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Robert Pickton seemed to murdered only the Eastside women which is the poorest neighborhood in BC (Newton, 2014). There was no pattern of Pickton choosing the victims, they seem to be missing randomly and suddenly. One of the victim name Stephanie Lane’s family shared there feeling towards Pickton’s murder case (CBC News, 2015). Stephanie’s DNA was founded on Pickton’s farm in 2003. However, Stephanie’s evidence could not proceed in the trial due to small amount of blood found. Stephanie’s mother was mad about the fact how Pickton got away easily and Stephanie’s case was not part of 26 murders that Pickton was charged with. 11 years later Stephanie’s body was found in Pickton’s farm (CBC News, 2015). Eventually, 33 of women’s DNA was found
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