Gruesome Pickton details revealed

PORT HARDY - There are growing calls for a public inquiry into the Robert Pickton serial murders, as new details emerge.

Most of the publication bans have been lifted, and we are hearing now the evidence that the jury at his murder trial did not.

The release of these new and shocking details is prompting strong reactions from the families of the women Pickton murdered.

Yesterday charges against Pickton related to the murders 20 other women were stayed, and information about the crimes and the police investigation are coming to light.

The new details include the story of a bloody knife fight between Pickton and an alleged would-be victim on his farm.

The struggle sent both Pickton and a prostitute to the same hospital back in 1997.

Doctors removed the handcuff on her wrist, using a key found in Pickton's pocket.

At the time charges against Pickton were dropped.

Other gruesome details reveal DNA of the murdered women was found in processed meat on his farm.

Marnie Frey was murdered by Pickton.

In Port Hardy today, her parents and daughter say they're the public is finally hearing the details.

They're still calling for a public inquiry into how police who were aware of Pickton in the mid '90's -- but couldn't arrest him until 2002.

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