On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing WomenVerteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. It was not until February 2002 that pig farmer Robert William Pickton would be arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime could be told. Covering the case of one of North America's most prolific serial killers gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police - and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton - such as from Pickton's long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. Cameron uncovers what was behind law enforcement's refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work. |
Contents
Jane Doe 161225 76 | 1 |
Dominion Avenue | 18 |
A Mothers Will | 32 |
The Pickton Brothers | 39 |
Geography Speaks | 51 |
Cops under Fire | 62 |
A Motley Crew | 76 |
Prime Suspect | 91 |
Police on Trial | 360 |
The Last Woman | 372 |
The Rookie Cop | 380 |
TwentyFour Hours | 393 |
The Largest Crime Scene in Canadian History | 410 |
Scott Chubb | 423 |
ON THE FARM | 442 |
Getting Ready for Willie | 443 |
The Trials of Kim Rossmo and the Growing List of Missing Women | 106 |
Lisa Yelds | 120 |
Piggys Palace | 131 |
Maggy Gisle Cara Ellis and Sandra Gail Ringwald | 141 |
Gina and Willie and More Missing Women | 159 |
Sherry Irving and Marnie Frey | 169 |
The Worst Year | 181 |
Sarah de Vries and Sheila Egan | 191 |
A Doomed Investigation | 204 |
A Bad Start | 214 |
Roommates | 226 |
THE MISSING WOMEN | 240 |
What They Saw | 241 |
What Did the Police Do? | 253 |
Closing In on Willie | 268 |
Another Close Call | 285 |
Deadly Girlfriends | 292 |
Rossmo Out | 300 |
Panic on Skid Row | 312 |
The File Review | 327 |
Do Something | 337 |
A Newsroom Leads the Way | 347 |
Mike Petrie Wants the Job | 454 |
The Cell Plant | 468 |
The Fordy Interview | 482 |
Don Adam Takes Over | 497 |
Back in the Cell | 522 |
Taking Willie to the Judge | 528 |
In the Workshop | 542 |
The Forensic Team | 556 |
Talking to the Families | 565 |
What the Dead Reveal | 575 |
Willie Goes to Court | 589 |
Andy Bellwood Sandra Gail Ringwald | 608 |
The Last Witnesses | 627 |
The Aristocracy of Victimhood | 640 |
From TwentySix to Six | 654 |
The Jury | 665 |
Guilty But of What? | 684 |
Aftermath | 699 |
Acknowledgments | 705 |
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