Gone But Not Forgotten

In all, the Crown testimony lasted eight months and covered a myriad of different facts. Some of those facts were more sinister than others, from a inhalers belonging to a victim found on the farm, a body hanging on a hook, guns with dilldos taped to them and various body parts in buckets.

We also heard about a woman named as Jane Doe, whose rib and heel bones were found at the 953 Dominion property, while her half of her skull was found in the Mission area 12 years ago. Her identity has never been ascertained; she remains a nameless victim. During opening arguments, even Crown prosecutor Derrill Prevett said, "There is no evidence anticipated to identify this person." Before September 11, 2007, Jane Doe was an interesting part of the Pickton trial.

In a fairly surprising ruling this late into the trial, Judge Williams has asked the jury to banish any thoughts of Jane Doe from their minds. We aren't allowed to give details of his ruling until after the trial, but he instructed the jury that they were to forget everything they had heard about Jane Doe and should not question why. He said anything pertaining to her has to be "simply ignored."

While Pickton was never actually charged with her death, she was a big part of the case. One estimate is that of the 98 witnesses, 20 spoke about her at some point in their testimony while there were also five witnesses who spoke specifically of her only. The jurors photo exhibit books will also have to be changed to edit her out.

We never really learned that much about her...no name, no family, no place of birth.