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Murder charges pile up for pig farmer
CNN. com ^ | Thursday, May 26, 2005 | unknown

Posted on 05/26/2005 11:29:09 AM PDT by Ignatz

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- A pig farmer, who if convicted could become Canada's most notorious serial killer, was charged Wednesday with 12 new counts of first-degree murder. The new charges come on top of the 15 charges Robert Pickton already faces in the disappearance of more than 60 women, mainly prostitutes who vanished from the seedy Downtown Eastside neighborhood of Vancouver. The remains of at least 31 women were found at Pickton's farm about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the heart of Vancouver. The 55-year-old single man lived with his brother and sister on the farm left to them by their parents.

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canadian; canucks; cary; farming; murder; pigs; serialkiller; serialkillers
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Pickton Farms: We put the Canadian in Canadian Bacon.

or

Pickton Farms: We pick only the finest Canadians for our Canadian bacon.

1 posted on 05/26/2005 11:29:09 AM PDT by Ignatz
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To: Ignatz

Yes, more than 60 women dead, what a funny premise to make jokes about.


2 posted on 05/26/2005 11:32:25 AM PDT by ShasheMac
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To: Ignatz

He had issues.


3 posted on 05/26/2005 11:33:51 AM PDT by shamusotoole
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To: Ignatz

That first one is a killer... lol.


4 posted on 05/26/2005 11:39:20 AM PDT by kenth
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To: Ignatz

Did they call him Bricktop?


5 posted on 05/26/2005 11:39:44 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: Ignatz

I'm surprised PETA hasn't weighed in. I hear the guy is responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent pigs.


6 posted on 05/26/2005 11:40:44 AM PDT by NavVet (“Benedict Arnold was wounded in battle fighting for America, but no one remembers him for that.”)
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To: Ignatz
Serious question: is it true pigs will eat anything?

How did they identify the 31 different individual persons whose remains were found?

7 posted on 05/26/2005 11:41:06 AM PDT by Publius6961 (The most abundant things in the universe are hydrogen, ignorance and stupidity.)
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To: Ignatz

God, please bring peace to the families of these victims!


8 posted on 05/26/2005 11:41:51 AM PDT by MarineBrat
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To: Publius6961
Yes, pigs are omnivorous.
9 posted on 05/26/2005 11:42:37 AM PDT by eastforker (Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
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To: Ignatz

In the article it states, one woman was missing for eight years.
I wonder how long ago was the first murder.


10 posted on 05/26/2005 11:44:38 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." AYN RAND)
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To: Publius6961
Serious question: is it true pigs will eat anything?

Yes, just ask Mr. Wu.


11 posted on 05/26/2005 11:45:31 AM PDT by Constitution Day ("It's hard to get an answer when you haven't got a clue" - - The Futureheads)
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To: ShasheMac

Don't worry, there are plenty of prostitutes left.


12 posted on 05/26/2005 11:45:49 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: Ignatz

Johnny, tell Wu he' s got competition in the disposal business...

13 posted on 05/26/2005 11:45:58 AM PDT by Brian Mosely (A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
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To: Publius6961

Yes, pigs will eat just about anything, including human flesh.


14 posted on 05/26/2005 11:47:00 AM PDT by Ignatz (Gravity: It's not just a good idea, it's the law!)
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To: Brian Mosely

SWEARJIN!


15 posted on 05/26/2005 11:47:10 AM PDT by Constitution Day ("It's hard to get an answer when you haven't got a clue" - - The Futureheads)
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To: Publius6961

Yep, pigs will eat anything. In fact it's most common in Arkansas to explain the dissappearance of a wife or inlaw by stating, 'she went out to relieve herself last night, lost her balance on the fence and the pigs ate her.'


16 posted on 05/26/2005 11:47:38 AM PDT by Leg Olam (It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know you would lie if in his place.)
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To: Ignatz

My Father-In-Law always said the best way to dispose of a body was to feed it to pigs. (Then he'd look at me with a strange glint in his eye...)


17 posted on 05/26/2005 11:50:00 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Lee Heggy123
Makes me wonder how Rev. Horsley would put that?! (ROTFLMAO)

Actually, we have to contrast this sort of thing with the penny-ante sort of thing the Dems keep coming up with about Tom DeLay.

Ol' Tom doesn't hold a candle to this guy when it comes to REAL CRIME!

The Dems should just leave Tom alone and go on about their business. Or, maybe some of them ought to fly up to Vancouver to pay their last respects to some of their former girlfriends.

18 posted on 05/26/2005 11:50:34 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

I saw a special on this case a couple of months okay. Apparently the Canadian police resolutely IGNORED ALL LEADS on this case especially leads to this guy who apparently has cop friends. They even went so far as to fire their expert on serial killers. This is a big black eye to the Canadians. They just didn't give a damn about these women. I think they started to freak out when they realized that he had been giving his "pork" products out as gifts. Yech.


19 posted on 05/26/2005 11:50:39 AM PDT by blueblazes
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To: vbmoneyspender

Hey, you saw Snatch too? Great movie.


20 posted on 05/26/2005 11:51:34 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("If Love Can't Buy You Happiness, You Don't Know Where To Shop")
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