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Robert Pickton

1949 - 2024

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Robert William Pickton (October 24, 1949 – May 31, 2024), also known as the Pig Farmer Killer or the Butcher, was a Canadian serial killer and pig farmer. After dropping out of school, he left a butcher's apprenticeship to begin working full-time at his family's pig farm, and inherited it in the early 1990s. Between 1995 and 2001, Pickton is believed to have murdered at least 26 women, many of them prostitutes from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Pickton would confess to 49 murders to an undercover RCMP officer disguised as a cellmate, going on to say he wanted to make it an even 50, but thought he was caught because he got "sloppy". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Pickton is the 231st most popular extremist (up from 238th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Canada (up from 463rd in 2019) and the most popular Canadian Extremist.

Robert Pickton is infamous as a Canadian serial killer and former pig farmer convicted of second-degree murder for the killing of six women, though he confessed to killing 49 women and was charged with killing 26 more. His case, known as the Pickton murders, involved the deaths of many marginalized women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in the 1990s and early 2000s.

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Among extremists, Robert Pickton ranks 231 out of 283. Before her are Alexander Pichushkin, Frank James, Donato Bilancia, Christopher Scarver, Tommy Robinson, and Ottis Toole. After her are John Bodkin Adams, Édouard Vaillant, Dawood Ibrahim, Abubakar Shekau, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, and Marshall Applewhite.

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Among people born in 1949, Robert Pickton ranks 488. Before her are Ann Druyan, Michael Beck, Karel Loprais, Gyude Bryant, Lyubov Polishchuk, and Daniel DiNardo. After her are Heather Menzies, Bwanga Tshimen, George Winston, Maury Chaykin, Anita Borg, and Ivo Linna. Among people deceased in 2024, Robert Pickton ranks 369. Before her are Emilio Correa, Bruce Ames, Yves Herbet, Song Jae-rim, Ramiro Blacut, and Alan Rachins. After her are Mahammed Dionne, Arvo Valton, Domingo Pérez, Brian Lumley, Jadwiga Barańska, and Duane Eddy.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert Pickton ranks 436 out of 1,622. Before her are Bruno Pelletier (1962), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Robert Maillet (1969), Viola Myers (1927), Jack Kruschen (1922), and Michael Sarrazin (1940). After her are Heather Menzies (1949), JR Bourne (1970), Seth Rogen (1982), Test (1975), Davidson Black (1884), and Jacques Parizeau (1930).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Canada

Among extremists born in Canada, Robert Pickton ranks 1. After her are Karla Homolka (1970), and Omar Khadr (1986).

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