# Serial killer Robert Pickton has died in prison **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548 "2024-06-06T11:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/1 "2024-06-06T11:12:54Z")
I wish people weren’t attacked in prison, but if it had to happen to someone…. > **[Pig farm serial killer Robert Pickton dies after prison attack](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/serial-killer-pickton-dies-attack-b2555070.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed2)** > > The Correctional Service Canada says Robert Pickton died after he was assaulted in canadian prison ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/2 "2024-06-06T12:50:17Z")
> Robert “Willie” Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder Second degree!? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/3 "2024-06-06T13:12:59Z")
Good riddance! 💯 👍 ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/4 "2024-06-06T13:17:04Z")
One more reason to never trust someone who owns a pig farm. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/5 "2024-06-06T14:37:10Z")
That’s half of Iowa. I agree. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/6 "2024-06-06T14:49:32Z")
There’s what we know about what he did, and then there’s what the Crown can prove beyond a reasonable doubt in court, and these aren’t necessarily the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/7 "2024-06-06T15:48:39Z")
Good riddance. Perhaps I’m misremembering, but there’s plenty of evidence to support charges for the murders of other women (I think he bragged he killed 46!) and that if ever it looked like he’d get parole they could potentially just lay charges for more. It’s been a long time since I think I read that in the news, I don’t actually know if that’s possible or probable. Either way, good riddance. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/8 "2024-06-06T15:57:52Z")
Look at the picture on the OP thumbnail. He even _looks_ like a serial killer. I’m sure his neighbors told reporters “Yeah, we always knew there was something wrong with that guy. Doesn’t surprise us in the least!” ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/9 "2024-06-07T03:06:09Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > I think he bragged he killed 46! He confessed to an undercover cop that he had killed 49 and was dismayed that he was one short of 50. > [@mnemosyne](#): > > and that if ever it looked like he’d get parole they could potentially just lay charges for more. That’s my understanding as well. They got him on the charges they had him dead to rights on but they held a bunch more (in some way that kept them “fresh”, a Canadian legal doper would have to explain the specifics though) just in case. I believe he was not charged with all 49 because of a lack of evidence for some of the killings. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > One more reason to never trust someone who owns a pig farm. Spoiler coding it because it is gross: He apparently sold pig meat from his farm that was mixed with human remains. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/10 "2024-06-07T18:14:34Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > > [@mnemosyne](#): > > > > I think he bragged he killed 46! > > He confessed to an undercover cop that he had killed 49 and was dismayed that he was one short of 50. Piker! I’ve killed 76. Oh wait, I wasn’t supposed to disclose that, was I? 🤫 . > [@DWMarch](#): > > Spoiler coding it because it is gross: He apparently sold pig meat from his farm that was mixed with human remains. Motel Hell is one of my favorite campy horror flicks - > [@IMDB](#): > > A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers an bury them alive, using them to create the “special meat” they are famous for. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2024, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/11 "2024-06-07T18:47:21Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > > Robert “Willie” Pickton was convicted of six counts of second-degree murder > > Second degree!? But … > sentenced to life in prison in 2007, with the maximum parole ineligibility period of 25 years There are obviously technical differences between first- and second-degree murder, and probably different minimum penalties, but no difference in the maximum. The sentence he got was the maximum anyone could have received for any crime, and there is no chance he would ever have been granted parole, so the second-degree charges instead of first degree was really just a technicality. I believe it’s different in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serial-killer-robert-pickton-has-died-in-prison/1002548/12 "2024-06-08T04:30:07Z")
I don’t think the Crown wanted to further highlight what a fucking miserable job the police did for years when it came to following up on the disappearance of so many women. Because they were sex workers, the homeless, and adicts, the cops just didn’t care.