It is important to remember that, although Pickton has been charged with 27 counts of first-degree murder as of October 2005, under Canadian law he is innocent until proven guilty. Because of the massive amounts of evidence in the case, it has not yet come to trial.
Beyond these simple facts lie a host of questions. Lawsuits have been filed over the slow pace of police investigation of the missing women. There have been speculations that the disappearances of women at the fringe of society were not taken seriously by the police or media until forced by public pressure. There is also the balance between massive public interest in this sensational case, and the right of the accused to a fair and unbiased trial, and a fear that police may use an eventual conviction or confession as an excuse to close unrelated cases
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- Mayhem.net: Robert Pickton Includes partial timeline, commentary on the investigation, and discussion of the environment the women lived in.
- Missingpeople.Net Profiles and additional photographs of missing women in Vancouver, and press clippings from 1997-present.
- True Crimes and Justice: The Evidence Vancouver, BC Speculations that the same person responsible for unsolved murders in Seattle, Washington, US in 1982-1984 is connected with the missing women.
- Georgia Straight: Femke van Delft: Missing, and Johanna Mercer: The Diana Project Review of two art installations.
- City of Vancouver: Call for Missing Women Inquiry Council motion to request an inquiry, after the resolution of pending court cases, into the direction, management and conduct of the investigation of the women missing from Downtown Eastside Vancouver.
- goDutch.com: Death in Missing Women's Case Leaves Draayers' Mourning for Foster Daughter The foster parents who raised Sereena Abotsway and her siblings have now had their fears confirmed.
- Turtle Island Native Network: Aboriginal Missing Women Discussion of the case, with particular focus on the many Native women among the missing, and the responses among that community.