Robert Pickton passed away yesterday. It's not right to ever say anything nasty about someone after they have passed away, but even Premier David Eby didn’t mince words after Correctional Services Canada announced that infamous serial killer Robert Pickton had died following an assault in prison roughly two weeks ago:
On Friday afternoon, Eby said his first thoughts were with the families of Pickton’s victims, whose reemergence in the public spotlight may have reopened old wounds, or provided closure for those who were impacted by his crimes.
“It is a difficult day for anyone who lost someone they loved because of his cruelty and heinous crimes,” Eby said.
“Robert Pickton preyed on the most vulnerable people in our society. These women were cast aside as less than equal, and less than worthy because of who they were. We are committed to recognizing the dignity of every person to avoid something like this happening ever again,” he said.
“Good riddance.”
If you don't know his story, here it is:
Robert William Pickton (October 24, 1949 – May 31, 2024), also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, was a Canadian serial killer, pig farmer, and suspected cannibal who is believed to be one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history. After dropping out of school, Pickton left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig farm until inheriting it in the early 1990s. Between 1995 and 2001, Pickton is believed to have murdered at least twenty-six women, many of them sex workers from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He was convicted in 2007 on six counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years—the longest possible sentence for second-degree murder under Canadian law at the time he was sentenced.The charges against Pickton in the other twenty murders were stayed by the Crown in 2010. The Crown stated that Pickton had confessed to forty-nine murders to an undercover RCMP officer, who was posing as a cellmate. The Crown reported that Pickton told the officer that he wanted to kill another woman to make it an even fifty, and that he was caught because he was "sloppy".
