Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies aged 74 after prison assault

Infamous Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton has died following a prison assault, according to government agency Correctional Service Canada (CSC).

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. Pickton is one of the most notorious serial killers in Canadian history, bringing his victims to his pig farm and feeding their remains to his animals. The 74-year-old had been serving a life sentence at Port-Cartier Institution in Canada’s Quebec province after being convicted for six counts of second-degree murder in 2007. He sustained injuries from an assault involving another inmate on May 19 and died in hospital Friday, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) said. Pickton’s next of kin has been notified and registered victims have also been contacted, CSC added, who said an investigation was underway. At least 65 women disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighborhood in British Colombia province between 1978 and 2001 before Pickton was arrested.