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羅伯特·皮克頓

羅伯特·皮克頓「偉利·皮克頓」 (1950年—)，是加拿大不列顛哥倫比亞高贵林港市（Port Coquitlam）的一個豬農。他在當地被控以一級謀殺罪^[1]，指他殺害了當地26名女子，並涉及2004年 1月28日超過五名妓女在溫哥華市東區被殺死的案件。另外，當更多DNA证据不断地在他的農場被发现，不列顛哥倫比亞皇家檢察院會在明年起訴他多最少七宗謀殺案。

在2007年 1月22日，即對他首六項謀殺控罪開審當日，控方指他在警誡下承認謀殺了49人。控方並指皮克頓說他打算殺害多一人，從而得到整數的50人。^[2]

如果罪名成立，皮克顿将成为加拿大历史上最凶残的连环杀手。

[编辑] 背景

羅伯特·皮克頓和他的兄弟大衛·法蘭西斯·皮克頓開設了一間名為「豬仔皇宮好時代會」的註冊非牟利慈善機構，他們指這個組織是「組織、協調、管理和營運特別活動、舞蹈、表現和展覽服務機構、體育組織和其他富有群體的表現」。據調查發現，這些「特別活動」在豬仔皇宮舉行，那是在他的農場改裝的一個建築物，位於市中心東部的紅燈區。

Pickton first came to the attention of police in 1997 when he was charged with attempted murder. The charges were subsequently dropped. Later, police would search the farm, but find nothing.

In February of 2002, police again searched the farm. This time they found part of one of the victim's jaws in a pig trough and a rifle with an attached sex toy in Pickton's laundry room.^[3] The sex toy contained DNA evidence matching that of a missing woman. Pickton was arrested on February 22, charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Three months later, three more charges were added, and shortly after that a sixth and seventh. In October, four more charges were added, bringing the total to fifteen, and again in May 2005, twelve more charges were added, bringing the total to 27.

Excavations have stopped, but were ongoing for two years; the cost of the investigation is estimated to have been $70 million by the end of 2003, according to the provincial government. ^[4] Currently the property is fenced off, but at some point may be developed. In the meantime, all the buildings have been demolished. Forensic analysis is very difficult because the bodies of the alleged victims may have been left to decompose or allowed to be eaten by insects and pigs on the farm. During the early days of the excavations, forensic anthropologists brought in large construction machinery, conveyor belts, and soil sifters to find traces of remains. On March 10, 2004, it was revealed that human flesh may have been ground up and mixed with pork from the farm. This pork was never distributed commercially, but was handed out to friends and visitors of the farm.

[编辑] 审判

皮克顿案于2006年 1月30日开始进行审判。^[5] He pleaded not guilty to 27 charges of first-degree murder in the British Columbia Supreme Court, located in New Westminster. The voir dire phase of the trial took most of the year to determine what evidence may be admitted before the jury. Reporters were not allowed to disclose any of the material presented in the arguments.

On March 2, 2006, one of the 27 counts was rejected by Justice James Williams for lack of evidence. ^[6]

On August 9, 2006, Justice Williams trimmed the charges again, from 26 to just six counts; the remaining 20 counts have not been dismissed, however, and the crown can seek another trial for them at a later date. Because of the publication ban, full details of the decision are not publicly available; but the judge has explained that trying all 26 charges at once would put an unreasonable burden on the jury, as the trial could last up to two years, and have an increased chance for a mistrial. The judge also added that the six counts he chose had "materially different" evidence than the other 20. ^[7]

Jury selection was completed on December 12, taking just two days. Twelve jurors and two alternates were chosen. ^[8]

The date for the jury trial of the first six counts was initially set to start January 8, 2007, but later delayed to January 22. ^[9]^[10]

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January 22, 2007 was the first day of the jury trial where Pickton faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Marnie Frey, Sereena Abotsway, Georgina Papin, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Wolfe and Mona Wilson. The media ban was finally lifted and for the first time Canadians heard the horrors of what was found during the long investigation. In his opening statement, Crown counsel Derrill Prevett told the jury of evidence that was found during the search of Pickton's property. Skulls cut in half with hands and feet stuffed inside. Remains of another victim stuffed in a garbage bag in the bottom of a trash can and her blood stained clothing found in the trailer Pickton lived in. Part of one of the victim's jaw bone and teeth were found in the ground beside the slaughter house and a revolver with an attached sex toy containing both his and a victim's DNA was in his laundry room.^[11]

[编辑] 嫌疑受害者

皮克顿被指控谋杀下列妇女：

Count 1, Sereena Abotsway[1] (born August 20, 1971), 29 when she disappeared in August 2001
Count 2, Mona Lee Wilson[2] (born January 13, 1975), 26 when she was last seen on November 23, 2001. Reported Missing November 30, 2001.
Count 3, Jacqueline Michelle McDonell[3], 23 when she was last seen in January 1999. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 99-039699.}
Count 4, Dianne Rosemary Rock[4] (born September 2, 1967), 34 when last seen on October 19, 2001. Reported missing December 13, 2001.
Count 5, Heather Kathleen Bottomley[5] (born August 17, 1976), 25 when she was last seen (and reported missing) on April 17, 2001.
Count 6, Andrea Joesbury, 22 when last seen in June 2001
Count 7, Brenda Ann Wolfe[6], 32 when last seen in February 1999 and was reported missing in April 2000
Count 8, Jennifer Lynn Furminger, last seen in 1999
Count 9, Helen Mae Hallmark[7], last seen August 1997. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case #98-226384.}
Count 10, Patricia Rose Johnson[8], last seen in March 2001
Count 11, Georgina Faith Papin, last seen in 1999
Count 12, Heather Chinnock, 30 when last seen in April 2001
Count 13, Tanya Holyk, 23 when last seen in October 1996
Count 14, Sherry Irving[9], 24 when last seen in 1997
Count 15, Inga Monique Hall[10], 46 when last seen in February 1998. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 98-047919.}
Count 16, Marnie Lee Frey[11], last seen August 1997. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case #98-209922.}
Count 17, Tiffany Drew, last seen December 1999
Count 18, Sarah de Vries[12], last seen April 1998
Count 19, Cynthia Feliks[13], last seen in December 1997
Count 20, Angela Rebecca Jardine[14], last seen November 20,1998 between 3:30- 4p.m. at Oppenheimer Park at a rally in the downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 98.286097.}
Count 21, Diana Melnick[15], last seen in December 1995
Count 22, Jane Doe (remains found but not identified)—charge lifted; see below
Count 23, Debra Lynne Jones[16], last seen in December 2000
Count 24, Wendy Crawford, last seen in December 1999
Count 25, Kerry Koski, last seen in January 1998
Count 26, Andrea Fay Borhaven[17], last seen in March 1997. ^{Vancouver Police Missing Persons Case # 99.105703.}
Count 27, Cara Louise Ellis[18] aka Nicky Trimble (born April 13, 1971), 25 when last seen in 1996[19]. Reported missing October 2002.

As of March 2, 2006, the murder charge involving the unidentified victim has been lifted. Pickton refused to enter a plea on the charge involving this victim, known in the proceedings as Jane Doe, so the court registered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. "The count as drawn fails to meet the minimal requirement set out in Section 581 of the Criminal Code. Accordingly, it must be quashed," wrote Justice James Williams. The detailed reasons for the judge's ruling cannot be reported in Canada because of the publication ban covering this stage of the trial.

Pickton is implicated in the murders of the following women, but charges have not yet been laid (incomplete list):

Mary Ann Clark[20] aka Nancy Greek, 25, disappeared in August 1991 from downtown Victoria
Yvonne Marie Boen (sometimes uses the surname England)[21] (born November 30, 1967), 34 when last seen on March 16, 2001 and reported missing on March 21, 2001.
Dawn Teresa Crey[22], reported missing in December 2000
Two unidentified women

[编辑] 2006年8月「皮克頓信件」

In August 2006, Thomas Loudamy, a 27-year-old Fremont, California resident, claimed that he had received three letters from Robert Pickton in response to letters Loudamy sent under an assumed identity.

In the letters, Pickton allegedly speaks with concern about the expense of the investigation, asserts his innocence, quotes and refers to the Bible, praises the trial judge, and responds in detail to (fictional) information in Loudamy's letters, which were written in the guise of Mya Barnett, a 'down on her luck' woman.

The news of the letters' existence was broken by The Vancouver Sun, in an exclusive published on Saturday, September 2, 2006, and as of that date, neither law enforcement nor any representative of Pickton has verified the authenticity of the letters. The Sun, however, has undertaken several actions to confirm the documents' authenticity, including:

Confirming that the outgoing stamps are consistent with those of the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, where Pickton is being held;
Confirming through a representative of Canada Post that the outgoing stamps are not forgeries; and
Confirming that the machine (identifiable with a serial number included in the stamp) used to stamp the envelopes is the machine used by the NFPC.

Loudamy claims not to have kept copies of his outgoing letters to Pickton, and as of September 4, 2006, no information on their existence has been forthcoming from Pickton or his representatives.

Loudamy has a history of writing to accused and convicted criminals, in some instances under his own identity (as with his correspondence with Clifford Olson), and in others in the guise of a character he believes will be more readily accepted by the targets of the letters. Loudamy, an aspiring journalist, claims that his motivation in releasing the letters is to help the public gain insights into Pickton.^[12]