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Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who strangled and fed his victims to his pigs, is dead after prison assault

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Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died...

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  1. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought victims to pig farm, is dead after prison assault (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74.

  2. NBC New York

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who strangled and fed his victims to his pigs, is dead after prison assault (opens NBC New York)

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    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died...

  3. The Guardian

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison (opens The Guardian)

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    Pickton, 71, who died in hospital following attack on 19 May, fed his victims’ remains to pigs on his farm

  4. Newsweek

    Serial killer Robert Pickton dies nearly two weeks after prison attack (opens Newsweek)

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    "The Pig Farm Killer" died nearly two weeks after being attacked by another inmate at a prison in Quebec.

  5. CBS News

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, known for bringing victims to pig farm, dead after prison assault (opens CBS News)

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    Robert Pickton was assaulted at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec, a maximum-security federal institution, by another inmate, authorities said.

  6. New York Post

    Serial killer Robert Pickton, who brought dozens of female victims to his pig farm, dead after prison assault (opens New York Post)

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    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who took female victims to his pig farm during a crime spree near Vancouver in the late 1990s and early 2000s, has died after being assaulted in prison, authorities said Friday. He was 74.

  7. UPI

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after prison attack (opens UPI)

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    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton died Friday after being attacked by another inmate, authorities said.

  8. KTVZ Bend

    Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies aged 74 after prison assault (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton – who was convicted of killing six women and confessed to killing dozens more – died after being attacked earlier this month by another inmate, prison authorities said.

  9. Bangor Daily News

    Canadian serial killing pig farmer Robert Pickton dies after prison assault (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    The remains or DNA of 33 women, many reported missing in the 1990s and early 2000s, were found on his farm near Vancouver.

  10. New York Times

    Robert Pickton, Notorious Canadian Serial Killer, Dies at 74 (opens New York Times)

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    Convicted in the murder of six women (though he boasted of killing many more), he died of unspecified injuries after being assaulted in prison.

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