Robert “Willie” Pickton was born in 1949 in Port Coquitlam, Canada. He became a farmer when he inherited, along with a brother and sister, their parents’ pig farming, when they died in the 1970s. robert he had a reputation for being quiet and solitary.
In 1996, robert and his brother started a supposed charity organization that organized events in a barn. The parties had nothing to do with charity, they were filled with alcohol and served as a hangout for prostitutes. That’s where Pickton “fished” most of the victims.
Like Brother David, robert He had a long record with the police. In 1997, the farmer tried to stab a prostitute to death. The girl, Wendy Eistetter, was handcuffed but escaped after attacking Pickton with a knife. A witness tried to frame robertwho was released on $2,000 bail.
One of the property’s «guard dogs» was a 600-pound pig that would come forward and bite on command, like a trained dog. the serial killer butchered girls and threw the pieces to pigs. The filth traced the mortal remains, hiding the corpses.
In 2002, an accusation of illegal possession of weapons served as a pretext for the investigation of the farm. The warrant was obtained after the testimony of a former employee of the brothers, who had been in the police sights since 1998, as suspects in the disappearance of women in the region.
Forensic experts who searched the farm found that Picktonused a wooden chopper to mix pork and human meat. There are strong indications that robert he served minced meat at charity club parties. The remains of 30 women were also found in a freezer.
After 21 months of police investigation, the DNA samples of the alleged victims were compared with genetic data from a list of missing people. Based on the results, it was concluded that the crimes took place between 1997 and 2001. The authorities hushed up the Canadian press and the case was little publicized.
WHAT END DID IT TAKE?
He was tried for the murder of 20 women and convicted in six cases, although there are indications of many more deaths. Pickton He has been in prison since 2002 and is serving a life sentence. His case returned to the media in June 2018. After almost twenty years, he was transferred to a maximum security prison in the Canadian city of Quebec.