...a serial killer in Vancouver, BC who, by any stretch of the imagination, is horrifyingly disgusting in demeanor and deed.
Covering the case of one of North America’s most prolific serial killer gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police – and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton – such as from Pickton’s long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. You will now learn what was behind law enforcement’s refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work.
Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside. It was February 2002 before Robert William Pickton was arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime can be told.
Cameron has built her solid reputation on several blockbuster investigations. When On the Take came out in 1994, it made author Stevie Cameron a household name in Canada. Her book’s revelations about the rampant corruption and petty greed of Brian Mulroney’s decade in the prime minister’s office reverberated for many years in the Canadian political landscape and helped destroy his Progressive Conservative Party. (The party, one of Canada’s most venerable, never recovered from Mulroney’s stewardship and eventually merged with the Canadian Alliance Party.)
Cameron, one of the country’s leading investigative reporters, was one of the few reporters to consistently question and probe the corruption of the Mulroney years. She has a wonderful ear for storytelling, which helps make On the Take a page-turner.
It should be obvious why I love Ms. Cameron, and I'm sure her husband and kids don't mind my admiration. Stevie Cameron joins me Saturday for an hour on True Crime Uncensored. Listen!
I am intrigued by this book already. A story about drug-addicted sex trade workers is something that we don't usually read from other stories.
Posted by: Barbara | February 28, 2012 at 01:42 AM
My book BODY COUNT about the Spokane serial killer who mostly killed "crack whores" is coming out with a new cover and additional info in December 2012
Posted by: Burl Barer | February 29, 2012 at 08:44 PM