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Members of the jury were shown pictures of decompising heads, hands and other remains. A witness said that the skulls were cut from both front and behind and they had been forced apart when the cuts almost joined. There was also some gunshot wounds on some victems but they couldn't be linked to any of the guns found on the property. They found out that a 22-caliber revolver with a dildo attached over the barrel had got DNA on from a victem and possibly Pickton.

The Jury for the trial took nine days to decide the verdict: Guilty! He was guilty on six counts of second-degree murder. The jury looked at all the evidence which was: five of the sixty-one items found linked to a missing woman and possibly Pickton, an eyewitness account who saw him in a room with a saw and a woman's body hung.

He was sentanced to life in prison with a possible parole after 10 years.

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For my case study I have chosen Robert Pickton. He was a serial killer convicted of second degree murders of six women. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Forensics analysed a saw which allegdly was used to bisect three skulls and cut through human bones. One of the victem's jawbone, as well as several ribs, two heel bones and several vertebrae that had been collected had cut marks on it. Ten of the saw's 45 blades came into evidence, only because they could not be eliminated as the blades that had caused the cuts in the bones. The expert was certain a saw had produced them but could not definitely identify what kind.

A forensic entomologist, Dr. Gail Anderson, also testified that the remains of two more victems had been exposed to the elements for several weeks to several months before being stashed in the freezer where they were found. Insects apparently went into the buckets when the remains were picked up for storage, and their type and stage of development helped to scientifically establish a timeframe.

There will be more about robert pickton and how it was solved later on.