Lawyer for family members of Pickton’s victims wants copy of killer’s tell-all book

VANCOUVER – A Vancouver lawyer representing the families of serial killer Robert Pickton’s victims says he will ask for a copy of a tell-all volume seized from Pickton’s cell after he died following an attack in a Quebec prison earlier this year was.

Jason Gratl says he and his clients, who have cases pending in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against Pickton and his brother David, were “surprised” when an RCMP search warrant revealed the existence of a 200-page manuscript handwritten by Pickton .

Gratl says they were led to believe the investigation was over, but police say there was nothing new in the materials seized after Pickton’s death.

The search warrant filed this summer in New Westminster, B.C., said prison officials found “numerous writings and notes written by Pickton” after searching his belongings in search of a will following his death in May.

The “Information to be Obtained” document states that Quebec prison officials “cursorily read” Pickton’s manuscript entitled “Telling My Story.”

Gratl says he will request a copy of the manuscript because of its “potential relevance” to his clients’ civil lawsuits against the Pickton brothers, and he says they are now seeking to consolidate the cases and go to trial.

Sergeant. RCMP media relations officer Vanessa Munn says the seized writings were “thoroughly investigated” but did not relate to missing women or his crimes, and investigators “unfortunately” have no new information to share with victims’ families.

“We recognize that there are families who have questions about the disappearance of their loved ones, but the contents of the writings did not provide answers,” Munn said in a written statement.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 18, 2024.

Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press