Serial Killer Robert Pickton Dies Following Prison Attack

Serial Killer Robert Pickton Dies Following Prison Attack
Robert William Pickton is shown in this undated image from a television screen. Getty Images/Staff
Chandra Philip
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Convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton has died from his injuries after being assaulted at a Quebec prison earlier this month.

The 74-year-old died in hospital May 31 after being injured in an assault involving another inmate at the Port-Cartier Institution on May 19, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) said in a press release.