Notorious Serial Killer Robert Pickton Attacked in Prison: Expected Not to Survive

Notorious serial killer Robert Pickton, who was convicted in 2007 for the murder of six women and suspected in the disappearance of many more, has been attacked in prison. The attack, which left Pickton with life-threatening injuries, took place at Kent Institution, a maximum-security prison in British Columbia where he is serving his life sentence.

Pickton, now 74-years-old, was attacked by a 51-year-old inmate who is now in custody for the assault. Pickton is not expected to survive the attack.

“This news actually gives me a little bit of closure for myself,” said Cynthia Cardinal, whose sister Georgina Papin was one of Pickton’s victims. She called Pickton’s injuries “karma.” Pickton’s grisly crimes have haunted her and the rest of Canada since the late 90’s.

Known as the “Pig Farmer Killer,” Pickton lured vulnerable women, many who were sex workers from Vancouver, to his farm in Port Coquitlam. There, he brutally murdered them, gutting them like animals and often feeding parts of their bodies to his 600-pound pigs as a way of disposing of the evidence.

Pickton worked this farm with his brother David, who both inherited the property after their mother died in 1979. After their parent’s death, they sold parts of the farm for over $4 million.

His mother, Louise, is described as a tough, abusive, workaholic. She made both boys work long hours on the farm, even on school days, and wouldn’t allow them to bathe regularly, which meant that they often stank. When they would finally bathe, Louise would only allow them to take baths, which eventually led to Pickton developing an irrational fear of taking showers.

After their parents’ death, the brothers eventually moved off the property and formed a charity, the Piggy Palace Good Times Society. Through this organization, the brothers found another sick, twisted use for their farm – hosting wild sex parties through his newly formed charity.

During the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, Vancouver’s east side was one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, averaging at least one overdose death a day. These 10 blocks in British Columbia became known as “low track,” the heart of the province’s heroin and prostitution scene – having the highest HIV infection rate in all of North America.

Many of these prostitutes would be picked up in Pickton’s converted bus with tinted windows, which he called his pride and joy. But after they were in his truck, many of them were never seen again.

Pickton was only charged for the murders of 26 women, but only stood trial and found guilty of six counts of second-degree murder, for which he was sentenced to life in prison in 2007. Prosecutors say Pickton previously told an undercover officer who was planted in his jail cell as he awaited trial, that he killed 49 women and is upset he wasn’t able to make it “an even 50.”

Pickton became eligible for day parole in February, sparking major outrage from victims’ relatives and several politicians who said he should never be released. “Monsters like him should only leave prison in a body bag,” said Kerry-Lynne Findlay, a Conservative Parliament Member.