Anonymous ID: 80caaa May 31, 2024, 4:58 p.m. No.20948153   🗄️.is 🔗kun

B.C. killer Robert Pickton is dead, just days after he was assaulted at a maximum security prison in Quebec, Correctional Service Canada confirmed Friday (May 31).

 

Pickton, 74, died in hospital May 31 after being injured in an assault by another inmate on May 19 at Port-Cartier Institution in Quebec. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

 

Correctional Service Canada says it is launching a Board of Investigation in the assault. The invesigation will look into the circumstances around the assault, and whether policies and protocols were followed.

 

Quebec provincial police spokesman Frédéric Deshaies said Friday afternoon that Pickton had died “in the last few hours.”

 

He said police were also continuing to investigate the assault and that they had a 51-year-old suspect.

 

https://www.theprogress.com/news/bc-killer-robert-pickton-dead-days-after-prison-attack-7368747