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A Charles Taylor Prize finalist and the definitive report on the Pickton murders, On the Farm delivers a fascinating and sometimes horrific account of the life of a serial killer, the women he murdered and the many people who worked day and night for years to solve the crimes.
Many years of covering the case of one of North America's most prolific serial killers has given Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded in two British Columbia courthouses, but to information unknown to the police, such as from Pickton's long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. You will learn what was behind law enforcement's refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work. Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. It was February 2002 before Robert William Pickton was arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. The Supreme Court of Canada upheld his conviction in 2010, and the publication ban was lifted, allowing this unprecedented tale of true crime to be told.
