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That lonely section of hell, the botched investigation of a serial killer who almost got away, Lori Shenher

eng

autobiography

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non fiction

That lonely section of hell

Lori Shenher

the botched investigation of a serial killer who almost got away

From her first assignment in 1998 to explore an increase in the number of missing women to the harrowing 2002 interrogation of convicted serial killer Robert Pickton, Lori Shenher tells a story of massive police failureà failure of the police to use the information about Pickton available to them, failure to understand the dark world of drug addiction and sex work, and failure to save more women from their killer.Shenher explains how police unwillingness to believe the women were missing or murdered, jurisdictional squabbles, and a fear of tunnel vision conspired to leave women unprotected and vulnerable to a serial killer nearly three years after she first received a tip that Pickton could be responsible. She unflinchingly reveals her own pain and psychological distress as a result of these events, which left her unable to work with or trust the police and the criminal justice system. That Lonely Section of Hell reveals the deeper truths behind the causes of this tragedy and the myriad ways the system and society failed to protect vulnerable people

Part one -- 1.Becoming One of Them -- 2.Paid to Play in the Strike Force -- 3.How It All Began -- 4.The Initial Pickton Information -- A Letter to Anderson -- 5.Working with Bill Hiscox -- 6.Watching Our Investigation Stall -- 7.The Missing Women -- A Letter to Sarah de Vries -- 8.Looking for Links -- 9.Project Amelia (the Missing Persons Review Team) -- 10.Other Cases, Other Avenues -- A Letter to Janet Henry -- 11.The Families -- A Letter to Mamie Frey -- 12.The Second Pickton Tip -- 13.Another Opportunity with Lynn Ellingsen -- 14.Dead in the Water -- 15.Finding Four Women -- 16.Investigating Person of Interest (POI) 390 -- 17.Salvaging Project Amelia -- 18.The Creation of Project Evenhanded -- 19.Post-February 5, 2002 -- A Letter to Sereena Abotsway -- 20.Interrogating Robert Pickton -- PART TWO -- 21.Soldiering On -- 22.Salvaging a Career -- 23.The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry -- 24.Defending My Writing -- 25.Testifying for the Last Time -- 26.Losing My Grip, Again -- 27.Shaking Hands with My Own Devil -- 28.Doing the Hard Work