Between 1978 and 2001, at least 65 women were reported missing from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, BC. Police in Vancouver refused to believe or acknowledge that a serial killer might be active in the area, and families often had a difficult time getting their loved ones reported missing due to their socioeconomic status. This is Part 1 of the case of Robert Pickton and the missing women of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

-K&O

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Sources:

21 Photos Taken Inside Robert Pickton's Pig Farm (thecrimemag.com)

Robert Pickton Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Young Willie Pickton was shattered by the slaughter of his pet | Vancouver Sun

Robert Pickton, The Serial Killer Who Fed His Victims To Pigs (allthatsinteresting.com)

Deadly Disfunction: Previously undisclosed details from inside the Robert Pickton investigation | National Post

Strong Evidence against Robert Pickton in Trial | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Robert Picktons Pig Farm - Piggy Palace (crimelibrary.org)

Pickton's mother was a key influence (thestar.com)

Downtown Eastside - Wikipedia

True Crime Byline: First investigation into Vancouver's missing women | Vancouver Sun

The Robert Pickton Case: A Timeline (citynews.ca)

On The Farm – Stevie Cameron

Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry - Volume 1 (gov.bc.ca)

Between 1978 and 2001, at least 65 women were reported missing from the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, BC. Police in Vancouver refused to believe or acknowledge that a serial killer might be active in the area, and families often had a difficult time getting their loved ones reported missing due to their socioeconomic status. This is Part 1 of the case of Robert Pickton and the missing women of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

-K&O

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Sources:

21 Photos Taken Inside Robert Pickton's Pig Farm (thecrimemag.com)

Robert Pickton Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Young Willie Pickton was shattered by the slaughter of his pet | Vancouver Sun

Robert Pickton, The Serial Killer Who Fed His Victims To Pigs (allthatsinteresting.com)

Deadly Disfunction: Previously undisclosed details from inside the Robert Pickton investigation | National Post

Strong Evidence against Robert Pickton in Trial | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Robert Picktons Pig Farm - Piggy Palace (crimelibrary.org)

Pickton's mother was a key influence (thestar.com)

Downtown Eastside - Wikipedia

True Crime Byline: First investigation into Vancouver's missing women | Vancouver Sun

The Robert Pickton Case: A Timeline (citynews.ca)

On The Farm – Stevie Cameron

Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry - Volume 1 (gov.bc.ca)

Six people are found dead in a Surrey apartment building. Come to find out that the suspected gas leak was not that. Possible gang activity leave two innocent men caught in the crossfires.

This week we explore the trial and police misconduct that took place in the years to follow, while families wait for justice.

-K&O

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Amanda Antoni's final hours investigated by Calgary police (yahoo.com)

Calgary police hope Netflix show brings more answers to Amanda Antoni's unsolved death (msn.com)

'Unsolved Mysteries': What Happened To Amanda Antoni? (bustle.com)

Suspicious death of Calgary woman, 31, now deemed an accident | CBC News

What happened to Amanda Antoni? Theories in Unsolved Mysteries case (thetab.com)

Antoni death ruled accidental (calgary.ca)

Statement from the Family of Amanda (Hogg) Antoni (calgary.ca)

‘What happened to Amanda?’ Family looks for answers 9 months after Calgary woman’s death | Globalnews.ca

Hundreds mourn death of Calgarian Amanda Antoni | Globalnews.ca

Family of Amanda Antoni desperate for answers in her mysterious death - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Family identifies victim in Castleridge suspicious death - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Calgary police investigate suspicious death in Castleridge neighbourhood - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Amanda Antoni's death 'very suspicious,' homicide investigating (yahoo.com)

Amanda Antoni family pleads for answers in her 'suspicious death' | Calgary Herald

Death of Calgary woman featured in new Unsolved Mysteries episode (msn.com)

Cyber and tech crimes officers called in to investigate Calgary woman's death | Calgary Herald

Amanda Antoni: What Happened to Her? How Did She Die? (thecinemaholic.com)

Six people are found dead in a Surrey apartment building. Come to find out that the suspected gas leak was not that. Possible gang activity leave two innocent men caught in the crossfires.

-K&O

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Sources:

Amanda Antoni's final hours investigated by Calgary police (yahoo.com)

Calgary police hope Netflix show brings more answers to Amanda Antoni's unsolved death (msn.com)

'Unsolved Mysteries': What Happened To Amanda Antoni? (bustle.com)

Suspicious death of Calgary woman, 31, now deemed an accident | CBC News

What happened to Amanda Antoni? Theories in Unsolved Mysteries case (thetab.com)

Antoni death ruled accidental (calgary.ca)

Statement from the Family of Amanda (Hogg) Antoni (calgary.ca)

‘What happened to Amanda?’ Family looks for answers 9 months after Calgary woman’s death | Globalnews.ca

Hundreds mourn death of Calgarian Amanda Antoni | Globalnews.ca

Family of Amanda Antoni desperate for answers in her mysterious death - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Family identifies victim in Castleridge suspicious death - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Calgary police investigate suspicious death in Castleridge neighbourhood - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Amanda Antoni's death 'very suspicious,' homicide investigating (yahoo.com)

Amanda Antoni family pleads for answers in her 'suspicious death' | Calgary Herald

Death of Calgary woman featured in new Unsolved Mysteries episode (msn.com)

Cyber and tech crimes officers called in to investigate Calgary woman's death | Calgary Herald

Amanda Antoni: What Happened to Her? How Did She Die? (thecinemaholic.com)

-K&O

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https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/can-the-sad-short-life-of-one-boy-save-others

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/judge-urges-cross-boundary-alerts-calgary-alexandru-radita-1.7155350

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/alex-radita-sentenced-death-says-125641134.html

https://globalnews.ca/news/9636716/alberta-fatality-inquiry-calgary-alexandru-radita/

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2024-01-05

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2024-01-05

https://globalnews.ca/news/6045854/crime-beat-podcast-boy-who-fell-through-cracks/

Heidi Challand was found murdered in her home with her children in September 1997. Her common-law partners parents made the gruesome discovery after Heidi’s parents had not been able to reach her for multiple days.

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Mother, Four Kids Found Murdered On Vancouver Island | The Spokesman-Review

David John Gorton | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Hundreds mourn Canadian murder victims - UPI Archives

The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Newspapers.com™

Island man who killed wife, 4 kids denied day parole - Victoria Times Colonist

David John Gorton denied parole for 1997 slayings of wife and her kids | Vancouver Sun

Grisly history of parents killing their children on Vancouver Island (cheknews.ca)

The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Newspapers.com™

The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Newspapers.com™

Alex Radita died in 2013, he was 15 and weighed just 37 pounds after his parents refused for years to treat his Type 1 diabetes.

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Sources:

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/can-the-sad-short-life-of-one-boy-save-others

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/judge-urges-cross-boundary-alerts-calgary-alexandru-radita-1.7155350

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/alex-radita-sentenced-death-says-125641134.html

https://globalnews.ca/news/9636716/alberta-fatality-inquiry-calgary-alexandru-radita/

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2024-01-05

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/fatality-inquiry-2024-01-05

https://globalnews.ca/news/6045854/crime-beat-podcast-boy-who-fell-through-cracks/