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...seaminess surrounds the trial of pig farmer Robert William Pickton, charged with murdering 26 drug-addicted prostitutes. The trial, which an earlier judge warned would be "as bad as a horror movie," began Jan. 22 and is expected to last a year. A jury will hear evidence on the first six charges of murder. (The remaining 20 charges will be brought to court after the first six.) Prosecutor Derrill Prevett described in his opening statement how police searching Pickton's ramshackle suburban pig farm about 15 miles east of Vancouver in 2002 found two women's heads in a freezer...
CANADA More Murders Police conducting an "inch-by-inch" search of a pig farm 32 km from Vancouver turned up more evidence in the murder case against Robert Pickton, who was already facing a double murder charge. The new evidence enabled police to bring an additional three counts of first-degree murder against Pickton, who is so far the only person charged in relation to the disappearances of up to 50 women from the east end area of downtown Vancouver since...