Pinkston Brothers

The Pinkton Brothers

Robert "Willy" Pinkton is classified Serial Killer. He was convicted of second degree murder of 6 women and charged with the death of 26 more in Vancouver Canada. Fifteen of the women were from the Vancouver's Downtown East side which is a 10 block ghetto referred to as the Low Track.

In 2002, police executed a search warrant for illegal firearms at the property owned by Pickton and his two siblings. He was taken into custody and police then obtained a second court order to search the farm as part of the British Columbia Missing Woman's Investigation, when personal items (including a prescription asthma inhaler) belonging to one of the missing women were found. The farm was sealed off by members of the joint task force comprising of the Royal Canadian Police force and the Vancouver Police department. His trial was performed by the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

The first official murder was Rebecca Guno who was last seen alive June 22, 1983. The next official victim was 43-year-old Sherry Rail, would not be reported missing until three years after her January 1984 disappearance. Thirty-three-year-old Elaine Auerbach told friends she was moving to Seattle in March 1986 but she never arrived, reported missing in mid-April. Teressa Ann Williams, a 26-year-old Aboriginal, was last seen alive in July 1988, reported missing in March 1989. Fourteen months elapsed between the August 1989 disappearance of 40-year-old mental patient Ingrid Soet and the report to police on October 1, 1990. The first black victim, Kathleen Wattley, was 39 years old when she vanished in June 1992, reported missing on the 29th of that month. The unknown predator took a three-year vacation before claiming 47-year-old Catherine Gonzales in March 1995, her disappearance reported to authorities on February 9, 1996. The year's second victim, in April, was 32-year old Catherine Knight, missing seven months before police received the report on November 11. Dorothy Spence, a 36-year-old Aboriginal, vanished four months after Knight, in August 1995, but her disappearance was reported earlier, on October 30. The year's last victim was 23-year-old Diana Melnick, lost in December, reported missing four days after Christmas. Again the hunt was stalled, this time until October 1996, when 24-year-old Tanya Holyk disappeared (reported on November 3). Olivia Williams rated less concern at age 22, her December 1996 disappearance ignored until July 4, 1997.

August 1997 was the most lethal month to date, three women lost, although police would not learn of those cases for more than a year. Marnie Frey, age 25, was not reported missing until September 4, 1998. Nineteen days later, on September 23, the first missing-person report was filed on 32-year-old Helen Hallmark. Jacqueline Murdock, 28, was not reported missing until October 3, 1998. Jacqueline McDonnell, 23, disappeared in mid-January 1998, officially reported missing on February 22, 1999. Inga Hall, age 46 or 47, was last seen alive in February 1993, her disappearance logged on March 3 1998. Twenty-nine-year-old Sarah Jane deVries was last seen alive on April 14, 1998 and reported missing by friends the same day. No pattern was discernible in the early cases but most of the victims seem to be prostitutes or drug users. Since most of these victims were not reported immediately no exact time frame for the abductions can be found. Its is believed he stalked his women at night in his converted bus with deep tinted windows. The scene of all the murders was Robert Pinkton's pig farm known as the Piggy Farm. It was reported that Pickton would often entice prostitutes to his farm, along with other guests and that he was, generous, cooking for them, handing out drugs, hosting wild, never-ending parties. Investigators fear that the food he was serving to his guests may have actually been the remains of some of his victims. The relevant facts to this case is that in are simple. After the February 6, 2002 initial investigation on Robert Pinkston's he was charged for storing a firearm contrary to regulations, possession of a firearm while not being holder of a license and possession of a loaded restricted firearm without a license. He was later released and was kept under police surveillance. Then on Friday, February 22, 2002, Pickton was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sereena Abotsway and Mona Wilson. On April 2, 2002 three more charges were added for the murders of Jacqueline McDonell, Diane Rock and Heather Bottomley. A sixth charge for the murder of Andrea Joesbury was laid on April 9, 2002 followed shortly by a seventh for Brenda Wolfe. On September 20, 2002 four more charges were added for the slayings of Georgina Papin, Patricia Johnson, Helen Hallmark and Jennifer Furminger. Four more charges for the murders of Heather Chinnock, Tanya Holyk, Sherry Irving and Inga Hall were laid on October 3, 2002. On May 26, 2005, twelve more charges were laid against him for the killings of Cara Ellis, Andrea Borhaven, Debra Lynne Jones, Marnie Frey, Tiffany Drew, Kerry Koski, Sarah Devries, Cynthia Feliks, Angela Jardine, Wendy Crawford, Diana Melnick, andan unidentified women bringing the total number of first-degree murder charges to 27. The evidence found on the farm was skulls cut in half with hands and feet stuffed inside. The remains of a victim were stuffed in a garbage bag in the bottom of a trash can and her blood-stained clothing was found in the trailer in which Pickton lived. Part of one victim's jawbone and teeth was found in the ground beside the slaughter house, and a .22 caliber revolver with an attached dildo containing both his and a victim's DNA was in his laundry room. He was convicted on December 7th 2009 6 counts of second degree murder and the other 20 counts have been stayed. Robert Pinkston was born October 24, 1949 Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. when he was a child he was shunned by his peers and had n no steady relationship with opposite sex. He always smelt bad because he had a fear of showers given to him by his mother who insisted he should only take baths. At age twelve he came home to find his childhood pet calf was slaughtered. His younger brother David once hit a somebody in his truck and came home to tell his mom. His mom just rolled the victim in the ditch instead of getting help. As a young adult he had a history with drug abuse mainly crack cocaine. He also had a history of violence before the murders he was charged with sexual assault and sexual assault of a prostitute.