Robert Pickton's case is a long one, which may have started in 1978, when he was in his twenties. Her involvement in the missing women case was not noticed until after 1997, when medical examiner Kim Rossemo and the RCMP said there must be a serial killer in the Vancouver area. Pickton owned and lived on a hog farm in Vancouver, British Columbia with his brother David Pickton. They were known for their parties at Piggie Palace; which were big, dirty and full of prostitutes and drugs. R. Pickton was a regular in the inner city and was known as a “good date”; he supplied a lot of money and drugs to prostitutes. When police showed his photo to prostitutes in early 1999, they did not admit to knowing it for this reason. However, many prostitutes were afraid of him. A fellow “prostitute” and friend of Lynn Ellingsen of Pickton was known to help her lure prostitutes who did not trust her to the farm after the attack on Sandra Ringwald in 1997. Police received a tip in 1998 after more than 15 women went missing, but she ignored it. The VPD then created Project Amelia to help find missing women, but it was a joke. When he was in prison before the trials, Pickton confessed to killing 49 women to an undercover police officer and more than 26 women, plus DNA from different women, were found on what authorities had believed to be his farm. dead. To hide the bodies, Pickton used a grinder to destroy the bodies and fed the women to his pigs and guests. Due to systematic and fundamental police errors, Robert Pickton managed to murder more than 26 sex workers over seven years. The VPD was not sufficiently involved in the disappearances of women and in numerous errors that occurred within the investigation and the department ...... middle of paper ...... seizure and expertise. Each of these problems could have been easily resolved, but they were not. Not only was understaffing a problem, but the VPD's desire not to acknowledge the existence of a serial killer was a blatant mistake. The failure to arrest and charge Picton for Ringwald's attempted murder, as well as the failure to obtain a search warrant when important evidence was discovered, delayed the investigation and allowed more women to die. The lies and deception of the missing women's family and friends demonstrated the lack of respect for sex workers and the values ​​of the VPD. By firing Rossemo, they fired one of the few dedicated to finding the killer and cast a bad light on Vancouver's forces. Officer Wells taking charge brought an end to the case and allowed police to apprehend and prevent Pickton from killing again..