Pickton himself claimed to have killed more, bragging to an undercover officer posing as a cellmate that he had taken the lives of 49 women. He told him he was angry at not reaching his target of 50. He also implied that he didn’t work alone.
The murderer died having served just 17 years of his sentence in a Quebec hospital, following injuries resulting from an assault involving another inmate on May 19.
However, in his death, the hope for many families of finding out what happened to their loved ones has also been snuffed out. For some family members, Pickton’s conviction and death provide insufficient justice, with Kristina Batemen, daughter of victim Georgina Papin, warning that other people could have been involved in Pickton’s violence.
‘I want to feel like it’s completely closed, and I have a feeling…the whole truth is not out yet… He mentioned to authorities that other people were involved — investigators should still be looking into the allegations. I don’t feel like justice has been served completely. And I’m still going to always be trying to find the truth — more of the truth,’ she told local paper the Edmonton Journal.
The farm has been bulldozed and Pickton’s body likely cremated. The police still hold 14,000 pieces of evidence seized from the farm, but with Pickton’s death, many of the families are left only with grief and questions unanswered
'If he’d been slaughtering pigs, he’d chase you around with the entrails'
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