Michele Pineault News Today

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

Canadian officials are under fire as Robert Pickton, one of Canadas most prolific serial killers, has become eligible to apply for parole - sparking backlash from the families of his victims.

Notorious serial killer Robert Pickton is eligible to apply for day parole and his victims families are bracing for what could be ahead.

The serial rapist, now in his 70s, was charged with 26 murders in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

The families of Robert Pickton's victims held a vigil at his Port Coquitlam, B.C., farm on Wednesday evening, a day before the serial killer is eligible to apply for day parole.

There were haunting scenes in Port Coquitlam Wednesday evening, as family and friends of women victimized by serial killer Robert Pickton held a vigil in their memory, at the site of the former pig farm.

Thousands participate in Women’s Memorial March in Downtown Eastside, where missing and murdered girls and women were remembered Wednesday.

Thousands participate in Women’s Memorial March in Downtown Eastside, where missing and murdered girls and women were remembered Wednesday.