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She was also a close friend of Robert and David Pickton, having known them for many years. When the woman disappeared soon after, she grew concerned. Bev also told of staged cockfights and pit bull fights on the farm.

She revealed that Pickton had been perfectly aware that he was being surveilled by the police in the months prior to his arrest. Sereena Abotsway : years-old, she disappeared in August , Described as loud and opionated, she was a known drug addict who was frequently beaten-up by her tricks.

It was known that she was controlled by a controlling boyfriend who often sent her out to make money hooking. Brenda Ann Wolfe : years-old, she was last seen in February At the time, Brenda was a homeless drug addict who had deteriorated to the point of not bathing nor washing her clothes.

On October 3, , four more charges were added bringing the total to fifteen. The investigation had become the largest of any serial killer in Canadian history. On May 26, , twelve more charges were laid against Robert Pickton bringing the total number of first degree murder charges to Cara Louise Ellis aka Nicky Trimble : she was last seen in She was said to have had the mental capacity of a year-old child.

On June 6, , police began the tedious process of excavating land around the farm searching for bodies of the missing women. Tens of millions of dollars were spent disassembling the farm and sifting through acres of soil.

As a result, police found various small body parts, a finger bone here, a toe bone there. The excavation continued until November 4, — but only small pieces of human remains were found.

He plead not guilty to 27 charges of first-degree murder. On March 2, , during the preliminary phase of the trial, Justice James Williams dismissed one of the 27 charges for lack of evidence. On August 9, , Justice Williams split the charges into two groups — one group of six counts and another for the remaining twenty counts.

The trial proceeded based on the first six counts. Once the trail began, the media ban that had been in place during the investigation was lifted and the press began to learn of the evidence found on the farm. The revelations from the trial were disturbing. Police found skulls cut in half with hands and feet stuffed inside them and small body parts scattered about the pig pens.

The remains of one victim, Mona Wilson, was found in a pink soup of decomposing human matter in the bottom of a garbage can. It was determined that their bodies had been exposed to the elements for several weeks before being stashed inside the freezer. During the trial yet another witness, Lynn Ellingsen, came forward with new evidence.

She told of walking in on Pickton skinning a woman hanging from a meat hook. She said she delayed coming forward out of fear that Pickton would kill her. Oddly, it was found that afterward, she had been blackmailing him about the incident. Police determined that Pickton used the slaughterhouse to grind up the bodies of his victims.

A wood chipper found on the property was believed to have devoured much of the evidence. Pickton lured the women to the farm with the promise of free drugs. At the farm, he had sex with them, then murdered them.

The remains were hacked apart. Some of the remains were dispersed in the pig pens for the pigs to consume. Hand bones from Georgina Papin were found in one of the pigpens and after disassembling the pen, police found the jaw bone and teeth belong to Frey.

Other times the remains were mixed with pig entrails and sent to the West Coast Reduction disposal plant where they were mixed with pork and sold to the public. On December 9, , the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on six counts of first-degree murder. However, they found Pickton guilty of six counts of second-degree murder. The reason for this verdict has never been disclosed but it is believed the jury felt Pickton had not acted alone see notes on David Pickton and Pat Casanova below in which case the finding of second-degree murder would leave open the possibility of additional arrests in the future.

Judge Justice James Williams sentenced Robert Pickton to life with no possibility of parole for 25 years. The trial for the remaining 20 victims was never held. It was stayed on August 4, On that same day, Pickton was transferred to a federal penitentiary to spend the remainder of his days. Although Pickton was charged with only 26 murders, Pickton has been implicated via DNA evidence in the murders of additional victims. The other known victims include:. Dawn Teresa Gray : reported missing in December , she was the main subject of a documentary film Finding Dawn about murdered and missing Aboriginal women.

Pickton himself thought the number he murdered was He was likely the last person to see her alive. During the trail, Casanova was caught several times issuing conflicting testimony concerning the prostitutes at the farm. He later claimed he did not lie, but rather, simply forgot. One of the most disturbing aspects of the case was the many times Robert Pickton narrowly avoided capture by the police. Many on the police force have felt great grief knowing they had arrested Pikcton in and received tips in before turning him loose, allowing him to kill unabated for five more years.

One officer, Lori Shenher, wrote of the investigation in a book that was never published. Pickton went on to say that a good way to kill a junkie would be to inject her with windshield washer or radiator fluid because an autopsy would be unlikely since it would be assumed she had died of an overdose. On Thursday, Ritchie asked Chubb if he could recall Pickton mention a "partner" during that conversation.

Chubb, who worked mostly part-time at the Pickton property between and , said he did recall that but didn't know what Pickton was talking about. Ritchie suggested Pickton was recounting a discussion he had had with someone else.

Chubb responded that Ritchie should ask his client. The lawyer then read from statements Chubb made during the preliminary hearing in , where he was asked whether Pickton had mentioned a partner during the conversation. Chubb told the defence lawyer during the preliminary hearing that Pickton had mentioned a partner. The lawyer at the preliminary hearing suggested to Chubb that a partner of Pickton's told him about that method and Chubb replied: "It's possible.

The defence is grilling Chubb because his credibility and memory are critical as a key Crown witness. Jurors have heard that a syringe containing windshield wiper fluid was found on the farm by investigators. But Ritchie has repeatedly portrayed Chubb as trying to use his evidence as a way to manipulate police into giving him money and a new identity. Ritchie confronted Chubb on Wednesday with RCMP notes that indicate Chubb had complained in that he had been threatened by a Hells Angel who warned him not to testify.

I received a phone call today by one of the. The Crown theory at Robert Pickton's murder trial was that he shot or strangled six sex-trade workers on his pig farm in Coquitlam, B. In December, , a jury agreed, convicting Mr. He was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years. The key issue at his appeal will be whether Mr. Pickton's trial judge misdirected the jury after it emerged from the jury room to ask whether it could convict Mr.

Pickton even if it believed that he was helped by an accomplice. The trial judge told the jurors that they could; that it would be sufficient for them to conclude that Mr. Pickton had "actively participated" in the murders. However, this instruction contradicted the trial judge's original admonition - delivered prior to the jury deliberations commencing - which stated that the Crown had to prove that Mr.

Pickton had actually killed the victims. Pickton still faces another 20 counts of first-degree murder. The B. Crown has indicated that it will prosecute if a new trial is ordered on the original six murder charges. Report an error. Jurors in B. In addition to the financial strain, he was forbidden from discussing virtually anything to do with the trial with anyone, even his spouse. But the juror said despite the relationship difficulties that restriction caused, it was a blessing in disguise.