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 'Temper tantrum'

VANCOUVER - Geographic profiler Kim Rossmo told the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Tuesday that his 1998 bid for a working group to investigate a possible serial killer was shot down in flames by a senior Vancouver police officer.  (PostMedia)  

Serial killer only explanation

Cop frustrated   

Warning nixed by boss  

Cops 'dropped the ball' 

Rossmo's formula   

Oppal steps in

Student was right

'Sickened'

Pickton knew he was under surveillance 

Galliford to testify  

Report blasts infighting

Exhibit 34 - DC Evans reports  .pdf

Leadership failures  

Failed investigator was not supported

Missing Women Inquiry exhibits

High-level failures  

RCMP 'ignored' Pickton  

Funding for lawyers

$105M 

RCMP didn't share

VANCOUVER - RCMP failed to share information with Vancouver police about the prime suspect in a serial killer case, an inquiry was told.  (PostMedia)

Inquiry too slow  

Police foresaw inquiry  

'Social visit'  

Mountie stands by review  

Mountie highlights police failings

Better investigation would have saved lives

Cops don't care about DTES?

Pickton was VPD suspect  

Jurisdiction issues  

Would not have saved lives

Warning was too 'inflammatory'

Resources better spent

Witnesses to be shielded

Officer lied  

Wally Oppal 

Appointment raises concerns     

Public inquiry

Investigation summary report 

VPD Missing Women Report

Former VPD officer pleased with report  

Timeline of problems   

Investigation review   .pdf   

   

Tipsters split reward

VANCOUVER - The $100,000 reward - made up of $70,000 from the province and $30,000 from the Vancouver Police Department - will be divided between 6 people who have provided information leading to the conviction of Robert Pickton. 

VPD Missing Women Report

'I had one more planned'

'I'm a legend'  

It wouldn't matter

Prison interview

Interrogation video  

Woman escaped  

Pickton escaped 1997 charge

Crown stays 20 remaining murder charges

2010 SCC 32

2009 BCCA 299

Transcripts released  

A few basic truths  

Disaster was barely averted

Blowing the case

SCC upholds conviction

SCC rejects appeal

A broken justice system 

Bid for a new trial turned down

Court rejects appeal

Appeal filed

Media seeks access

Appeal still a year away

Defence wants no delay

If Pickton's lawyers appeal, so will prosecutors

Judge made 6 mistakes

2nd trial not to proceed, at this time

Pickton transcripts   .pdf    

   

No parole for 25 years

VANCOUVER - Robert William Pickton will not be eligible for parole for 25 years after his conviction on six second-degree murder charges, a BC Supreme Court judge decided late Tuesday afternoon.    (CBC)

Maximum sentence

Senseless and despicable crimes

Life, no chance of parole for 25 years

Verdict exposes murder loophole

Pickton verdict deplored

   

I was put on Earth to rid people of their 'evil ways'

VANCOUVER - Last year, The Sun published excerpts from letters Robert (Willie) Pickton sent from prison. We couldn't print everything for fear of influencing the jury. Now we can. His shocking words provide a glimpse into what may have motivated the serial killer.  Convicted serial killer Robert (Willie) Pickton said he was put on Earth to rid people of their "evil ways" in a letter to a prison pen pal in 2006.  (Vancouver Sun)

 

Jury didn't hear whole story about Pickton: author

Acquittal would have led to ugly native 'backlash'

What have we learned?

Vancouver cops blew it, says father

Brother, friends under police scrutiny

Property may be sold to pay cost of defence

Taxpayers on the hook for $116M

Guilty on 6 counts of second-degree murder

Guilty

Canadian criminal code: Classification of murder

Murder definition in Canada

Judge appointed to hear Robert Pickton case

Law requires more common sense

Robert Pickton facing 12 new murder charges

Of dentistry and the legal system

Anti-meat ad campaign hints at pig farm horrors

Dr. Kendall's announcement

Human remains from pig farm may have gotten in meat

Police provide few details as they dig through pig farm

New evidence leads to sixth murder charge

VPD warned about pig farm property

Crown won't appeal quashed Pickton charge

Province slaps mortgage on Pickton's pig farm

Captain’s Quarters: Canadian publication ban

Police build barricades around BC pig farm

BC judge bans publication of 1997 pig farm warrant

Pickton charged with murder of seventh woman

Pickton charged with four more murders

Owner of pig farm charged with murder

   
   
   

Another woman's DNA found

VANCOUVER - Jacqueline (Jackie) Murdock is the 30th woman on the official police list of 65 missing women to be linked through DNA testing to the Robert (Willie) Pickton serial killer investigation.  Her sister Daphne Pierre said police asked her not to tell anyone about the development until the conclusion of Pickton's first trial, which ended over a week ago with the former Port Coquitlam pig farmer being convicted on six counts of second-degree murder.  (Vancouver Sun)

Pickton is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of:
    Sereena Abotsway    Heather Bottomley

     Heather Chinnock

   Jennifer Furminger

    Inga Hall

    Helen Hallmark

   Tanya Holyk

   Sherry Irving

   Patricia Johnson

   Andrea Joesbury

    Jacqueline McDonell

    Georgina Papin

   Diane Rock

   Mona Wilson

   Brenda Wolfe

On May 25,2005 he was charged with first degree murder of: 

   Andrea Borhaven    Wendy Crawford

   Sarah de Vries

   Tiffany Drew

   Cara Ellis     Cynthia (Cindy) Feliks

   Marnie Lee Frey

   Angela Jardine

   Debra Lynne Jones

   Kerry Koshi
   Diana Melnick  

Police release sketch

A new composite sketch of Jane Doe has been created for BC’s Missing Women Task Force  (Vancouver Province)   MORE:  RCMP seek help  

DNA samples from 30 people have been identified from his farm.

   Dawn Crew    Yvonne Boen

 

3 more unidentified women 

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Poster of Vancouver Missing Women  .pdf

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