A notorious serial killer clings to life after he was brutally attacked inside a Canadian federal prison by other inmates earlier this week.
Robert Pickton, a pig farmer and multimillionaire, was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the gruesome murders of six women in 2007 that involved dismemberment and disposing of their bodies on his family farm.The vicious attack on 'The Pig Farm Killer' was described as a 'major assault' and happened on Sunday at Port-Cartier Institution, a maximum-security federal institution, the Correctional Service Canada said in a press release.
Operating from his family's pig farm in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Pickton preyed on vulnerable women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.The gruesome details of his crimes, involving dismemberment and disposal of bodies on the farm, shocked the nation and highlighted significant flaws in the investigation by local authorities.Pickton was initially charged with the murder of 21 people, but it was reduced to six.
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