Police in Quebec say convicted B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton is in a medically induced coma and on life support, four days after he was attacked by another inmate in prison.CBC NewsRobert Pickton at his Port Coquitlam, B.C., home in an undated television image. The 74-year-old convicted killer is in a medically induced coma after an attack in a Quebec prison, according to provincial police. Police in Quebec say convicted B.C.
"Obviously, I'm not a doctor, but the information I have is that the individual was placed in an artificial coma," Beaulieu said, speaking in French, on Thursday morning.Robert Pickton's Quebec move likely for safety: ex-prison judge Pickton was charged with the murders of 26 women and in 2007 was convicted of the second-degree murder of six women who had disappeared from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Chief Marilyn Slett with the Heiltsuk Tribal Council in Bella Bella, B.C., said earlier this week that discussion about Pickton's assault has revived painful memories for the families of the victims and Indigenous people.