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Welcome to the Dark Bind, 
detective Picton Land. 

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I'm Mark, an investigative 
journalist who ventures into the

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abyss of human darkness, from 
serial killers to systemic 

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corruptions. 
Now we confront one of Canada's 

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most harrowing chapters, Picton 
Land. 

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Robert Picton's pig farm wasn't 
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it was a grotesque monument to 
institutionalized failure. 

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For years, vulnerable women 
slipped through the cracks of a 

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system that dismissed their 
lives as expendable. 

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This series isn't about 
sensationalizing evil. 

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It's about dismantling the 
apathy that led it fester. 

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What to expect in this series? 
Anatomy of a Monster. 

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Picton's psyche, his hunting 
ground and parallels to global 

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predators. 
Broken Systems. 

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How law enforcement, social 
services, and societal biases 

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ignored cries for help. 
Honoring victims erased by 

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indifference and families stole 
demanding answers. 

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FBI analysis. 
Would modern protocols have 

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stopped him sooner? 
Legacy of trauma How Picton 

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crimes scarred communities and 
reshape Canadian justice. 

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A warning these details will 
disturb you. 

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They should Comfort Shields us 
from truth, but truth is the 

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only currency of change. 
Picton Land isn't just a true 

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Crime Story, it's a mirror join 
me as we stare into its 

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reflection, dissect its lessons.
Chapter 3 The Forgotten Women 

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Victims of Picton In the 
narrative, serial killers, 

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victims are often reduced to 
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worse, merely the canvas upon 
which the killer painted his 

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depravity. 
But each woman who fell victim 

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to Robert Picton was more than 
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They were daughters, sisters, 
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They had dreams, struggles, and 
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told. 
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not just who these women were, 
but how the system failed them 

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long before Picton entered their
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The missing Women of the 
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Downtown Eastside has long been 
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code, a neighborhood plagued by 
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marginalization. 
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it became a hunting ground for 
Robert Picton, who preyed 

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specifically on the area's most 
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Between 1995 and 2001, dozen of 
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streets. 
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struggling with addictions, and 
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Indigenous women, a demographic 
that has faced systemic 

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discrimination and violence 
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The pattern was clear to those 
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The women who maintain regular 
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or support services suddenly 
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Yet when reported missing, their
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with indifference or dismissal 
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The six women Pickton was 
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Well, Pickton is suspected of 
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He was convicted of second 
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six women. 
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who they were. 
Serena Abbotsway, 29, reported 

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missing on August 22nd, 2001. 
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who had become involved in sex 
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Those who knew her described her
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struggles with mental health 
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She had been in foster care for 
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numerous obstacles throughout 
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Despite these challenges, she 
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foster family, who reported her 
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contact them. 
Mona Lee Wilson, 26, reported 

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missing November 30th, 2001. 
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Downtown Eastside who struggled 
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Friends described her as a sweet
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times. 
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picked and murdered before his 
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was allowed to operate before 
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Andrea Josbury, 22, reported 
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Andrea was one of the youngest 
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She had fallen into drug 
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difficult childhood. 
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as a young woman who still had a
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and building a better life. 
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her murder, particularly heart 
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before it truly has begun. 
Brenda Wolfe, 32, reported 

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missing on April 25th, 2000. 
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who had been involved in sex 
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Eastside, friends describe her 
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of other vulnerable women in the
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Marnie was one of Picton's 
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sex work. 
She was the mother of a young 

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daughter in Maine. 
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reported her missing when she 
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Christmas, something completely 
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The other victims Beyond the six
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the murders of 20 other women, 
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his conviction. 
The remains or DNA, of 33 women 

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were found on his property. 
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Each of these women had a name, 
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about them. 
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McDonnell, Diana Rock, Heather 
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society. 
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immediately trigger alarm bells.
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who struggle with addictions, 
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lens of judgement rather than 
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priority. 
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women into dangerous The 
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Downtown Eastside created 
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taking risk, getting into the 
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isolated areas, prioritizing 
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which made them easier to 
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instincts, making them more 
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Picton exploited a critical 
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He picked up women in Vancouver,
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Por Coquitlam jurisdictional 
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connection to Por Coquitlam 
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Canada's ongoing crisis of 
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residential schools, systemic 
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Indigenous women face heightened
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protection. 
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encountered Robert Picton, they 
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systems meant to protect them. 
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women missing, they were often 
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Following up was memo, and one 
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a drug addict and a prostitute. 
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investigation, delaying 
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disappearances, social services 
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struggling with both addiction 
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common combinations among 
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Appropriate care was nearly 
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The state charges against Robert
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If this case had been 
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have been saved. 
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because the victim was deemed 
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issues sent a clear message 
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these women not just as victims 
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being whose lives had value and 
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They are more than just their 
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addictions, more than just their
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they celebrated birthdays, and 
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futures that they would never 
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picked and suspected victims, 
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somebody's sister, somebody's 
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known to police sex trade 
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dehumanization that made them 
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disposable than others. 
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case isn't just that a monster 
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without being caught. 
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were deemed unworthy of 
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encountered him. 
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noticed primarily by those who 
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tasked with keeping all citizens
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And the next chapter, we'll 
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allowed Picton to continue 
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mounting evidence and community 
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The failures of this 
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disturbing truth about who we as
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who we allow to remain 
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Chapter 4 The investigation that
failed Systemic breakdown in the

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annals of criminal 
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just the horrific natures, it's 
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continue despite mounting 
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clear warning signs. 
In this chapter, we dissect the 

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investigation, or more 
accurately, the series of failed

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investigations that allowed a 
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impunity for years. 
The timeline of Robert Picton's 

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investigation reads like a 
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potential serial killer case. 
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moments when intervention could 
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women begin to disappear 
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began to vanish from Vancouver's
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alarming rate. 
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community advocates reported 
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often to be met with 
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possible serial killer targeting
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who suggested the women had 
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their lifestyle. 1997 The attack
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Pickton attacked a sex worker, 
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stabbing her multiple times. 
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him, stab him in self-defense. 
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hospital for the same injuries. 
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attempted murder and this should
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spree. 
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prosecutor stayed the charges 
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witness to secure a conviction. 
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the most a grievous failure in 
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attack with physical evidence, a
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and a suspect with a suspicious 
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expendable. 1998 to 1999 
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1998 an informant told police 
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of human flesh on his property. 
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investigated. 
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reported seeing women's purses, 
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Picton's property. 
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search but found nothing 
suspicious of failing failure of

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basic investigative techniques. 
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continue to disappear at an 
alarming rate, yet no conviction

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was made to Picton despite his 
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workers. 2001 Project Even 
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disappearances have become 
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The Vancouver Police Department,
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force called Project Even Handed
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cases. 
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operated under the assumption 
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stopped. 
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historical cases rather than an 
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This fundamental 
misunderstanding Hanford the 

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urgency of their work. 
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informed the RCMP lead 
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that women were still 
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refused to shift focus, claiming
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on his investigation of 
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February 2002 The breakthrough 
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from the missing women 
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firearm investigation. 
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executed a search warrant for 
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property. 
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items belonging to missing 
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missing women's investigation on
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charged with two counts of first
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investigation continued, charges
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counts. 
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Investigation The Missing 
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led by Commissioner Wally Opel, 
identified 7 critical failures 

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in the police investigation. 
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Failure to take and act on 
missing persons Report Families 

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attempting to report their loved
ones missing face numerous 

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obstacles. 
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file report because they didn't 
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missing person. 
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hours. 
Despite policies allowing 

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immediate reports for high risk 
individuals, when reports were 

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taken they were often incomplete
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Information wasn't properly 
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hampering the ability to 
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As Commissioner Wally Opal 
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barriers were so pronounced as 
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report. 
Failures to recognize a serial 

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killer despite clear patterns of
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Women from the same area of 
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Voter trace police failed to 
connect the dots and recognize a

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work of a serial predator. 
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bias assumption that sex workers
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partly from a lack of proper 
analytical tools and training. 

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The working group tasked with 
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case were focused on review 
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investigation, lacking the 
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Failures to warn and protect 
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Perhaps the most disturbing was 
the failure to warn women the 

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Downtown Eastside that they 
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killer. 
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stated, I conclude that the VPD 
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women the Downtown Eastside, and
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There was no sound evidence of 
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issue a warning. 
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protect vulnerable women came in
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was caught. 
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victims. 
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delays and adequate 
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informants and sources. 
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follow up was a minimum or non 
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Surveillance operations were 
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Informants weren't properly 
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adequately verified. 
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failures allowed Picton to 
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being on the police radar. 
Poor coordination between 

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various investigation team, the 
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Team, and the Coquitlam RCMP 
investigation of Picton and 

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other related investigations. 
Information wasn't properly 

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shared. 
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allocated and there was no clear
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overall investigation. 
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that picked and picked up women 
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and killed them in Pork 
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created significant barriers to 
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Neither agency took full 
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assuming aspects of it fell 
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Jurisdictional confusion 
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blatant overall failures of the 
missing and murdered women and 

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the Picton investigation. 
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there was minimal internal 
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progress and effectiveness. 
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provide proper oversight or take
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While community members raise 
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investigation's inadequacy, 
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Rather than address bias that 
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St. involved women to influence 
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This bias manifested in several 
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The assumption that missing sex 
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changed lifestyle to missile a 
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Concerns about out of character 
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Devaluation of information 
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drug users. 
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significant resources and 
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marginalized victims. 
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heightened vulnerability of 
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These women were poor, they were
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they were Aboriginal. 
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treatment by the police. 
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Picton case bear striking 
similarities to other notorious 

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cases where vulnerable victims 
were failed by the system. 

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Paul Bernardo investigation. 
The same issues that Hanford. 

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The Picton investigation, 
jurisdictional confusion, poor 

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information sharing and the lack
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previously been identified in 
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Ontario. 
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Archie Campbell in 1996 
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the lessons weren't applied to 
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allowing history to repeat 
itself with tragic consequences.

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The Green River Killer 
investigation Gary Ridgeway The 

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Green River killer operated in 
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approximately 20 years, killing 
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sex workers. 
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investigation was Hanford by a 
failure to prioritize crimes 

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against marginalized victims and
properly allocate resources. 

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Irony of the Picton case is that
his capture came not through 

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dedicated missing women's 
investigation, but through an 

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unrelated firearm investigation 
and fed. 

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February 2002, a junior RCMP 
officer received information 

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about illegal firearm on the 
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Acting on this tip, he obtained 
a search warrant recognizing the

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potential connection to the 
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He brought along members of 
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search what they found shocked 
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Items belonging to the missing 
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DNA evidence, eventually the 
remains of numerous victims. 

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The farm became the site of the 
largest forensic investigation 

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in Canadian history, with 
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soil. 
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remains of 40 women, profiles of
DNA evidence and 40 men profiles

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of DNA evidence. 
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Picton investigation lead to 
several recommendations from the

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Missing Women's Commission of 
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A regional policing Establishing
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Police force to address 
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Improve training. 
Mandatory training for officers 

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regarding vulnerable community 
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Enhance protocols. 
Better missing policies and 

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practices. 
Community accountability. 

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Establishing more police 
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Funding existing centers. 
Providing emergency services to 

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women in the sex trade. 
Victim compensation. 

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Establishing compensation and 
healing funds for victims. 

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Victims families. 
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represent important step 
forward, they came too late for 

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the dozen of women who lost 
their lives to the true cost of 

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these investigative failures 
can't be measured in dollars or 

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resources. 
It must be measured in human 

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lives. 
The women who might be alive 

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today had the system function as
it should have, had the 1997 

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attempted murder charge been 
properly prosecuted, had the 

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tips about freezers full of 
human flesh had been properly 

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investigated. 
So this a side note. 

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How the fuck do you not be able 
to open a freezer and see all 

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the human meat and body parts? 
In my more detailed 

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investigation as we will get to 
further, some of these victims 

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went missing in the late 90s and
yet was still in the freezer. 

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And the next chapter will 
examine how the Picton case 

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compares to other serial 
killers. 

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So it's also worth mentioning in
this series I am trying to give 

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you the overview of the 
complexity of the cases. 

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I'm not going to really dial in 
on the details of the cases yet.

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I want you to see the full scope
and complexity of the case. 

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Until next time, mark the Dark 
Mind Detective. 

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None.