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Infamous Pig Farmer Killer Robert Pickton who fed his victims to farm animals is critically ill after prison attack
Convicted Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton - sometimes called the 'worst serial killer in history' - was attacked in prison and was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition, authorities announced Tuesday.
Pickton, 74, brought tens of female victims to his pig farm outside of Vancouver in the 1990s and early 2000s, where he brutally killed them and fed them to his pigs. In total, he has confessed to killing 49 women.
Following years of investigations by local law enforcement, he was convicted in 2007 on six counts of second-degree murder and presented with a life prison sentence with a maximum parole ineligibility period of 25 years - the harshest sentence that can be doled out in Canada.
Following initial reports of the attack, Quebec police spokesman Hugues Beaulieu said a 51-year-old inmate was in custody for the assault, which occurred on Sunday.
In the years-long investigation that ultimately led to Pickton's arrest and conviction, authorities discovered the remains or DNA of 33 women on the killer's Port Coquitlam pig farm.
Convicted serial killer Robert Pickton is in critical condition after being attacked in prison on Sunday. He is known for brutally killing potentially dozens of women in the Vancouver area over a span of two-decades and feeding his victims to his pigs
Prosecutors also argued that Pickton told an undercover officer in his jail cell that he had killed 49 women and was intending to make it an 'even 50.'
Most of the women were prostitutes or drug users, whom Pickton picked up on Vancouver's Downtown East - the police were criticized at the time for not taking the disappearance of dozens of women more seriously because of their marginal places in society.
Evidence presented in court indicated that Pickton fed his victims directly to his pigs, and likely ground up some human flesh to mix with the pork he sold to the public.
The Canadian Correctional Service announced Monday that an inmate had been sent to the hospital following a serious assault at the Port-Cartier Institution, a maximum security prison 300 miles outside of Quebec.
The correctional service added on Tuesday that none of the prison staff were involved in the attack, and confirmed the victim was Pickton.
Provincial police said the serial killer's injuries were considered life-threatening.
Six of Pickton's confirmed victims - there were allegedly dozens - are Sereena Abotsway, Mona Wilson, Andrea Joesbury, Brenda Ann Wolfe, Georgina Papin and Marnie Frey.
Now-convicted killer Robert Pickton is shown at his trial taking notes nearly two decades ago. He was eventually convicted in 2007 on six counts of second-degree murder
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigators move debris on a pig farm February 19, 2002 in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The farm is currently under investigation for fifty missing women from the downtown Vancouver area
Pickton and his brother operated a drinking club frequented by bikers and prostitutes near their pig farm outside Vancouver
Dozens of the women Pickton, now-74, is suspected of having murdered during his decades of homicidal violence
Forensic workers collect evidence in the early 2000s at Canada's largest crime scene, accused mass murderer Robert Pickton's pig farm
In April, a dozen mayors from Vancouver sent a letter to the federal justice minister asking that Pickton not be granted day parole, for which he is currently eligible. Come 2027, he will also be up for full parole.
No other updates about Pickton's current condition have been made public.