a pen pal as he awaited trial. The letters specifically mentioned prostitutes.</div> <bR> <div> The six women were drug-addicted sex trade workers from the troubled Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> "That's just a taste of the kind of information that we know," Cameron said, noting her main book on the Pickton case can't be published until all the publication bans are lifted.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's lawyers painted a picture of their client as a simple-minded Port Coquitlam pig farmer.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's IQ has been measured at 86, which is at the low end of the "normal" range of 85 to 115.</div> <bR> <div> Cameron, who has covered the Pickton story since shortly after his arrest in February 2002, described Pickton as a cunning and dangerous man who is "smarter than you think."</div> <bR> <div> He lived in a world populated by criminals and dangerous people who were capable of violence or even killing enemies, she said.</div> <div> "He also had the perfect place to do it," she said, referring to the farm where Pickton used to butcher hogs.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton used to be the steady customer of a Vancouver rendering plant, dumping about a dozen barrels per week of pig entrails.</div> <bR> <div> Police dug up the farm in a painstakingly detailed search for forensic evidence. They found the partial remains of four women either inside or near the slaughterhouse. A freezer in the workshop contained the head, hands and feet of two more women. Other fragments of dead women were found scattered on the property.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 468 WIDTH="716"><div> In one crucial bit of testimony, Lynn Ellingsen, a Pickton acquaintance, told the court she stumbled into the workshop and saw a female body hanging "the same way (Pickton) hangs his pigs."</div> <bR> <div> Andrew Bellwood, another Crown witness, testified that Pickton once told him his technique for killing prostitutes -- including disposing of their remains by feeding them to his pigs.</div> <bR> <div> Justice James Williams of B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster will hear sentencing arguments about Pickton on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> Second-degree murder convictions carry a minimum sentence of life in prison with no eligibility for full parole for at least 10 years. However, Williams could sentence Pickton to serve up to 25 years, which would be equivalent to a first-degree murder sentence.</div> <bR> <div> Cameron said the families are eager to give victim impact statements to the court. "I don't think they will have any effect on the sentencing," she said, noting that Pickton is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton still may face trial on 20 other charges of first-degree murder.</div> <bR> <div> CTV's Todd Battis told Canada AM that the planning process for those charges could start as early as Jan. 17.</div> <bR> <div> However, an appeal of the verdict from this current trial could affect the timing of a second trial, he said.</div> <bR> <div> B.C. Attorney General Wally Oppal told CTV Newsnet on Sunday that the "public interest" would determine whether Pickton goes to trial on the remaining 20 charges.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="pick"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Pickton jury returning to court with verdict</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sun. Dec. 9 2007  14:20  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 9th, 2007</div> <div> <B>The jury in the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton is apparently ready to deliver its verdict on the six murder charges he faces.</B></div> <bR> <div> CourtTV Canada's Sue Sgambati told CTV Newsnet that the verdict will be announced at 11:30 a.m. PT.</div> <bR> <div> The trial began on Jan. 22. The seven-man, five-woman jury heard 128 witnesses -- 98 for the Crown, 30 for the defence -- two closing arguments and a four-day "charge" from Justice James Williams of B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c4f1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist's rendition shows Robert Pickton listening to the judge at BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (Felicity Don / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 199 WIDTH="716"><div> The jury began its deliberations on Nov. 30. Family members of the women Pickton has been accused of killing had been conducting a native smudge ceremony this morning when word came down about the verdict.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside over a period of years.</div> <bR> <div> A further 20 counts of first-degree murder against him will be dealt with at a later date.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <I>More to come ...</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="jud"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Pickton jury enters 2nd weekend of deliberations</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Sat. Dec. 8 2007  14:11  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 8th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Jury deliberations in the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton entered their second weekend today.</B></div> <bR> <div> Saturday marks the ninth day that the seven men and five women will wade through the testimony of 128 witnesses who took the stand in the 10-month trial of the former pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, B.C.</div> <bR> <div> CourtTV Canada's Sue Sgambati told CTV Newsnet on Saturday that the length of deliberations in this trial would not be considered unusual.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c4f8a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Judy Trimble, mother of victim Cara Ellis, right and cousin Lori-Ann Ellis look at a Christmas tree that someone left on the steps of the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C. Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. (Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 741 WIDTH="716"><div> "Considering the scope of this case, the length of the trial, 10 months of testimony, it's not really that unusual. I think there are probably shorter cases that have gone this long," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Deliberations were suspended Thursday when jurors returned to court to ask Justice James Williams a question about one of the elements related to the charge to the jury last week.</div> <bR> <div> The jury's question -- the first since it began deliberating on Nov. 30 -- was related to the third of five elements necessary for a first-degree murder conviction.</div> <bR> <div> In particular, the jury asked about Element 3 (whether Pickton killed the six women whose remains were found on his farm): "Are we able to say 'yes', if we infer that the accused acted indirectly?"</div> <bR> <div> After two hours of consideration, the judge returned to court telling the jurors they can consider whether the accused serial killer shot some of the women, or if he played a significant role but didn't pull the trigger.</div> <bR> <div> Williams told jury members that they can find Pickton guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree murder or manslaughter. The jury can also acquit Pickton on any or all charges against him.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton has pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in the 1990s.</div> <bR> <div> He is accused of killing:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Sereena Abotsway;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mona Wilson;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Georgina Papin;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Marnie Frey;</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Brenda Wolfe; and</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Andrea Joesbury.</div> <bR> <div> The courthouse has been in a media frenzy in recent days. Reporters were greeted on Friday by the mysterious site of a Christmas tree decorated with 26 lace angels. It's believed the angels represent the 26 women Pickton is accused of killing. A trial on the remaining 20 counts will be held at a later date.</div> <bR> <div> No one is saying who put the decorated tree in front of the courthouse in suburban New Westminster.</div> <bR> <div> Sgambati said the tree made the anxious family members waiting at the courthouse feel like somebody "really cared.</div> <bR> <div> "It really lifted the spirits of the families for much of the day yesterday," she said. "But I have to tell you by the end of last night, nerves were completely frazzled. It's a really tough time for them here waiting. It's a rollercoaster."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="judge"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 503 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Judge clarifies his instructions to Pickton jury</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu. Dec. 7 2007  22:19  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 7th, 2007</div> <div> Jury deliberations have resumed in the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton after the judge clarified instructions he gave to the jury last week.</div> <bR> <div> Deliberations had been suspended earlier in the day, for about two hours, while the judge considered submissions from lawyers in the aftermath of a question from jurors Thursday morning.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors had returned to court with a question for the judge about one of the elements related to the charge to the jury last week. They had asked Justice John Williams whether they could find the accused guilty if the evidence shows he acted indirectly in the killings.</div> <bR> <div> A publication ban limits what can be reported about the back and forth between from Crown and defense lawyers.</div> <bR> <div> The judge suspended deliberations. When he called back jurors at about 3 p.m. PT, he told them he had made an "inadvertent" error in his charge.</div> <bR> <div> "Earlier today I instructed that you were to cease deliberations until we dealt with a matter," Williams said. "I have concluded that I was not sufficiently precise. I was in error with respect to three paragraphs of your charge."</div> <bR> <div> Williams changed his original instructions, telling the jurors they can consider whether the accused serial killer shot some of the six women, or if he played a significant role but didn't pull the trigger.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c4f1a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist's rendition shows Robert Pickton listening to the judge at BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007. (Felicity Don / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c4f2a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist drawing shows Justice James W. Williams apologizing to members of the jury in the murder trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton at the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, after admitting he made a mistake when giving his final instructions and asked them to consider new wording, on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007. (Jane Wolsak / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 538 WIDTH="716"><div> "If you find that Mr. Pickton shot Ms. Abotsway or was otherwise an active participant in her killing, you should find that the Crown has proved this element. On the other hand, if you have a reasonable doubt about his being an active participant in her killing you must return a verdict of not guilty on the charge of murdering her. "</div> <bR> <div> That charge relates to the death of Sereena Abotsway. He then repeated similar instructions on the charges related to the deaths of Mona Wilson and Angela Joesbury.</div> <bR> <div> <U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800ff0000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">For a full transcript of judge's clarific</U><U>ation</U>:- <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >simply click this btton <A HREF="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071206/pickton_transcript_071206/20071206/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/st"><U><IMG SRC="414b0b0d0.png" border=0 width="11" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <I><B>. . . !</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The jury's question -- the first since it began deliberating Friday evening -- was related to the third of five elements necessary for a first-degree murder conviction.</div> <bR> <div> The jury's question concerned Element 3 (whether Pickton killed the six women whose remains were found on his farm): "Are we able to say 'yes', if we infer that the accused acted indirectly?"</div> <bR> <div> The jury has been wading through the testimony of 128 witnesses who took the stand during the former B.C. pig farmer's 10-month trial.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton has pleaded not guilty to six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside over a period of years.</div> <bR> <div> A further 20 counts of first-degree murder against him will be dealt with at a later date.</div> <bR> <div> Jury members have been staying in a hotel and have been cut off from contact with the outside world, banned from talking to family or friends and from reading or watching media or Internet reports.</div> <bR> <div> Before deliberations began, Williams urged the jury to take its time coming to a decision. He spent four days providing jurors with a roadmap to reach a verdict.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 265 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Judge in Pickton trial to begin instructions</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Nov. 27 2007  07:35  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 27th, 2007</div> <div> <B>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. -- The defence took nearly four days and the Crown almost three, but both sides have now rested their cases in the trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.</B></div> <bR> <div> Justice James Williams has told the B.C. Supreme Court jurors to cancel any dinner plans they might have for this weekend.</div> <bR> <div> With the final arguments now concluded, all that remains is for the judge to instruct the jury on how to handle all the evidence.</div> <bR> <div> He says he expects to take about three days to accomplish that task.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c460a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist's drawing of lead crown prosecutor Mike Petrie (left) delivering his final arguments in the first degree murder trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C. Monday Nov. 19, 2007. (Chuck Stoody / THE CANADIAN PRESS)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 124 WIDTH="716"><div> In closing its case yesterday, the Crown said the accused had the means, the opportunity and the skill to murder all of the six women he's accused of killing.</div> <bR> <div> The defence says there's enough evidence to the contrary to raise a reasonable doubt - but both agree it will be up to the jury to decide.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files</I><I> from </I><I>The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="19"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 416 WIDTH="554"><div> <B>Lawyers to give closing arguments in Pickton case</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Mon. Nov. 19 2007  06:17  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: November 19th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Almost a year after the jury was selected, closing arguments will start today in the first-degree murder trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton.</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton, a pig farmer from suburban Port Coquitlam, is facing six counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Marnie Frey, Georgina Papin, Brenda Wolfe, Andrea Joesbury, Mona Wilson and Sereena Abotsway.</div> <bR> <div> The jury was chosen in Dec. 2006. The seven men and five women returned to court the next month, and began hearing evidence Jan. 22.</div> <bR> <div> After listening to 128 witnesses, the only thing left before the jury deliberates is for them to hear the final arguments from Crown and defence lawyers and instructions from the judge.</div> <bR> <div> CTV legal analyst Steven Skurka said the prosecution will try to reaffirm the two main cornerstones of their case:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DNA and body parts found on Robert Pickton's farm in relation to the six victims.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Robert Pickton's own words, specifically his statement to an undercover officer captured on video, in which he admits to killing 49 people and then talks about getting sloppy.</div> <bR> <div> "The prosecution will say that is a confession," said Skurka.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c41fa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert Pickton looks on as defence witness Sandra Humeny testifies in this court sketch Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="c420a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist drawing shows defence lawyer Adrian Brooks addressing the jury in the murder trial of Robert Pickton in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C., Sept. 4, 2007. (CP / Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 834 WIDTH="716"><div> Paula Todd, host of CTV Newsnet's The Verdict, said the prosecution will have to overcome some key hurdles in its closing remarks.</div> <bR> <div> "The Crown must restore the credibility of its witnesses who were often painted by the defence as unreliable because of past drug abuse or questionable lifestyles," she told CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> Todd said the Crown must also refute claims made by Pickton's lawyers that he was too dumb to have murdered the women.</div> <bR> <div> "The Crown must prove Pickton is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt while the defence wants the jury to admit someone else may be guilty," said Todd.</div> <bR> <div> Each side will have a day and a half to make their arguments.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Closing arguments to refresh memory</B></div> <bR> <div> Skurka said closing arguments are especially important in lengthy cases because some testimony can be forgotten, and it is an opportunity for lawyers to link evidence together.</div> <bR> <div> "The defence is going to say that much of their case rested in the cross-examination of the prosecution witnesses and that it's not just the quantity of the evidence but the quality of the evidence," said Skurka.</div> <bR> <div> Skurka said while he has been involved in a number of challenging trials as a defence lawyer, none of them have reached the complexity of the Pickton case.</div> <bR> <div> "I have to commend everyone, the prosecutors, defence council, the judge and of course the jury for the work in this trial," he said. "I think it really is a tribute to our system of justice, that it isn't that fragile that it can't withstand a case like this and ensure that someone like Robert Pickton gets a fair trial."</div> <bR> <div> Journalist Stevie Cameron, author of "The Pickton File," has covered the story since 2002 and says Canadians need to pay attention to the details of the case.</div> <bR> <div> "It's the biggest criminal investigation in Canadian history," Cameron told CTV.ca.</div> <bR> <div> "It's the human story of the biggest serial killing in North America, if indeed he killed the 49 women he said he did." </div> <div> Cameron said she is distressed that Canadians have generally ignored the case.</div> <bR> <div> "These are citizens, these are people who were loved by their families and their children and their mums and their sisters," she said.</div> <bR> <div> "...To look away because they were poor, addicted sex trade workers seems a very sad commentary."</div> <bR> <div> Cameron, who has covered politics and other major stories of our times, says this is her favourite story.</div> <bR> <div> "In this case, I'm writing about women who had nothing and whose lives were treated as nothing," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files f</I><I>rom </I><I>Philip Stavrou.</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="defen"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="730" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Defence rests its case in Robert Pickton trial</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue. Oct. 16 2007  19:09  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: October 17th, 2007</div> <div> <B>VANCOUVER -- The marathon trial of Robert Pickton reached one of its final milestones Tuesday as his defence lawyers rested their case.</B></div> <bR> <div> The move means testimony is at an end and all that's left now before the jury starts deliberating Pickton's fate is for both sides to submit their final arguments and for the judge to deliver his instructions.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1e3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This artist's rendition shows Robert Pickton during court proceedings. (CP / Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 592 WIDTH="714"><div> Justice James Williams said final submissions will begin Nov. 13 and if everything goes according to schedule, jurors will begin their deliberations a week later.</div> <bR> <div> Defence lawyers originally said their case would only take three weeks, but it lasted for seven, starting and stopping due to legal arguments and illness plaguing jurors and witnesses alike.</div> <bR> <div> They called 30 witnesses.</div> <bR> <div> Most of their testimony was aimed at trying to establish Pickton as a dim-witted farmer living on a sprawling property that was a constant hive of activity.</div> <bR> <div> The defence has acknowledged the remains of the six women Pickton is accused of killing were found on his farm.</div> <bR> <div> But they dispute the charges that Pickton was responsible for putting them there.</div> <bR> <div> Before defence lawyer Adrian Brooks announced the end of testimony, an IQ expert acknowledged under cross-examination that Pickton's low IQ score doesn't mean he is incapable of murdering women, dismembering them and disposing of their remains.</div> <bR> <div> Larry Krywaniuk, who gave Pickton a series of intelligence tests, conceded Tuesday the test scores didn't give him any information on whether someone is capable of such acts.</div> <bR> <div> "You're not saying that any of these scores, including the indexes, would suggest that Mr. Pickton was incapable of . . . picking up people on the Downtown Eastside, taking them to his home, murdering them, butchering them and then disposing of the evidence?" asked Crown lawyer Mike Petrie.</div> <bR> <div> "You're not saying that these scores in any way reflect on his inability to do that?"</div> <bR> <div> "I have no information," said Krywaniuk. "My IQ scores and the testing that I've done is best predictive of how he will function in certain circumstances."</div> <bR> <div> Krywaniuk agreed that Pickton's full general IQ score of 86 puts him well above the level of mental retardation, which is below 70, and that the score is better than 18.6 per cent of the population of his age.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 514 WIDTH="714"><div> He agreed the level generally regarded as mental retardation would be an IQ score below 70.</div> <bR> <div> "He is substantially above that," said Petrie.</div> <bR> <div> "A few points," said Krywaniuk.</div> <bR> <div> "Excuse me?" said Petrie. "It's 16 points above the cutoff point for retardation.'</div> <bR> <div> "Yes," said the witness, adding that Pickton is "not retarded."</div> <bR> <div> "He's not even close to retarded," said Petrie.</div> <bR> <div> Krywaniuk had testified earlier that although Pickton's IQ was in the normal range, it was at the very bottom of that range.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors had heard earlier that Pickton repeated Grade 2 and that Krywaniuk had concluded in one test that he had the verbal capabilities of an 11-year-old.</div> <bR> <div> But another test conducted by Krywaniuk found Pickton had verbal capabilities similar to a high-school graduate.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton is on trial on six counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Andrea Joesbury, Georgina Papin, Marnie Frey, Brenda Wolfe, Mona Wilson and Sereena Abotsway.</div> <bR> <div> His trial on a further 20 counts will be heard at a later date.</div> <bR> <div> Other witnesses testifying on Pickton's behalf included the mother of his niece and nephew to forensic experts.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors heard about a dizzying array of people who visited the Pickton farm, and that the accused had trouble following conversations with co-workers or getting the punchlines of jokes.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 542 WIDTH="714"><div> Several witnesses changed their testimony under cross-examination by the Crown or admitted they lacked the knowledge to give complete answers on evidence.</div> <bR> <div> One expert called to testify about blood spatter linked to one of the women Pickton is charged with killing admitted he wasn't an expert in blood, but mostly in materials not from humans.</div> <bR> <div> In their opening statement, Pickton's defence team reminded the jury to keep an open mind throughout their case, stressing that the crime had to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.</div> <bR> <div> Lawyer Adrian Brooks reminded jurors about the day they first came into the courtroom more than eight months ago.</div> <bR> <div> "Did you look over that box and say, 'Oh, that's where the innocent person sits?' " Brooks asked last month.</div> <bR> <div> "You probably didn't, but ladies and gentlemen, that's where the innocent person sits, and he sits there in that seat unless you come to a conclusion that is different."</div> <bR> <div> The defence case was also marked with two decisions from Williams.</div> <bR> <div> The first, only a week into the case, was for the jury to disregard all evidence given about a woman known only as Jane Doe, whose remains were found on the Pickton farm.</div> <bR> <div> No reason was given to jurors for the decision.</div> <bR> <div> The second came in the form of an admonishment to jurors after allegations surfaced that one of them had spoken about the case contrary to the court's instructions.</div> <bR> <div> The judge reminded jurors of their obligations not to discuss the case and stressed that remaining impartial was critical to their work.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="01_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="730" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Pickton didn't understand jokes, conversations</B></div> <div> Updated Thu. Sept. 20  2007  07:49  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: September 20th, 2007</div> <div> <B>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. -- When accused serial killer Robert Pickton didn't understand something, he would sometimes just walk away from the conversation, a jury heard Wednesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> And when doctors told him in 1999 that he'd contracted Hepatitis C, he didn't seem to understand the seriousness of the disease. The defence team at Pickton's trial for six counts of first-degree </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="c0d8a06f0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="111" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sandy Humeny leaves the courthouse in New Westminster, B.C. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 430 WIDTH="714"><div> murder changed tack mid-witness Wednesday, dropping questions about Pickton and his brother Dave's business ventures and heading straight for what they had earlier said would be one of their major arguments - the accused's level of intelligence.</div> <bR> <div> Sandy Humeny's low, gravelly voice rumbled through the courtroom as she described how she'd talk to Pickton about business and other matters.</div> <bR> <div> "When when we would talk, it would have to be very plain and clear, none of the words could be too elaborate or too above, his vocabulary was very minimal," said Humeny, a former common-law partner of Pickton's brother Dave.</div> <bR> <div> She said a look would come over Pickton's face when he didn't understand what his co-workers were saying and he'd switch topic suddenly or walk away.</div> <bR> <div> "Many times where I've seen that happen, even if they were joking around, he did not get the joke, he did not get the punchline," she told defence lawyer Adrian Brooks.</div> <bR> <div> Humeny, who dropped out of school at 16 with only a Grade Eight education, moved onto the Pickton property in 1973 with Robert's younger brother Dave.</div> <bR> <div> She lived there for five years, and she and Dave Pickton had a daughter, then a son.</div> <bR> <div> Humeny, 51, remembered how the brothers' mother, Louise, ruled the roost as their father Leonard fell prey to the mental ravages of time.</div> <bR> <div> Louise Pickton would delegate tasks to the brothers, Humeny and the various hired hands who lived in the house.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 453 WIDTH="714"><div> Humeny told court how she'd see Dave and his mother talking over finances and business matters, but Robert was never part of the conversation.</div> <bR> <div> When Louise Pickton died, Dave took over.</div> <bR> <div> "He delegated the work and we did it," Humeny said.</div> <bR> <div> Though Humeny and Dave split up in 1978, she worked on and off for him for years, most recently taking a job with his topsoil and demolition company in 1996.</div> <bR> <div> She'd go by their house to visit with the kids or drop off paperwork for the brothers. For Dave, it was business invoices and contracts, for Robert it was auction invoices and notices of upcoming sales.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Pickton was often around the farm, either in his trailer or out working on vehicles or by the piggery.</div> <bR> <div> Humeny was part of a job on a CostCo site in 1999 where the brothers and other workers worked demolishing and refurbishing the store all night for weeks at a time.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton is on trial for killing six Vancouver women who disappeared from the Downtown Eastside beginning in the late 1990s.</div> <div> He is to stand trial on 20 other counts of murder at a later date.</div> <bR> <div> He contracted hepatitis C in 1999 and went on medications that made him tired, Humeny said.</div> <bR> <div> But when she talked to him about the disease, which can cause liver disease and cancer, he didn't know much about it, court heard.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="714"><div> "He didn't realize he really honestly did not realize the depth of it, the depth of the seriousness of hep C," Humeny said.</div> <bR> <div> When the defence opened their case earlier this month and in their brief opening arguments when the trial began last January, they asked the jury to pay close attention to Pickton's level of intelligence and apply what they were to hear to the statements he made to police following his arrest in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> During an eleven-hour interview with police, Pickton told them he'd gotten sloppy and had planned to do one more before stopping.</div> <bR> <div> Later, to an undercover officer in his cell, Pickton suggested more killings were planned.</div> <bR> <div> "I was going to do one more, make, make the big five O," he said, then later added: "So let everything die for a while. Then, then do, do another 25 new ones."</div> <bR> <div> But he also regaled his cell mate with a fanciful story about how he lived in a chicken coop when he was 2 1/2 years old and drank water out of a stream that ran through the coop.</div> <bR> <div> The stories led the defence at the time to challenge the cell plant on whether he thought perhaps he was dealing with a simple man.</div> <bR> <div> Brooks had also told the jury to think about what a man who was facing multiple murder charges would do following his arrest and contrast it with what Pickton did.</div> <bR> <div> On Wednesday, jurors heard that after his initial arrest in February 2002, Pickton went to work.</div> <bR> <div> Humeny testified the crew was working a demolition site in Steveston, B.C., just outside of Vancouver, and Pickton was on the crew.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 509 WIDTH="714"><div> The trial bogged down in legal arguments for the remainder of Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Earlier, the jury had heard more testimony about the comings and goings from the Pickton property, where the remains of the six women were found.</div> <bR> <div> Around six o'clock in the morning each work day during the spring and summer months, Lorne Loewen would knock on Pickton's trailer and get his work day started.</div> <bR> <div> They'd have a quick conversation and Loewen would get to work, picking up faxed invoices for the topsoil delivery business.</div> <bR> <div> Loewen, 46, gave similar testimony to earlier witnesses who had described the farm as being a constant beehive of activity.</div> <bR> <div> "Sometimes it looked like a yard sale," Loewen told the court. "People coming, asking to buy cars and topsoil."</div> <bR> <div> When he was working on the Pickton farm, court heard, Dave would ask Loewen to keep the gates locked to combat a problem with theft and stop the constant flow of people onto the farm.</div> <bR> <div> "People coming in and out, sort of undesirable people, coming in cars, trying to sell you something or looking for Willie," said Loewen, who started working for the business in 1996 and remains an employee.</div> <bR> <div> Loewen told court he'd buy cars from Robert Pickton that had come from auctions held by the Vancouver police department.</div> <bR> <div> He described the cars as looking like people had lived in them, filled with food wrappers, needles and bags of clothing.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton is on trial for the deaths of Sereena Abotsway, Marnie Frey, Andrea Joesbury, Georgina Papin, Mona Wilson and Brenda Wolfe.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="01"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Pickton talked of killing prostitutes: witness</B></div> <div> Updated Mon. Jul. 16  2007  20:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: July 16th, 2007</div> <div> <B>A hushed courtroom heard a key Crown witness testify about how Robert Pickton told him his technique for killing prostitutes.</B></div> <bR> <div> "He had mentioned to me, 'You know what I do with these prostitutes?'" Andrew Bellwood testified Monday in New Westminster, B.C.</div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Warning</U></B><B>:</B> <I>Graphic, disturbing content follows</I></div> <bR> <div> "From there he reached underneath his mattress. He pulled out a set of handcuffs that looked like a set of police handcuffs. He pulled out a belt and he pulled out a piece of wire.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="bd5ca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Crown witness Andrew Bellwood leaves B.C. Supreme Court during a lunch break in the murder trial of accused serial killer Robert Pickton in New Westminster on Monday, July 16, 2007, 2007. (CP / Richard Lam)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="714"><div> "The wire had looped ends on it that looked like it had been spliced. The wire was the same consistency as piano wire.</div> <bR> <div> "He had motioned to me that he would put them in what we call doggy style on the bed, having intercourse with them. As he was telling me this story it was as if there was a woman on the bed. It was pretty much like telling me he'd reach behind their back for their hand and slide it behind their back and put on the handcuffs, stroking their hair, telling them that it's going to be OK. Everything's all over now.</div> <bR> <div> "After he got the handcuffs on them he would strangle them either with the belt or the piece of wire."</div> <bR> <div> In the slaughterhouse, the women were bled and gutted, Bellwood said.</div> <bR> <div> "He commented on how much they bled. He kept telling me, `Oh, you know how much they bleed, you wouldn't believe how much blood comes out of a person.'</div> <bR> <div> "He proceeded to tell me, after he gutted them, hung them in the slaughterhouse, how much pigs ate of the carcass and whatever the pigs didn't eat, would end up in the 45-gallon drums of entrails he put the pigs in, you know, the pig guts into," the 37-year-old Alberta oilpatch worker said.</div> <bR> <div> This information came out while they watched television at Pickton's Port Coquitlam farm in 1999, Bellwood said.</div> <bR> <div> The conversation began after Pickton suggested they get a prostitute for themselves, but Bellwood said he wasn't interested.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Bellwood a former crack user</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 472 WIDTH="714"><div> Like Lynn Ellingsen, who testified she saw a woman's body hanging from a hook in Pickton's slaughterhouse, Bellwood has used crack cocaine heavily at points in his life. But he said he had used neither crack nor alcohol the night of his conversation with Pickton.</div> <bR> <div> Defence lawyer Richard Brooks subjected Ellingsen to a grueling cross-examination in which he suggested she was hallucinating when she thought she saw the body.</div> <bR> <div> Bellwood told court he had never hallucinated on the drug or seen any other user hallucinate while under its influence.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton and Bellwood were introduced in February 1999. Bellwood later lived on Pickton's property for a time.</div> <bR> <div> Bellwood said he lived there about the same time as someone named Lynn, meaning Ellingsen. Pickton and her appeared to be good friends, he said.</div> <bR> <div> The accused appeared to be a "sugar daddy" to her, he said.</div> <bR> <div> Bellwood is expected to be one of the Crown's last major witnesses in the murder case.</div> <bR> <div> Picton is on trial in B.C. Supreme Court on six charges of first-degree murder. He is accused of killing Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Georgina Papin, Marnie Frey, Brenda Wolfe and Andrea Joesbury.</div> <bR> <div> He faces trial on another 20 charges at some later date.</div> <bR> <div> In its opening arguments, the defence said Pickton did not kill the victims.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="jury_hears_pickton_s_1991__audio_memoirs_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 170 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Jury hears Pickton's 1991 'audio memoirs'</B></div> <div> Updated Wed. Mar. 8  2007  23:54  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: March 8th, 2007</div> <div> <B>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. -- He grew up poor and worked hard, but accused serial killer Robert Pickton wanted more out of life than his farm could give him.</B></div> <bR> <div> Jurors at his trial heard an audio tape Wednesday that police have referred to in the past as "Willie's memoirs." It was introduced into evidence as a letter dictated to a woman named Victoria on Dec. 28, 1991.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1e3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> This artist's rendition shows Robert Pickton during court proceedings. (CP / Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="714"><div> Her last name or relation to Pickton is unknown, though he thanked her for a Christmas card she sent.</div> <bR> <div> The 55-minute tape began with Pickton introducing himself as Bob Pickton from Vancouver before he takes Victoria through his childhood and adolescence and his plans for the future.</div> <bR> <div> He ruminated on the state of the modern world, amazed at computers, his changing neighbourhood and how the passage of time has seen his family reduced from 11 members strong to about four.</div> <bR> <div> He talked about Canada being a new country and that he'd like to go down to the old country, which he characterized as being the Third World.</div> <bR> <div> "They know a lot more down there than I know up here," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "That's what I'm trying to get into it, is know more about where we went off from the new country to the old country. Because there's a lot of things. There's big changes between here and there."</div> <bR> <div> The tapes give a glimpse into Pickton's life in the years before police descended on his farm in 2002, unleashing the massive investigation that led to him being charged with 26 counts of first-degree murder in connection with the disappearances of women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.</div> <bR> <div> He is currently on trial for six of those charges.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors had heard earlier conflicting testimony about the role his brother played in the investigation into the missing women.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 468 WIDTH="714"><div> But on Wednesday, Sgt. Dan Almas testified that though Dave Pickton remains a person of interest to police still investigating missing women, there is nothing to indicate he is involved in their disappearances.</div> <bR> <div> Dave was allowed to get some of his personal belongings off the farm as police scoured it for evidence, jurors heard, but Almas admitted that some items like a leather jacket and a saw were returned without being tested.</div> <bR> <div> The Pickton brothers' relationship has surfaced several times during the trial and in the tape, more of its nature is revealed.</div> <bR> <div> Robert talked about Dave playing hooky from school for weeks at a time, though the brothers didn't go to the same schools growing up.</div> <bR> <div> He also told Victoria how messy Dave was with a truck he sold him, adding that if he still owned it, the truck would be so clean you could eat off the engine.</div> <bR> <div> When Pickton took Victoria through his diminishing family tree, he told her how all that was left was himself, his brother and his brother-in-law.</div> <bR> <div> He didn't mention his sister Linda at all.</div> <bR> <div> The Pickton children grew up poor but always had food to eat, he said.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton wore hand-me-down clothes and remembered the first new outfit his mother bought him was so filled with starch that he ripped it off and ran around without any clothes on.</div> <bR> <div> He stopped school in 1964, starting work as a meat cutter and did that for almost seven years before quitting to go back to the farm.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 476 WIDTH="714"><div> He started working with pigs, building up his barns and driving a truck for B.C. Hydro until his piggery, as he called it, burned down in 1978.</div> <bR> <div> In 1980, he lost thousands of dollars when the market for pigs collapsed.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton exhibited an evenhanded outlook on the failures that marked his life, characterizing many of them with a "sometimes you make it, sometimes you don't," attitude.</div> <bR> <div> After being a truck driver, he worked in a rubber factory.</div> <bR> <div> "That's a dirty job," he told Victoria. "Don't ever do that."</div> <bR> <div> What he really wanted to do, Pickton said, was work in a sawmill.</div> <bR> <div> But by the time an opening came up, he already had another job and didn't want to trade one for the other.</div> <bR> <div> He also thought about getting into auto body work, but didn't want to learn the trade by working in a shop.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm not here to follow by somebody else's footsteps," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "You learn by your mistakes. That's the name of the game."</div> <bR> <div> He talked about the "stupid things" he'd done in his life - like accidentally putting his father's truck in neutral and sitting in it as it slid down a hill, pigs jumping off the back before it crashed into a telephone pole.</div> <bR> <div> "I got the hell beaten out of me," he said on the tape.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 402 WIDTH="714"><div> In the prisoner's dock at the court, Pickton smiled as the story was being told.</div> <bR> <div> It's one the jury had heard before, when Pickton shared the memory with police officers during his formal interview after being arrested in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> He spun a number of the same tales on the tape that he'd tell police more than 10 years later, among them the story of the death of his prized baby calf as a child and his visit to the U.S. in 1974.</div> <bR> <div> On that trip, he was asked to be a model, Pickton said.</div> <bR> <div> He was offered $40 an hour.</div> <bR> <div> It was a good opportunity, he said, but he turned it down.</div> <bR> <div> "I'm here on my holidays," he said.</div> <bR> <div> In the portion of the tape the jurors heard, he neglected to tell Victoria about a woman named Connie he dated while on that vacation.</div> <bR> <div> He'd told police they were engaged.</div> <bR> <div> But Pickton hinted that he'd like to settle down one day and hoped to get off the farm.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 460 WIDTH="714"><div> He talked about relationships being a two-way street.</div> <bR> <div> "You gotta think on both behalfs," he said.</div> <bR> <div> When he met that somebody, he said, he would build a house.</div> <bR> <div> It would have six rooms, nine-feet ceilings, a spiral staircase, a balcony surrounding what he called a planetorium, a tennis court out back and probably a built-in swimming pool.</div> <bR> <div> "Not that I do any swimming or anything, but you gotta build it for the year 2000," he said.</div> <bR> <div> "You gotta have fancy this and fancy that."</div> <bR> <div> Pickton characterizes himself as a team player who was happy to teach people how to do things. But he told Victoria while he was always around to lend a hand no one helped him.</div> <bR> <div> "Sometimes they ask for a little too much," he says. "I don't get nothing back in return."</div> <bR> <div> Jurors have heard in the past from police that Pickton deferred to his younger brother and seemed submissive to him. </div> <div> In his letter to Victoria, he said his brother wouldn't take his advice on how to fix a truck.</div> <bR> <div> "They try to do it their way but they always come back to me and want my ideas and everything else," he said. </div> <div> "But believe it not, they do it my way. No matter whatever which way I say it or whatever, I'm always right."</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="gun_raid_on_pickton_farm_led_to_sinister_discovery"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 273 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Gun raid on Pickton farm led to sinister discovery</B></div> <div> Updated Wed. Feb. 7  2007  23:25  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 8th, 2007</div> <div> <B>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. -- A dramatic night-time weapons raid screeched to a halt when police found a different kind of smoking gun on Robert Pickton's farm.</B></div> <bR> <div> An asthma inhaler, with Sereena Abotsway's name on it, tucked in a sports bag amid novels and a pair of small running shoes. </div> <div> Pickton is on trial for her death and that of five other women.</div> <bR> <div> His trial heard Wednesday that when RCMP first decided to search the Pickton farm, they had no idea he was even a suspect in their deaths.</div> <bR> <div> Const. Nathan Wells told the court that he'd cultivated a source that he'd hoped would share information about drugs.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b272a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist's drawing shows Robert Pickton in a video holding up a finger to his mouth to indicate 'hush' while interacting with a RCMP undercover officer while he was in jail during his murder trial in BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, Feb. 6, 2007. (CP / Artist-Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 400 WIDTH="714"><div> Dwayne Scott Chubb gave up details about guns instead, leaving Wells to get a search warrant for the Pickton property.</div> <bR> <div> Wells testified under cross-examination that Chubb was paid for information he'd given police, though it was unclear if the $1,450 paid out over three weeks in February 2002 was all linked to the Pickton case.</div> <bR> <div> When he went to get the warrant, Wells plugged Pickton's name into a police database and a note to call Vancouver police popped up.</div> <bR> <div> Two officers from the Missing Women's Task Force would later join the team heading to the Pickton farm for a firearms search, Wells testified.</div> <bR> <div> "My understanding was that they were not participating in the search but standing by in case anything showed up that would be of interest to them," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Wells recounted how he and three other officers moved onto the farm across a muddy path on the night of Feb. 5, 2002. </div> <div> "We walked towards the trailer, rounded the bend and heard the sound of a truck and saw headlights," he told the court.</div> <bR> <div> "We stopped in our tracks."</div> <bR> <div> The officers heard a truck door open and close, followed by the sound of a trailer door opening and closing.</div> <bR> <div> "Once we reached the trailer, there was a heightened sense of risk," he said.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 441 WIDTH="714"><div> A police vehicle with sirens blaring and lights flashing arrived on the scene and with a yell of "police, warrant," the police used a battering ram to barge into Pickton's trailer.</div> <bR> <div> Cpl. Howard Lew told the jury that when he entered the trailer he saw Pickton and told him to get down on the ground.</div> <bR> <div> He was searched and taken to the Coquitlam detachment, to provide a safe search site for police.</div> <bR> <div> Wells took him to the station while Lew started a search.</div> <bR> <div> The first room, a bathroom, yielded nothing.</div> <bR> <div> The second, a bedroom, also came up bare.</div> <bR> <div> But in the third room, Lew found a .22 round of ammunition -- Pickton had told police he kept a .22 in the barn.</div> <bR> <div> And he found the grey Solomon sports bag and searched it.</div> <bR> <div> "I found some novels, a small pair of running shoes, a respirator with the name Sereena Abotsway on it," Yew testified. </div> <div> During its opening statement, the Crown said an asthma inhaler with Abotsway's name on it had been found.</div> <bR> <div> The name meant nothing to Lew, he said, but he shared his discovery with Cpl. William Mulcahy, who was in charge of the search.</div> <bR> <div> News of the find was spread by radio to other police at the scene.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 404 WIDTH="714"><div> The firearms search was immediately suspended.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, back at the detachment, Wells had put Pickton in a cell.</div> <bR> <div> Wells encountered RCMP Insp. Don Adam, who was leading the Missing Women's Task Force.</div> <bR> <div> "I was instructed by Insp. Adam not to deal with Mr. Pickton, not to speak to him, not to obtain his fingerprints," Wells testified. </div> <div> "My feeling at the time was that this investigation now belonged to Insp. Don Adam."</div> <bR> <div> Wells had cultivated Chubb as a source about a year after joining the RCMP in 2000.</div> <bR> <div> Up until Jan. 25, 2002, Wells had met with him three times but Chubb had never mentioned Pickton before.</div> <bR> <div> But after spilling out information about guns that led to the search warrant, Chubb kept talking.</div> <bR> <div> In the early days of the trial, the jury heard how Chubb gave a taped interview to police saying Pickton had told him the best way to kill a prostitute was by using a syringe filled with windshield washer fluid.</div> <bR> <div> Defence lawyer Adrian Brooks said in court Wednesday that the first time Chubb ever mentioned a syringe was on Feb. 7.</div> <bR> <div> By then he'd already been paid $750 for information he gave police, and over the next three weeks would amass a bounty of $1,450.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 528 WIDTH="714"><div> He also asked Wells about the $100,000 in reward money police were offering for information in the case of the missing women.</div> <bR> <div> Lew and Wells' testimony came as the Crown attempted to take the jury back to the early days of their investigation into the 57-year-old pig farmer.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors have already watched two lengthy police interrogations of Pickton -- both done after his arrest on murder charges on Feb. 22, 2002.</div> <bR> <div> One was with a trio of officers; the other via an undercover officer in Pickton's cell.</div> <bR> <div> Defence lawyer Peter Ritchie wrapped up his cross-examination of the officer earlier Wednesday.</div> <bR> <div> Ritchie alleged that Pickton's supposed confession to killing 50 people was actually just a reference to the charges police had told him were pending.</div> <bR> <div> He also accused the officer of trying to encourage Pickton to make incriminating statements.</div> <bR> <div> Yew was expected to remain on the stand Thursday for further cross-examination.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton is facing 26 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of women who vanished from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. </div> <div> Many of the victims were drug-addicted sex-trade workers.</div> <bR> <div> The current trial is for the deaths of six women -- Mona Wilson, Abotsway, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe, Marnie Frey and Georgina Papin.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton will face the remaining charges at a later trial.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="pickton_told_cop_he_was_being_investigated"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Pickton told cop he was being investigated</B></div> <div> Updated Mon. Feb. 5 2007  23:08  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: February 6th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Robert Pickton told an undercover RCMP officer planted in his cell that police were considering laying 50 murder charges against him, the Mountie testified in court on Monday.</B></div> <bR> <div> The officer had been placed in Pickton's jail cell under the pretense he was being held on attempted murder charges.</div> <bR> <div> But the Mountie, who cannot be named by court order, told the New Westminster, B.C. jury he had been given no details about Pickton when he was planted in his cell.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b260a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> An artist's drawing shows Robert Pickton watching a video of himself interacting with an RCMP undercover officer while he was in jail during his murder trial in BC Supreme Court in New Westminster, Feb. 5, 2007. (CP / Artist-Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 617 WIDTH="714"><div> Pickton told the officer he had been arrested on two counts of first-degree murder, the RCMP officer testified.</div> <bR> <div> "He was concerned about this, said they were looking at another 50 charges against him with relation to this,'' the officer testified.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton told the undercover officer that he was a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam and "also made some comments that he was supposed to get out of the pig farm and farming and now the farm was going to bury him,'' the officer testified.</div> <bR> <div> He also expressed concern to the undercover Mountie that he would be hounded by the media.</div> <bR> <div> The officer also said he told Pickton they were both being videotaped while in their cell, which was after the farmer's arrest some five years ago.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown has already played a video of the police interrogation the pig farmer underwent after his arrest in 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Last week, Pickton's lawyer suggested his client was unsophisticated, failed Grade 2 and did not fully understand questions and statements put to him under interrogation.</div> <bR> <div> Defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told the court that Pickton was under the control of his brother and sister, his share of his parents' will was in trust, and police had information prior to the lengthy interview that he was "slow."</div> <bR> <div> But RCMP Staff Sgt. Bill Fordy dismissed Ritchie's claims.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't recall information about his ability to understanding things,'' said Fordy, one of the police officers who interrogated Pickton after his arrest.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton faces first-degree murder charges in the slayings of six women, who are Marnie Frey, Sereena Abotsway, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe and Mona Wilson.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton also stands accused in the murders of 20 other women but no trial date has been set on those charges.</div> <bR> <div> He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="on_tape_pickton_tells_police_he_got__sloppy_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>On tape: Pickton tells police he got 'sloppy'</B></div> <div> Updated Thu. Jan. 25 2007  23:59  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 26th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Jurors in the Robert Pickton trial have heard the accused tell police he got "sloppy" cleaning up, near the end of an 11-hour interrogation as police grilled him about DNA and body parts found on his farm.</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton also tells RCMP Staff Sgt. Don Adam that his brother Dave never noticed because he was busy.</div> <bR> <div> The accused makes another apparent admission about nine hours into the interview, recorded on February 2002.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1faa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Artist's sketch taken from a video being played as evidence in the Pickton trial in New Westminister, B.C., Thursday, January 25, 2007 shows RCMP Insp. (CP / Artist-Felicity Don)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 486 WIDTH="714"><div> Adam -- one of several officers taking turns questioning Pickton - tells Pickton that police believe women may have been killed in three different areas on his property, including a motorhome.</div> <bR> <div> When asked how many were killed there, Pickton says "probably two, maybe three."</div> <bR> <div> And when Adam asks how many women in total he thinks he's killed, Pickton responds: "You're making me more of a mass killer than I am."</div> <bR> <div> Those comments differ from what jurors heard on Tuesday, when they watched the first few hours of his interrogation video and Pickton dismissed any connection between himself and the missing women as "hogwash."</div> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Warning:</B> <I>Disturbing content in this story. Reader discretion is advised.</I></div> <bR> <div> Pickton is charged with 26 counts of first-degree murder. He is on trial in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, B.C. right now on six counts.</div> <bR> <div> At another point in the video aired Thursday, Adam points at images of 48 missing women and asks Pickton to "touch the ones you've done."</div> <bR> <div> He also tells Pickton that a former friend, Lynn Ellingsen, has told police she saw him skinning the body of a slain woman, and that investigators knew Ellingsen was blackmailing him.</div> <bR> <div> Adam also says that people claim to have seen Pickton sexually assaulting dead women.</div> <bR> <div> "Yeah, right," Pickton laughs.</div> <bR> <div> But when Adam says investigators have collected a large amount of evidence on the farm, Pickton again appears to make an admission, saying: "I made my own grave."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 542 WIDTH="714"><div> Adam suggests that Pickton hated prostitutes because they attacked him with a knife, stole from him, and infected him with Hepatitis C. The judge told jurors not to consider Adam's statements as evidence.</div> <bR> <div> RCMP Staff Sgt. Bill Fordy is the first officer seen to interrogate Pickton on the video, trying to relate to the accused before switching to a more aggressive tone.</div> <bR> <div> At one point, Fordy says Pickton's DNA was found along with the DNA of Mona Wilson, one of the women he is charged with killing.</div> <bR> <div> "Your DNA is with hers. You're done, done, done. Done like dinner -- like roast pork," he says, adding that investigators found large amounts of Wilson's blood.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton responds: "But that don't mean I did it. I didn't do anything, I don't know her ... I don't know her face or anything else."</div> <bR> <div> Besides Wilson, Pickton is on trial for the deaths of Sereena Abotsway, Marnie Frey, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury and Brenda Wolfe.</div> <bR> <div> On the interrogation video, Pickton admits to owning a .22-calibre weapon and said he used the gun to kill pigs.</div> <bR> <div> A few times, the accused says he shouldn't be talking and that he wants to return to his cell.</div> <bR> <div> But Fordy reminds Pickton that while he doesn't have to say anything, the officer is duty-bound to ask questions.</div> <bR> <div> After one intense period, Pickton says: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry for living. And ah, you know, if I can, I'll take my life for any one of those people just to, just to have them alive. So ... sorry."</div> <bR> <div> In its opening statement on Monday, Crown counsel told the jury that Pickton made incriminating remarks during the 11-hour police interview after he was arrested in February 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="jurors_to_continue_watching_pickton_videotape"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 271 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Jurors to continue watching Pickton videotape</B></div> <div> Updated Wed. Jan. 24 2007  09:07  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 24th, 2007</div> <div> <B>Jurors will spend a second day watching a videotape of a police interview with Robert William Pickton, a day after hearing him dismiss the allegations against him as "hogwash."</B></div> <bR> <div> In the interview shown Tuesday at Pickton's murder trial in New Westminster, B.C., Pickton described any connection between himself and missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside as "hogwash."</div> <bR> <div> The B.C. Supreme Court jury began viewing video of the interrogation on Tuesday.</div> <bR> <div> On the video, RCMP Staff Sgt. Bill Fordy brought out a large poster board with the pictures of 48 women the police were investigating as missing.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1eea0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Artist sketch shows accused serial killer Robert Pickton watching RCMP video with BC Supreme Court Judge James Williams and lawyers during the second day of his trial at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. (CP / Artist-Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 252 WIDTH="552"><div> Robert Pickton said he couldn't say if any of the women on the board in front of him had ever been on his property.</div> <bR> <div> As he looked at photos on the board, Pickton couldn't remember if he'd had sex with any of them -- although he admitted having relations with some prostitutes from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.</div> <bR> <div> But he said that one looked familiar.</div> <bR> <div> "She's a dark girl, isn't she?" Pickton said. Fordy told Pickton he was referring to Sarah de Vries.</div> <bR> <div> She went missing in 1998. While Pickton has been charged in her death, her case is not one of the six for which he is currently on trial.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1efa0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> An artist's drawing shows Robert Pickton in a video being interviewed after his arrest in February 2002. He sits slumped down in his chair, as he tells Staff Sgt. Bill Fordy that he's being set up and that he's just a pig farmer. (CP / Artist-Felicity Don)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 418 WIDTH="714"><div> The interview took place at the RCMP detachment in Surrey, B.C. in February 2002, early in the investigation, when police had not completed their search of Pickton's property.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors also heard the Port Coquitlam farmer insist he was just a "pig man" and that he was a "bad dude."</div> <bR> <div> Pickton also tells Fordy that if he could turn time around, he would change a few things.</div> <bR> <div> But he adds that he didn't think he "did anything wrong."</div> <bR> <div> In its opening statement on Monday, Crown counsel told the jury that Pickton made incriminating remarks during the 11-hour police interview after he was arrested in February 2002.</div> <bR> <div> In lengthy conversations before and after the interview, Pickton allegedly told an undercover police officer planted in his cell that he killed 49 women and wanted to commit one more murder to make it an even 50.</div> <bR> <div> The 57-year-old faces first-degree murder charges in the slayings of six women: Marnie Frey, Sereena Abotsway, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe and Mona Wilson.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton also stands accused in the murders of 20 other women but no trial date has been set on those charges.</div> <bR> <div> He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. None of the allegations has been proven in court.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="b_c__jury_to_hear_taped_robert_pickton_interview"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 224 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>B.C. jury to hear taped Robert Pickton interview</B></div> <div> Updated Tue. Jan. 23 2007  08:44  ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 23rd, 2007</div> <div> <B>Jurors will hear Robert Pickton's own words in a taped conversation with police on the second day of the murder trial in New Westminster, B.C. on Tuesday.</B></div> <bR> <div> In its opening statement on Monday, Crown counsel told the jury that Pickton made incriminating remarks during an 11-hour police interview after he was arrested in February 2002.</div> <bR> <div> In lengthy conversations before and after the interview, Pickton also allegedly told an undercover police officer planted in his cell that he killed 49 women and wanted to commit one more murder to make it an even 50.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1e9a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Artist's drawing show accused serial killer Robert Pickton in the prioner's box during the first day of his trial at B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminister Monday January 22, 2007.(CP / Artist-Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 414 WIDTH="714"><div> On Tuesday and Wednesday, the B.C. Supreme Court jurors will watch the videotape, which was filmed at the RCMP detachment in Surrey, B.C. in February 2002.</div> <bR> <div> The tape will be introduced by RCMP Insp. Don Adam, the lead investigator for a task force set up in 2001 to investigate the growing number of missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton also allegedly told the undercover officer who posed as a cellmate that he made his own grave by being "sloppy."</div> <bR> <div> Pickton faces first-degree murder charges in the slayings of six women, who are Marnie Frey, Sereena Abotsway, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe and Mona Wilson.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton, a 57-year-old pig farmer from suburban Port Coquitlam, B.C., also stands accused in the murders of 20 other women but no trial date has been set on those charges.</div> <bR> <div> He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. None of the allegations has been proven in court.</div> <bR> <div> Warning: Some readers might find details to follow in this story disturbing.</div> <bR> <div> Crown counsel Derrill Prevett told jurors in his opening statement on Monday that police found the skulls of Abotsway and Joesbury stuffed inside plastic pails when they searched Pickton's pig farm.</div> <bR> <div> The prosecutor also told the jury that police found the two five-gallon pails with human heads inside two freezers when they were using a search warrant for firearms.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 550 WIDTH="552"><div> In laying out its case, the Crown also said:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The heads of Joesbury and Abotsway had been cut in half with a saw and the women's hands and feet had been stuffed inside their skulls. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In the crown's opening statement, Previtt told the jury that DNA analysis had identified the remains of each of the six women Pickton is accused of killing in this trial. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The remains were found either inside Pickton's trailer or in the ground nearby. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The search of Pickton's mobile home also found a tote bag that contained syringes and an asthma inhaler belonging to Abotsway. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In the garbage below Pickton's window, police say they found another four inhalers dispensed in Abotsway's name. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Swabs taken of blood-stained clothing in the trailer also matched the DNA profile of Wilson, another woman accused of being killed, the prosecutor said. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wilson's remains were found in a bag at the bottom of a garbage can. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">In a laundry room of Pickton's trailer, a revolver was found in a zippered gun case. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Its barrel was covered in plastic wrap, had an elastic band wrapped around it and had a sexual device fitted over it. The revolver had one spent casing and five other rounds. Forensic evidence detected DNA from both Pickton and Wilson on the revolver. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ffffff00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wolfe's lower jawbone and teeth were found in the ground in trough beside the slaughterhouse.</div> <bR> <div> Authorities also found running shoes and a cross that belonged to Wilson in Pickton's trailer, the prosecutor said.</div> <bR> <div> A number of bones mixed with debris and manure were found in the farm's slaughter house in July 2002, court heard. A total of 14 human hand bones were found in the area, including a bone from Georgina Papin's hand.</div> <bR> <div> Prevett said three teeth found during the excavation of the ground matched the DNA of Frey.</div> <bR> <div> Additional human bones found near the slaughterhouse matched no one identified as missing in the women's task force, he said.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1eaa0c80.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Crown lawyer Mike Petrie (centre) leads his team to B.C. Supreme Court in New on Monday. (CP / Chuck Stoody)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="b1eca0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rick Frey Jr. and his mother Charlotte talk to reporters outside B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster on Monday. Rick is the biological brother and Charlotte the biological mother of Marnie Frey, one of six women from Vancouver's downtown eastside that Robert Pickton is accused of murdering. (CP / Richard Lam)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 400 WIDTH="714"><div> "These murders of these six women were the work of one man, the accused, Robert William Pickton,'' Prevett said in his statement.</div> <bR> <div> "He had the expertise and equipment for the task. He had the means of transportation available and the means for the disposal of their remains.'</div> <bR> <div> Some family members closed their eyes as they listened to the Crown offer its opening statement, while others burst into tears, and one ran from the courtroom sobbing.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Defence statements</B></div> <div> In its opening statement, the defence team told the jury they will be vigorously refuting the Crown's case.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton did not kill nor participate in the murders of the six women, the defence team told the jury.</div> <bR> <div> The defence will be contesting what the Crown suggests are the facts in this case, court heard on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> "The picture that Mr. Prevett has painted to you is not a full picture. It is the Crown's contention they can prove those facts but at this stage it is only a contention that the Crown can prove these facts," lead defence lawyer Peter Ritchie told the jurors.</div> <bR> <div> He also told jurors they were not given the full picture of the conversation Pickton had with the undercover officer.</div> <bR> <div> He suggested they pay close attention to that conversation and his client's formal interview with police.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 248 WIDTH="714"><div> "Pay particularly close attention to the evidence relating to his intellectual competence and close attention to his level of understanding when you watch the videotapes when you listen to them, pay close attention to what Mr. Pickton says and the manner in which is expresses himself," Ritchie said.</div> <bR> <div> He also cautioned them to watch where Pickton's DNA appears and where the DNA of others exists.</div> <bR> <div> The trial, which is on course to be one of the largest, longest, and most expensive trials in Canadian history, has drawn unprecedented international attention.</div> <bR> <div> Watching from the wings are some of the 350 reporters, photographers and technical media representatives -- including correspondents from the British Press Association, Court TV, The <I>Economist</I>, Germany-based ARD television, BBC radio and TV, <I>The Washington Post</I> and <I>The New York Times</I> -- who have been accredited to report on the trial.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff<I> with files from The Canadian Press</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="trial_of_robert_pickton_to_begin_in_b_c_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 169 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Trial of Robert Pickton to begin in B.C.</B></div> <div> Updated Mon. Jan. 22 2007  08:16 ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 22nd, 2007</div> <div> <B>Almost five years after Robert Pickton's arrest, a jury will begin hearing arguments in his murder trial today in New Westminster, B.C.</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton faces first-degree murder charges in the slayings of six women, who are Marnie Frey, Sereena Abotsway, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe and Mona Wilson.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="b1e3a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This artist's rendition shows Robert Pickton during court proceedings. (CP / Jane Wolsak)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 774 WIDTH="714"><div> Pickton also stands accused in the murders of 20 other women but no trial date has been set on those charges.</div> <bR> <div> The 57-year-old pig farmer from suburban Port Coquitlam, B.C. has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. None of the allegations has been proven in court.</div> <bR> <div> He will be taken to the courthouse Monday morning shortly before the proceedings begin.</div> <bR> <div> Lynn Frey, the mother of Marnie Frey -- one of the women Pickton is accused of killing -- believes her daughter didn't like her life in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.</div> <bR> <div> "Marnie just got in with the wrong crowd of people and partied and had a good time, and I know deep down inside Marnie's heart, she didn't like what she was doing," Frey told CTV's Canada AM on Monday morning.</div> <bR> <div> "She didn't like to live in the Downtown Eastside but she had made a new family down there. They were all sisters looking out for each other," Frey said.</div> <bR> <div> In 2001, police announced that the disappearances of dozens of women would be treated as murder.</div> <bR> <div> In February of 2002, officers entered Pickton's pig farm using a firearms warrant. A few days later, he was charged with weapons offences as the search of the property continued.</div> <bR> <div> Eight lawyers will stand in court Monday, with prosecutor Mike Petrie playing the lead for the Crown and Peter Ritchie acting as head lawyer for the defence.</div> <bR> <div> The trial, which is on course to be one of the largest, longest, and most expensive trial in Canadian history, has drawn unprecedented international attention.</div> <bR> <div> Watching from the wings will be about 250 reporters, photographers and technical media representatives -- including correspondents from the British Press Association, Court TV, <I>The Economist</I>, Germany-based ARD television, BBC radio and TV, <I>The Washington Post</I> and <I>The New York Times</I> -- who have been accredited to report on the trial.</div> <bR> <div> The judge has already warned some of the testimony may be "like a horror movie."</div> <bR> <div> In a highly unusual move, not only will the 12-person jury panel hear opening arguments from the Crown, but the judge is also allowing the defence to have its say on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> One reason for the ruling is that "given the size and complexity of this case, it makes eminent sense that anything that can be done to assist the members of the jury by bringing some order to that complexity be encouraged," Justice James Williams said earlier this month.</div> <bR> <div> The trial is expected to last a year.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff </div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="jury_selection_begins_for_trial_of_robert_pickton"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 WIDTH="552"><div> <B>Jury selection begins for trial of Robert Pickton</B></div> <div> Updated Sat. Dec. 09 2006  11:16:24 ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: December 9th, 2006</div> <div> <B>When summonses were sent out for prospective jurors in the trial of Robert Pickton, the B.C. pig farmer charged with the murder of 26 women, mostly drug-dependent sex-trade workers from Vancouver's east side, sheriff's deputies wondered if they had any hope of finding 12 suitable candidates willing to give up a year of their lives.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="af25a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 484 WIDTH="714"><div> In fact, they were so concerned they sent out more than 3,500 summonses -- seven times the usual number -- in the hopes of creating a pool large enough to render the jury panel plus two alternatives.</div> <bR> <div> Litigators have predicted the trial will take a year, and is likely to include months of painstaking exploration of disturbing details, not to mention a lengthy absence from work for those who serve on the jury.</div> <bR> <div> Perhaps surprisingly, the New Westminster Law Courts announced recently that they now expect about 600 potential jurors to gather Saturday at the B.C. Supreme Court, creating a pool that the Crown and defence will begin probing for potential jurors.</div> <bR> <div> "They do not necessarily want to do it, but they recognize their duty as a citizen," Deputy Sheriff Marin Debruyn told <I>The Globe and Mail</I>, adding that some of the potential jurors are worried about the content of the evidence.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's trial on six of the 26 murder counts is set to begin in early January, almost five years after his arrest. A second trial will cover the remaining 20 charges.</div> <bR> <div> The trial is almost certain to prove grim and painstaking for some -- if not all --members. Eric Broadhurst, a jury member in Paul Bernardo's trial in Toronto in 1995 for the sex-slayings of teenagers Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, recalled months of disturbing video evidence that left a mark on the rest of his life.</div> <bR> <div> He was stunned to hear the Pickton trial could last three times as long.</div> <bR> <div> "Seven or so of us went for counselling after the trial and it was of some help,'' Broadhurst, now retired and living in Waterloo, Ont., told <I>The Canadian Press</I>. "Time is a healer."</div> <bR> <div> "It clarified a few things and cleansed your mind and helped bring yourself back to Earth."</div> <bR> <div> <B>A long process</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 550 WIDTH="552"><div> Peter Rosenthal, a Toronto lawyer and adjunct law professor at the University of Toronto, said the Pickton jury selection process will be a complicated and difficult undertaking.</div> <bR> <div> "It certainly will be because of the extraordinary amount of publicity," Rosenthal told CTV.ca. "I would think it's unlikely that any prospective juror in British Columbia hasn't heard a lot about this case."</div> <bR> <div> CTV's legal analyst Steven Skurka, who has co-authored a book on jury selection, agreed the scenario is uniquely challenging.</div> <bR> <div> "The Crown and defence will first be looking for jurors who can devote months to sitting on a jury. The special challenge for this jury will be to overcome the emotional impact of graphic... evidence and decide the case fairly."</div> <bR> <div> The jury pool is gathering Saturday for instruction from Justice James Williams, before the actual jury selection process begins in earnest on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> The judge will distribute a questionnaire to the jurors to determine whether they should be excused because of financial or health considerations.</div> <bR> <div> Candidates who make it past that point will be called into the courtroom individually before the Crown and defence for a "challenge for cause." The judge will also ask them questions formulated with the input of counsel, to determine their suitability and impartiality.</div> <bR> <div> Broadhurst described the selection process he went through prior to the Bernardo trial.</div> <bR> <div> "All kinds of excuses come out,'' he told CP. "One woman claimed she couldn't handle the horror she expected to come out of this. The judge saw the terror in her eyes and excused her.''</div> <bR> <div> After each person has been questioned -- and has offered up any objections they may have -- a panel of two other jurors will decide whether they are impartial.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="161"><div> <IMG SRC="af26a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert Pickton appears in this courtroom sketch. (file)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="af27a01a0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Peter Ritchie, lawyer for the accused serial killer Robert Pickton speaks to media during a break in the proceedings in New Westminster, B.C., Monday January 30, 2006. (CP / Chuck Stoody)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 480 WIDTH="714"><div> If the panel finds bias, the candidate is dismissed from the pool. If they do not, both the defence and the Crown have the opportunity to use one of their 22 peremptory challenges to have the juror dismissed.</div> <bR> <div> The process continues until the Crown and defence have agreed on a full jury panel.</div> <bR> <div> Because the Pickton trial has been covered so extensively it is unlikely that any of the candidates will be unaware of the trial and the charges.</div> <bR> <div> Both the Crown and defence will be trying to build a jury based on the type of prosecution or defence they are planning to present, Rosenthal said.</div> <bR> <div> If the defence counsel intends to mount a complicated forensic defence that will involve months of scrutinizing minute details, he may want a highly educated jury -- "people who might be able to follow a detailed critique of evidence," Rosenthal said.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown, on the other hand, will likely be looking for jurors who believe in the merits of police authority and law and order: "There are a fair number of people who believe if someone is charged he or she must be guilty and obviously people who have that kind of predisposition would be the best kind of jurors for the Crown," Rosenthal said.</div> <bR> <div> "And on the other hand there may be people with an opposite kind of pre-disposition, people who tend to be skeptical of police and the criminal justice system ... if you have people like that on the jury it would be very good for the defence and very hard to overcome for the Crown."</div> <bR> <div> Rosenthal said counsel will be trying to intuit those kinds of attitudes in the jurors from their responses to the tightly controlled questions that will be asked, from their body language, and from the limited personal information they are given, such as age, name and profession.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Financial hardship</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 488 WIDTH="714"><div> One of the obstacles to lining up a jury is that many people apply for exemption from service because taking part will cause them financial hardship.</div> <bR> <div> The pay is modest at best. In B.C., jurors receive $20 per day for each of the first 10 days. That increases to $60 for the 11th to the 49th day, then goes to $100 per day from the 50th day onwards.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors who sat for four days a week for 50 weeks would receive about $17,000.</div> <bR> <div> "A long trial is very difficult for people," Rosenthal said.</div> <bR> <div> "Anybody who has a reasonable kind of a job would be worried about being away from it for awhile. There are financial considerations and there are also considerations about maintaining your work situation."</div> <bR> <div> As a result, he said, the final jury could end up being comprised of retired people who have some free time, have an interest in criminal law, and wouldn't suffer financial hardship by taking part.</div> <bR> <div> On Friday, the judge issued a publication ban on the identity of jurors and the jury selection process.</div> <bR> <div> It prohibits reporters from publishing, broadcasting or using the Internet to identify any jurors selected. The ban also means that once the actual jury selection begins, the media cannot publish any specific details until after the jury is selected.</div> <bR> <div> The trial will begin in January.</div> <bR> <div> Jurors won't likely be sequestered until they begin deliberations at the end of the trial, but they will be banned from reading media reports about the trial and from talking about the case with people outside the jury, throughout the duration.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff <I>with Andy Johnson</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>  <A NAME="pickton_jury_could_hear_evidence_by_jan__2007"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 929 WIDTH="718"><div> <B>Pickton jury could hear evidence by Jan. 2007</B></div> <div> Updated Thu. Jun. 29 2006  08:18:24 AM ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: June 29th, 2006</div> <div> <B>A jury will likely begin to hear evidence next January in the trial of Canada's worst accused serial killer, almost five years since he was arrested.</B></div> <bR> <div> Robert Pickton is facing 26 counts of first-degree murder in connection with women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside between 1995 and 2002.</div> <bR> <div> He pleaded not guilty when his trial began last January, but the process has been tied up with arguments about the admissibility of certain evidence.</div> <bR> <div> But on Wednesday, Crown prosecutors and Pickton's lawyers agreed they can start putting that evidence to a jury by January 2007. Jury selection will take place in December.</div> <bR> <div> Lawyers on both sides say that given the complexity of the case, it's actually proceeded quickly.</div> <bR> <div> Crown prosecutor Mike Petrie said the case is unprecedented in Canada. He said counsel and the court are overwhelmed with evidence — there are 750,000 pages of material.</div> <bR> <div> Labs around the country are still processing material found on Pickton's 10-acre property.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's defence lawyer Peter Ritchie says while the public may think the case has taken a long time, he agrees with the Crown that it's proceeded with great speed.</div> <bR> <div> "We're dealing with enormous amounts of information that unless there was enormous co-operation between Crown and defence it would get bogged down," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Ritchie says the Crown's partial list of witnesses is approaching 1,000 people.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Families impatient</B></div> <bR> <div> It's been a long wait for Lori-Ann Ellis, whose sister-in-law Cara is one of Pickton's alleged victims.</div> <bR> <div> "I am truly surprised the families are being dragged along such a long road before we even get to start seeing things," said Ellis.</div> <bR> <div> "I want it to be done properly so they can't go back and appeal things and make this be even more drawn out."</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's lawyer has suggested a jury could be listening to evidence for nearly two years.</div> <bR> <div> Throughout Wednesday's hearing, Pickton appeared as he has every day during his trial — expressionless, occasionally fingering a pen he uses to take notes.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton, now 56, was arrested in February 2002 after the RCMP descended on his property in the Vancouver suburb of Port Coquitlam. He was originally charged with 15 counts of first-degree murder, but another 12 charges were laid in May 2005.</div> <bR> <div> Most of the victims were sex-trade workers who went missing in Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside between 1995 and 2002.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News staff</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Times New Roman" > <A NAME="pickton_pleads_not_guilty_at_pre_trial_hearing"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></FONT><I><B> </B></I><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 166 WIDTH="514"><div> <B>Pickton pleads </B><B>not guilty</B><B> at pre-trial hearing</B></div> <div> Updated Tue. Jan. 31 2006 6:22 AM ET</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 31st, 2006</div> <div> <B>Nearly four years after his arrest, accused serial killer Robert Pickton pleaded not guilty to 27charges of first-degree murder.</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton responded not guilty to 26 charges during the pre-trial hearing Monday in the B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. However, he remained silent when asked how he pleaded on the charge involving a woman identified only as Jane Doe.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="9a7da0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert Pickton appears in a B.C.</div> <div> Supreme Court in New Westminster.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 124 WIDTH="714"><div> On that count, the court registered a not guilty plea on his behalf.</div> <bR> <div> The 56-year-old stands accused of luring mostly drug-addicted prostitutes from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to his four-hectare pig farm in the Vancouver suburb of Port Coquitlam from 1995 to 2001.</div> <bR> <div> The charges against Pickton, who has been described as Canada's worst serial killer, account for less than half of the women missing from Canada's poorest neighbourhood.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 205 WIDTH="514"><div> <B>Family members</B></div> <bR> <div> Outside the courthouse, dozens of family members of missing women held a quilt carrying the names of their loved ones.</div> <bR> <div> Edna Brass of the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre said the group, which formed a long chain to hold the quilt, wanted to raise awareness about what happened to more than 60 sex-trade workers who disappeared from the area.</div> <bR> <div> "I don't know if we will ever have answers to all the questions,'' Brass said. "We are here to protest what has happened. It should never have happened."</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="199"><div> <IMG SRC="9a7ea07e0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A sheriff's car carries accused serial killer Robert Pickton to the courthouse in New Westminster for the first day of his trial Monday January 30, 2006. </div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 161 WIDTH="714"><div> Leona Phillips, a first cousin of Sherry Irving, who Pickton is accused of murdering, said: "I want to be here to support the women."</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile, Lynn Frey, of Campbell River, whose stepdaughter Marnie Frey is among the list of Pickton's alleged victims, said the wait for a trial had been "pure hell."</div> <bR> <div> "She's been missing since 1997 and it's been four years since his arrest," Frey told The Canadian Press.</div> <bR> <div> "I just want this to be over so we can carry on with our life because it's been such a prolonged episode."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 297 WIDTH="514"><div> <B>Murder charges</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton was arrested in February, 2002 and initially charged with two counts of murder. More charges were filed as the investigation progressed.</div> <bR> <div> The judge in the case will now begin to consider the admissibility of evidence lawyers hope to enter during the trial, in what is known as the <I>voir dire </I>portion of the trial.</div> <bR> <div> Those arguments and the evidence will be heard under a publication ban.</div> <bR> <div> "Monday will be the start of the voir dires and they are hearings before a court to determine admissibility of evidence," Crown spokesman Stan Lowe told CP.</div> <bR> <div> "A voir dire is held in the absence of the jury and the evidence at a voir dire is subject usually to a publication ban," he said, adding the voir dire portion is expected to last several months.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="199"><div> <IMG SRC="9a7fa0dd0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Edna Brass of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Women's Centre takes part in a singing and drum ceremony prior to the start of the Pickton trial in New Westminster, B.C., Monday Jan. 30, 2006.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 70 WIDTH="714"><div> Pickton, who is expected to appear in court for the legal arguments, has not yet elected whether to be tried by jury or judge alone.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CTV.ca News Staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="714"><div>  <A NAME="more_missing_women_of_vancouver"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 126 WIDTH="514"><div> <B>More missing women of Vancouver </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>(updated)</B></FONT></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Thu, 25 May 2005  12:00:00 EST</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: May 26th, 2005</div> <div> <B>After investigators spent 18 months excavating his Port Coquitlam farm, Robert William Pickton faced 15 murder charges in Vancouver's missing women case in 2002.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8586a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 571 WIDTH="714"><div> In May 2005, Crown attorneys added 12 more first-degree murder charges against Pickton, bringing the grim total to 27.</div> <bR> <div> It was the latest chapter in the case against Pickton.</div> <bR> <div> In July 2003, B.C. provincial court judge David Stone ruled there was enough evidence to take Pickton to trial. This came after an extensive six-month-long preliminary hearing.</div> <bR> <div> But in June 2004, lawyers working on the case said Pickton's trial won't start until spring 2005 at the earliest. In December 2004, Pickton's defence team asked for another delay to give them time to examine DNA evidence.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The case against Robert Pickton</B></div> <bR> <div> Rebecca Guno, a drug addict and prostitute, vanished from Vancouver's downtown eastside in June 1983. Her name was the first of 61 that would eventually be placed on the list of women to disappear mysteriously from the drug-infested area over the two decades that followed.</div> <bR> <div> It wasn't until 19 years later, early in 2002, that charges were laid in any of the cases. The charges came not long after police focused their efforts on a farm in Port Coquitlam, outside Vancouver. Dozens of officers scoured the farm in search of evidence.</div> <bR> <div> Within months, the owner of that farm, 53-year-old Robert William Pickton, would face seven murder charges.</div> <bR> <div> In July 2002, police made a plea for the public's help in locating nine more missing women, and said that if they cannot be found, their names will be added to the list of 54 other women who are missing.</div> <bR> <div> In September 2002, Pickton was charged with four more murders. One month later, four additional charges were added, bringing the total to 15. On January 9, 2003, days before Pickton's pretrial hearings began, traces of another missing woman were found on the pig farm. Police told the woman's mother that they did not want to lay any more charges until the pretrial started, fearing it would delay the case.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's preliminary hearing, which began January 13, 2003, was winding down on July 20 when police expanded their investigation to include a roadside marsh in Mission, B.C. RCMP said the new search, to involve 52 anthropologists and two soil sifters, was prompted by findings made by searchers at the Port Coquitlam farm.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 454 WIDTH="714"><div> A publication ban was placed on the pre-trial hearing to ensure information was not broadcast to potential jurors before the case is brought to trial. Nonetheless, evidence from the preliminary hearing was reported in newspapers, broadcasts and Web sites in the U.S – something Pickton's lawyer was afraid of. "Our concern all along is that we cannot control that," said Peter Ritchie. "And so we're going to have to follow that to see what has been published."</div> <bR> <div> The Pickton case is now the largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history (Clifford Olson pleaded guilty in 1982 to killing 11 children in B.C.).</div> <bR> <div> Families of the missing women have accused Vancouver police of mishandling the investigation from the beginning by ignoring evidence that a serial killer was at work. The RCMP became involved in 2001.</div> <bR> <div> The families also say police neglected the cases because many of the women were prostitutes and drug addicts.</div> <bR> <div> It wasn't until August of 2001 that Vancouver police began hinting that a serial killer could be responsible for the disappearance of the missing women. At the time 31 women had vanished, but four had been accounted for and two of those were confirmed dead.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Elliott Leyton, an anthropology professor at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, who wrote a book on serial killers called <I>Hunting Humans</I>, says that police are rightly reluctant to identify serial murders because public panic often follows.</div> <bR> <div> "Responsible people have to be careful about making wild pronouncements about possible serial killers," Leyton says. "And when we are not sure if it is true, then it is inappropriate to throw people into a state of panic. Prostitution is a very dangerous profession and many of the people in it are wanderers and not well-connected to any conventional system of government controls or social services. So they can drift away from the system without being noticed for a very long time, even when nothing may have actually happened to them."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 126 WIDTH="514"><div> Leyton argues that it may be irresponsible to assume that a serial killer may be at work in Vancouver. The RCMP task force has repeatedly said that it cannot speak about the ongoing investigation and only concedes that a serial killer may be involved.</div> <bR> <div> But Leyton admits that when you have a number of people missing from a particular social type you have to ask questions.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8587a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 152 WIDTH="714"><div> The first indication that there was a significant number of prostitutes missing as far back as 1978 came to public attention in July of 1999, when the Vancouver Police and the Province's Attorney General published a poster offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people involved in the disappearances. Even the popular U.S. TV program <I>America's Most Wanted</I> aired a segment on the missing prostitutes, but few leads surfaced.</div> <bR> <div> In the spring of 1999, two Vancouver detectives teamed up with two RCMP detectives to review the file pertaining to the 31 missing women. In August of that year police began investigating an account by a woman, not a prostitute, who said that a man snatched her from the stairwell of a hotel in Vancouver's downtown eastside. The woman jumped from her captor's moving vehicle to escape.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 99 WIDTH="514"><div> Accusations that police haven't done enough reached a fever pitch when former detective and geographic profiler Kim Rossmo claimed he told police that a serial killer was at work in the Vancouver area and was ignored. Rossmo said that disappearances from the neighborhood were normal, but that the number of incidents was abnormally high between 1995 and 1998.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8589a05d0.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="93" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 140 WIDTH="714"><div> Rossmo, who sued the Vancouver department for wrongful dismissal when they failed to renew his contract, claimed that a single predator was responsible for killing prostitutes in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver department dismissed his claims as sour grapes.</div> <bR> <div> Leyton says that the difficulty in assembling a case is that these kinds of killers typically prey on strangers, so it becomes much more difficult for police to make the connections required to confirm the presence of a serial killer.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Online staff</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="714"><div>  <A NAME="families_of_murdered_women_finally_hear_pickton_s_voice"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 218 WIDTH="514"><div> <B>Families of murdered women finally hear Pickton's voice</B></div> <div> Web Posted | Last Updated Tue, 14 Jan 2003  8:48:30 EST</div> <div> Giant Dwarf Posted: January 14th, 2003</div> <bR> <div> <B>VANCOUVER - The preliminary hearing of Robert William Pickton began Monday with the courtroom packed with reporters and friends and family members of the 15 women he is charged with killing.</B></div> <bR> <div> Pickton faces 15 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="199"><div> <IMG SRC="4c92c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Drawing of Robert William Pickton taking notes while sitting in a glass booth accompanied by sheriffs (CP PHOTO)</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 215 WIDTH="714"><bR> <div> The Crown began to present what is expected to be an immense amount of evidence against Pickton, starting with audio and video tapes.</div> <bR> <div> Judge David Stone will determine whether the tapes can be admitted as evidence.</div> <bR> <div> Family members of missing women heard Pickton's voice for the first time on those tapes, humanizing a man who for many of them has been an unreal character.</div> <bR> <div> "It's just hard to hear his voice. I've never heard his voice before and it's just eerie," said Sandra Gagnon, whose sister Janet Henry is among the women still missing.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 142 WIDTH="514"><div> "Up until now he was just an image in the media," said Ernie Crey, who has been a fixture at the hearings and whose sister Dawn is also missing.</div> <bR> <div> "He was a drawing in the newspaper, but I'd never heard his voice before. I reacted strongly to hearing that voice," he said.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton himself sat in a Plexiglas box, taking notes on a yellow pad as two police officers testified. He also asked questions of the sheriff sitting beside him.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4c93a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ernie Crey </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 311 WIDTH="714"><bR> <div> His lawyer, Peter Ritchie, said Pickton has been waiting for this day for a long time.</div> <bR> <div> "Our client is very happy it's proceeding. He's been wanting to proceed as soon as possible," said Ritchie.</div> <bR> <div> Material presented at the preliminary hearing, where the judge will decide if there's enough evidence to go to trial, cannot be reported in Canada to protect the rights of the accused and prevent potential jury members from being influenced.</div> <bR> <div> But the ban was already breached midway through the court day. A Seattle television station and BBC Radio released details of the evidence on their Web sites.</div> <bR> <div> At least five U.S. reporters, three from TV stations and two from newspapers, were present Monday.</div> <bR> <div> The lawyer representing U.S. television stations said Monday he does not believe the publication ban covers the Internet.</div> <bR> <div> But the stations have said they will black out transmissions to Canada.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 196 WIDTH="514"><div> RCMP Const. Katherine Galliford said police will be watching for violations of the publication ban.</div> <bR> <div> "And if there are any concerns that come to light we'll certainly investigate that further," she said.</div> <bR> <div> The hearing was scheduled to last until May, but might continue through the summer because of the volume of evidence.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Online staff.</div> <div>  <A NAME="another_woman_s_dna_found_on_pickton_farm"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4c94a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Katherine Galliford </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="731" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 541 WIDTH="717"><div> <B>Another woman's DNA found on Pickton farm</B></div> <div> <I>Last Updated Thu, 09 Jan 2003 11:19:36</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>VANCOUVER - Traces of another missing woman have been found on the pig farm where accused serial killer Robert William Pickton once lived.</B></div> <bR> <div> Cindy Feliks, 43, disappeared in the fall of 1997. Four years after her disappearance, and after pressure from her family, police added her name to the list of women missing from downtown Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> Her DNA has now been found on the farm where the remains of many other women have been discovered.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton is charged with murdering 15 women who vanished from Vancouver's downtown east side.</div> <bR> <div> Feliks' mother, Marilyn Kraft, said she still doesn't know what sort of DNA evidence the police found. She said they won't tell her.</div> <bR> <div> Kraft said at first she didn't know whether to believe her daughter was dead, so she phoned the coroner who is working on the case.</div> <bR> <div> "He told me if someone called him and told him his daughter's DNA had been found on the pig farm, he would assume she was dead," she said.</div> <bR> <div> Police told Kraft they aren't ready to lay a charge based on the new evidence, and Kraft said she was told prosecutors don't want to lay any more charges against Pickton until his pretrial hearing begins because it might delay the case.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's preliminary hearing is scheduled to start on Monday.</div> <bR> <div> Written by CBC News Online <U>staff</U></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="pickton_to_face_more_murder_charges"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="729" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#00FF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#00CC66" FRAME="BOX" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000000 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 106 WIDTH="166"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="106" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="166" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="414f2c640.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="166"><bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 86 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Pickton to face more murder charges</B></div> <div> <I>Last Updated Wed, 02 Oct 2002 10:00:07</I></div> <div> VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-area pig farmer will face more murder charges on Wednesday in the disappearance of women from Vancouver's downtown eastside.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 159 WIDTH="540"><bR> <div> Robert William Pickton is scheduled to make a courtroom appearance via videolink. The Port Coquitlam man already faces 15 counts of first-degree murder.</div> <bR> <div> CBC News also learned five of Pickton's friends and relatives were subjected to wiretaps under order of the attorney general's office.</div> <bR> <div> They all received letters from the attorney general's office in mid-September revealing the wiretaps.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4150a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Robert Pickton</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 324 WIDTH="707"><bR> <div> That, says criminal lawyer Larry Myers, means police are no longer listening to their conversations.</div> <bR> <div> "Now that the letters have been disclosed, it means they've finished their wiretap investigation, so I would say at this point, all the wiretap is done," said Myers.</div> <bR> <div> Vancouver police and RCMP say 63 women are listed in the missing women case. They expect the number to grow.</div> <bR> <div> Pickton's pig farm has been the scene of a massive search.</div> <bR> <div> The investigation has generated much interest and publicity.</div> <bR> <div> U.S. networks say they're planning to ignore the publication ban on evidence and cover the case. Pickton's preliminary hearing starts in a month.</div> <bR> <div> The Crown says it's concerned the coverage could damage the case against Pickton and plans to ask the judge to limit U.S. coverage.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="vancouver_s_missing_women"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 603 WIDTH="707"><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="714" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 170 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4151c8960.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="150" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="508"><bR> <div> <B>The Missing Women of Vancouver</B></div> <div> Philip Saunders, CBC News Online | Posted Feb. 7, 2002</div> <div> <I>Updated Sept. 19, 2002</I></div> <bR> <div> Rebecca Guno, a drug addict and prostitute, vanished from Vancouver's downtown eastside in June 1983. Her name was the first of fifty that would eventually be placed on the list of women to disappear mysteriously from the drug-infested area over the two decades that followed.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> It wasn't until 19 years later, early in 2002, that charges were laid in any of the cases. The charges came not longer after police focused their efforts on a farm in Port Coquitlam, outside Vancouver. Dozens of officers scoured the farm in search of evidence.</div> <bR> <div> Within months, the owner of that farm, Robert William Pickton, would face seven charges of murder.</div> <bR> <div> In July 2002, the police made a plea for the public's help in locating nine more missing women. If they cannot be found, their names will be added to the list of 54 other women who are missing.</div> <bR> <div> In September 2002, Pickton was charged with four more murders.</div> <bR> <div> Families of the missing women have accused Vancouver police of mishandling the investigation from the start by ignoring evidence that a serial killer was at work. The RCMP became involved in the case in 2001.</div> <bR> <div> The families also charge police with neglecting the cases because many of the women were prostitutes and drug addicts.</div> <bR> <div> It wasn't until August of 2001 that Vancouver police began hinting that a serial killer could be responsible for the disappearance of the missing women. At the time 31 women had vanished, but four had been accounted for and two of those were confirmed dead.</div> <bR> <div> Dr. Elliott Leyton, an anthropology professor at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland, who wrote a book on serial killers called <I>Hunting Humans</I>, says that police are rightly reluctant to identify serial murders because public panic often follows.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 139 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4157a0750.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="117" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Missing women</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="540"><bR> <div> "Responsible people have to be careful about making wild pronouncements about possible serial killers," Leyton says. "And when we are not sure if it is true, then it is inappropriate to throw people into a state of panic. Prostitution is a very dangerous profession and many of the people in it are wanderers and not well connected to any conventional system of government controls or social services. So they can drift away from the system without being noticed for a very long time, even when nothing may have actually happened to them."</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 173 WIDTH="707"><div> Leyton argues that the current assumption that a serial killer may be at work in Vancouver is a little irresponsible. The RCMP task force has repeatedly said that it cannot speak about the<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT>ongoing investigation and only concedes that a serial killer may be involved.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> But Leyton admits that when you have a number of people missing from a particular social type you have to ask questions.</div> <bR> <div> The first indication that there was a significant number of prostitutes missing as far back as 1978 came to public attention in July of 1999, when the Vancouver Police and the Province's Attorney General published a poster offering a reward of $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people involved in the disappearances. Even the popular U.S. TV program <I>America's Most Wanted</I> aired a segment on the missing prostitutes, but few leads surfaced.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 133 WIDTH="540"><div> In the spring of 1999, two Vancouver detectives teamed up with two RCMP detectives to review the file pertaining to the 31 missing women. In August of that year police began investigating an account by a woman, not a prostitute, who said that a man snatched her from the stairwell of a hotel in Vancouver's downtown eastside. The woman jumped from her captor's moving vehicle to escape.</div> <bR> <div> Accusations that police haven't done enough reached a fever pitch when former detective and geographic profiler Kim Rossmo claimed he told police that a serial killer was at work in the </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="4152a0780.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 176 WIDTH="707"><div> Vancouver area and was ignored. Rossmo said that disappearances from the neighborhood were normal, but that the number of incidents was abnormally high between 1995 and 1998.</div> <bR> <div> Rossmo, who sued the Vancouver department for wrongful dismissal when they failed to renew his contract, claimed that a single predator was responsible for killing prostitutes in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver department dismissed his claims as sour grapes.</div> <bR> <div> Leyton says that the difficulty in assembling a case is that these kinds of killers typically prey on strangers, so it becomes much more difficult for police to make the connections required to confirm the presence of a serial killer.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 285 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="415810220.jpg" border=0 width="528" height="34" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Pickton charged with murder = 15 </B>(and the count keeps rising)</div> <div> Police from a joint RCMP-Vancouver task force have have been searching a former pig farm</div> <div>  in Port Coquitlam, B.C. as part of an investigation into the disappearance of more</div> <div>  than 60 women from the streets of Vancouver.</div> <bR> <div> Most of the women who disappeared between 1983 and late 2001</div> <div>  worked as prostitutes in the seedy downtown eastside of British Columbia's largest city.</div> <bR> <div> Twenty-six experts in the study of human bones, mostly students from universities</div> <div>  across the country, will be examining soil samples at the farm.</div> <bR> <div> Robert William Pickton has been charged with eleven counts of first-degree murder.</div> <div> Pickton is one of two brothers who owns the pig farm.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 3257 WIDTH="707"><div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="700" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rebecca Guno</div> <div> June 1983</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415a5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sherry Rail</div> <div> Jan. 1984</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415b5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Leigh Miner</div> <div> Dec. 1984</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415c5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Laura Mah</div> <div> 1985</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415d5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Elaine Allenbach</div> <div> March 1986</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415e5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Teressa Williams</div> <div> July 1988</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="415f5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ingrid Soet</div> <div> Aug. 1989</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Nancy Clark</div> <div> 1991</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41605b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kathleen Wattley</div> <div> June 1992</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Elsie Sebastien</div> <div> 1992</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41615b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Angela Arseneault</div> <div> 1994</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41625b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Catherine Gonzalez</div> <div> March 1995</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41635b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Catherine Knight</div> <div> April 1995</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41645b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dorothy Spence</div> <div> Aug. 1995</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41655b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Diana Melnick</div> <div> Dec. 1995</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41665b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tanya Marlo Holyk</div> <div> Oct. 1996</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41675b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Olivia Williams</div> <div> Dec. 1996</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41685b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Frances Young</div> <div> 1996</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41695b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Stephanie Lane</div> <div> Jan. 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="416a5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Helen Hallmark</div> <div> June 1997</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="416b5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Janet Henry</div> <div> June 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="416c5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Marnie Frey</div> <div> Aug. 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="416d5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jacqueline Murdock</div> <div> Aug. 1997</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="416e5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cindy Beck</div> <div> Sept. 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="416f5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Andrea Borhaven</div> <div> 1997</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41705b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sherry Irving</div> <div> 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41715b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cindy Feliks</div> <div> 1997</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41725b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kerry Koski</div> <div> Jan. 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41735b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Inga Monique Hall</div> <div> 1998</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41745b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sarah deVries</div> <div> 1998</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Elaine Dumba</div> <div> April 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41755b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sheila Egan</div> <div> July 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41765b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Julie Young</div> <div> Oct. 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41775b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Angela Jardine</div> <div> Nov. 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41785b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Marcella Creison</div> <div> Dec. 1998</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41795b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Michelle Gurney</div> <div> Dec. 1998</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41755b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jacqueline McDonell</div> <div> Jan. 1999</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="417a5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Georgina Papin</div> <div> 1999</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="417b5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brenda Wolfe</div> <div> 1999</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="417c5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Wendy Crawford</div> <div> 1999</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="417e5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jennifer Furminger</div> <div> 1999</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="417d5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dawn Crey</div> <div> 2000</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="417f5b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Debra Jones</div> <div> 2000</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41825b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Patricia Johnson</div> <div> March 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Heather Bottomley</div> <div> April 2001</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41835b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Heather Chinnock</div> <div> April 2001</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41805b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Angela Josebury</div> <div> June 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41815b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Serena Abotsway</div> <div> Aug. 2001</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Diane Rock</div> <div> Oct. 2001</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mona Wilson</div> <div> Nov. 2001</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yvonne Marie Boen</div> <div> March 2001</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41845b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tiffany Louise Drew</div> <div> Dec. 1999</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41855b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Maria Laura Laliberte</div> <div> Jan. 1997</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41865b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Ruby Anne Hardy</div> <div> 1998</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Yvonne M. Abigosis</div> <div> Jan. 1, 1984</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Wendy Louise Allen</div> <div> March 30, 1979</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dawn Lynn Cooper</div> <div> 1996</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sheryl Donahue</div> <div> May 30, 1985</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tanya Colleen Emery</div> <div> Dec. 1, 1998</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Linda Louise Grant</div> <div> Oct. 1984</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 144 WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="144" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Richard Kellie Little</div> <div> April 23, 1997</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Teresa Louis Triff</div> <div> April 15, 1993</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="41595b650.jpg" border=0 width="91" height="101" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lillian Jean O'Dare</div> <div> Sept. 12, 1978</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="144" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> CHRONOLOGY:</div> <div> JUNE 1983:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Rebecca Guno, a drug addict and prostitute, disappers from downtown eastside, the first name on the list.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> 1991:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Relatives of growing list of missing women, along with advocates for sex-trade workers, establishing annual Valentine's Day remembrance, press for tougher police investigation.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> September 1998:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Vancouver police set up a team to review files of up to 40 women missing as far back as 1971.  One tracked down, deaths of two others from illeness, overdose, confirmed but no trace of many others.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> April 1999:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Vancouver police board posts $100,000 reward for information in missing-women case.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> September 2001:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Vancouver police and RCMP form a joint task force to replace Vancouver's stalled investigation.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> December 2001:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Task force investigators travel to Seattle to interview Gary Ridgeway, charged in four of 49 Green River homicides in Washington state.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> January 2002:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Task force adds five names to list, bringing total number of women missing to 50.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> February 5th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - RCMP officers, accompanied by missing-women task force members, enter pig farm in suburban Port Coquitlam on firearms warrant.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> February 6th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Task force officers use their own warrant to beging searching the pig farm for clues in missing-women case.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> February 7th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Robert Pickton, one of two brothers who own the pig farm, is charged with weapons offences as search of property continued.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> February 22nd:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Robert Pickton charged with two counts of first-degree murder.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> April 2nd:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Robert Pickton charged with three more counts of first-degree murder.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> April 9th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Pickton is charged with one more counts of first-degree murder, bringing the total to six charges of murder.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> May 22nd:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Seventh first-degree murder charge laid against Pickton.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> May 23rd:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Robert Pickton, charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, makes rare personal court appearance in Port Coquitlam, glances at family members of at least 50 missing women.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> May 26th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Families of missing women meet with police, view photos.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> June 4th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - TV report says body parts of two women found in a freezer at a Port Coquitlam farm owned by accused Pickton.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> June 6th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Digging for evidence begins at Pickton farm as police remain mum on body parts report.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> June 11th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Pickton makes what may be his last court appearance before a preliminary hearing starts Nov. 4th; appears in video link from jail.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> June 25th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Kathleen Hallmark, mother of one missing women, says police have found DNA evidence of her daughter Helen, who disappeared in 1997.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> June 26th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Vancouver Missing Women's Task Force begins to search another property co-owned by Pickton; police say they have found DNA of four more missing women.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 9th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Pickton says he's not quilty of murder in civil lawsuit brought against him by family of victim Andrea Joesbury.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 9th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Police confirm remains of Andrea Joesbury and six other women, raising total to 54.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 16th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Police officially add four more names to the list of missing women, raising total to 54.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 17th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Fifty-one anthropolgists from universities across Canada join police investigation.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 25th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Police announce the names of nine more women reported missing who could be added to the list of missing women if they are not found.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 26th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Police say they are reviewing five other cases that could be added to list of missing women if they cannot be located.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> July 27th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Vancouver police chief confirms review underway of missing women investigation.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> September 19th:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Pickton is charged with four more counts of first-degree murder in addition to seven charges already laid.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> October 2nd:<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > - Pickton is charged with four more counts of first-degree murder in addition to eleven charges already laid.  Total is now standing at fifteen counts of first-degree muder.</FONT></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <A NAME="forensic_science"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 1140 WIDTH="707"><div> <B>Forensic science: Its role in the missing women investigation</B></div> <div> John Bowman, CBC News Online | With files from Kelly Ryan, CBC Radio News</div> <div> <I>Posted Sept. 19, 2002</I></div> <bR> <div> Ten acres is a lot of ground to cover with a fine-toothed comb. But that's essentially what teams of investigators are doing in Port Coquitlam, B.C.</div> <bR> <div> They are trying to find any tiny piece of evidence – bone fragments (bone slivers, even), hair, joints, teeth – anything that might contain a few cells, enough for a usable sample of DNA.</div> <bR> <div> But the size of sample that’s needed to be usable has shrunk, even in the last few years.</div> <bR> <div> "A blood sample – a dot of an 'i' from 10-point type – would easily be recoverable as DNA," says Kevin McElfresh, senior vice-president of the BODE technology group in Virginia, a DNA lab the RCMP has used in several cases.</div> <bR> <div> McElfresh says cigarette butts, hairs and small bone fragments could sometimes yield DNA samples a few years ago, but it was hit and miss.</div> <bR> <div> "Now, cigarette butts are a ton of DNA. Not a problem," he says.</div> <bR> <div> "We can get DNA from the tags of shirts that people have been wearing, not even bloody," McElfresh says.</div> <bR> <div> The ability to find DNA in such tiny fragments also has its drawbacks, though.</div> <bR> <div> When police told Maggie deVries that her sister Sarah's DNA had been found on Robert Pickton's pig farm, they pointed out that it wasn't enough evidence to lay charges against him.</div> <bR> <div> "(The DNA) doesn't even really prove that Sarah was ever there," said deVries. "It just proves something she touched was there."</div> <bR> <div> Teeth are a great source of DNA, for one reason.</div> <bR> <div> "That nice hard covering on the outside of the tooth, protecting the inside pulp," says McElfresh. "You can go inside and recover that and do a very nice DNA test."</div> <bR> <div> Sometimes there's no pulp left in the tooth because a root canal removed it. In those cases, freezing the tooth in liquid nitrogen and smashing it produces a fine powder, rich in DNA.</div> <bR> <div> However, because teeth are so resilient, they are sometimes all that remains of a murder victim.</div> <bR> <div> "Sometimes, you try to split the tooth open so it can be put back together, so there's some semblance of that tooth to return to the family," says McElfresh.</div> <bR> <div> Investigators found 3,000 pieces of evidence in the top levels of the dirt on the farm.</div> <bR> <div> To continue their searches, though, police brought in heavy excavation equipment to sift through the soil, including two 50-foot flat conveyer belts and two dump trucks.</div> <bR> <div> The investigation team is made up of 91 people: 30 to 40 police and 52 forensic and archeological experts. Several archaological students were hired to help go through the dirt as it passes by on the conveyer belts and identify remains.</div> <bR> <div> In June, police estimated that the excavation could take a year. In September, they said the investigation will go on indefinitely.</div> <bR> <div> "If these activities go back to, say, 1995, seven years ago, some of (the victims) could be buried fairly deep," says former Vancouver police officer Kim Rossmo, an expert in serial killers.</div> <bR> <div> "Now, one factor to the benefit of the police is criminals are lazy, so they're not going to be 40 feet below the surface," says Rossmo.</div> <bR> <div> Other forensic experts will focus on reconstructing the crime scene by looking at how the bones were scattered around the farm.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#choose_a_topic" TITLE="Evil 01 Pickton to face more murder cha"><U><IMG SRC="414d3f0d0.png" border=0 width="63" height="13" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>