Robert Pickton now up to 27

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first degree murder charges.

NEW WESTMINISTER, B.C. - Accused serial killer Robert William Pickton faces 12 new first-degree murder charges, Crown prosecutors in British Columbia announced on Wednesday.

The former Port Coquitlam pig farmer had already been charged with the first-degree murder of 15 women who had gone missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside during the 1980s and '90s.

The 55-year-old Pickton, who appeared in a New Westminster courtroom via videolink to hear the new charges, now faces a total of 27 first-degree murder charges.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/25/pickton-charges050525.html

Lots more on Pickton: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/pickton/newsarchive.html

I'm so glad they got this monster. Shame on the cops for not taking this seriously many years earlier. A familiar story now in Edmonton, where there's a serial killer targeting prostitutes, and has been for years....