Robert William Pickton is shown in this undated file television image in his Port Coquitlam, B.C., home.
RCMP seized what they believed to be a 200-page handwritten "tell-all" book found in serial killer Robert Pickton's Quebec jail cell after his death from a violent jailhouse assault last spring, according to documents obtained by CBC.Robert Pickton at his Port Coquitlam, B.C., home in an undated television image. According to a search warrant, RCMP seized a 200-page 'tell all book' found in the serial killer's cell after his death May 31.
"We recognize that there are families with questions about their loved one's disappearances. However, the content of writings did not provide any answers, and so, unfortunately, there is no new information to share with them," an RCMP spokesperson said in a statement to CBC.
Pickton was convicted of second-degree murder in 2007 in relation to the deaths of Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Marnie Frey, Georgina Papin and Brenda Wolfe.The remains or DNA of 33 women, many of them taken from the Downtown Eastside, were found on Pickton's pig farm in Port Coquitlam, B.C., about 25 kilometres east of downtown Vancouver.
Serial killer Robert Pickton did not testify in his defence at trial, but according to a search warrant, he believed there was a court date pending where he could 'talk about the crimes.' )Mitchell travelled to Port Cartier in October 2021 with RCMP Major Crimes St. Sgt. Ron Palta to meet Pickton — who "reiterated his belief that there was a court date pending."
Pickton's friend then allegedly contacted Robert Wright, head of special prosecutions for the B.C. Prosecution Service "seeking direction on how to get Pickton before the courts as he wanted to give a full account of the murders." The prison warden allegedly told RCMP he and a security intelligence officer "had a cursory read of the writing and notes but believed it was a tell-all book written by Pickton," the warrant reads.
Gratl said to his knowledge, the family members he represents "were not informed" about the documents. He said he was not aware of "efforts as late as 2022 to speak with Pickton."In November 2023, the RCMP applied in B.C. Supreme Court for directions on how to handle applications for orders permitting the force to dispose of approximately 15,000 items of property police seized at Pickton's farm.
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