Robert Pickton stabbed with toothbrush and broken broom handle: victim's family

The family of one of Robert Pickton's victims says the convicted serial killer suffered an incredibly violent death at the hands of another inmate.

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The family of one of Robert Pickton's victims says the convicted serial killer suffered an incredibly violent death at the hands of another inmate.

"The guy that assaulted him stabbed him first with a toothbrush in the neck, and then he broke a broom handle," Rick Frey told CTV News on Friday, recounting allegations shared by his lawyer. "And when you break something like a broom handle, you always get a sharp end, and so he took the sharp end and he stuck it into his nose, up into his skull."

One of Pickton's many victims, Rick's daughter Marnie Frey went missing in 1997 at age 24.

To stepmother Lynn Frey, Pickton's violent demise still pales in comparison to the pain he inflicted.

"I guess he suffered at the end somewhere along the line," she said. "But he still, in my view, hasn't suffered enough for all the deaths that he caused, all the women that are gone."

Pickton died Friday following a May 19 attack at a maximum security prison in Quebec. He was 74.