Serial killer’s ‘despicable’ book removed from Amazon amid outrage

A book reportedly written by a Canadian serial killer has been removed from Amazon’s website a day after being put on sale online following protests by British Columbia authorities. Outskirts Press, which published the book, issued a statement saying it had asked Amazon to remove the book from its website. “Outskirts Press apologises to the families of the victims for any additional heartache this may have caused,” the statement said. Pickton, now 66, was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of sex workers.

I am at a loss for words. To think about the pain that he’s prepared to willingly cause all of the families of those people who he murdered.

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark

Pickton slaughtered the women at his pig farm and fed some remains to his animals. By Monday afternoon, the 144-page memoir titled “Pickton: In His Own Words” was no longer available from the online retailer’s Canadian website. In the book, Pickton claimed he was innocent and was framed by the police for the killings, the Toronto Sun reported. More than 50,000 people signed a petition on the Change.org website urging Amazon to remove the book from its website. British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Morris had asked Amazon to stop carrying the book, saying he considers it “despicable” that someone could profit from their crimes.

Robert Pickton