Suspected Serial Killer’s Trial Set for January
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From Times Wire Reports
A judge set the trial of suspected serial killer Robert Pickton for Jan. 8. He is accused of killing 26 of nearly 70 Vancouver women who disappeared starting in the late 1980s and as recently as 2002, before his arrest.
Defense attorneys have said the trial could last up to two years. Pickton, 56, has pleaded not guilty.
Canadian police have said DNA from some victims was found at Pickton’s pig farm.
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