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This is part three of a four-part series, piece together

primarily from the public record, including court documents, newspaper archives, the final report

of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, and On the Farm by Stevie Cameron.

Where we left off, it was well into 1998, and there had been a noticeable recent spike and women vanishing from Vancouver's downtown east side.

Their loved ones were desperate and angry at the Vancouver Police Department for not taking the increase in disappearances seriously.

They started going to the media to force attention on the issue.

New articles sparked public discussion and new tips.

Wayne Lang was a friend of missing woman Sarah DeVries. After he was interviewed for one article,

he received a few anonymous phone messages from a man who claimed Sarah was dead and warned

that more women would be killed. It turned out that person was an employee of the demolition company owned by Robert

Pickton's younger brother David and had spent time on the pig farm.

That employee's name was Bill Hisccox. He'd been trying to be anonymous for safety, but it was

time to start speaking out. He told Wayne Lang that Robert Willie Picton was a strange man who was known to head to the

downtown Eastside Weekly to pick up women. He made chilling comments about disposing of bodies at the

farm, including in his meat grinder. Hiscox told Ling he actually called the Vancouver Police

Department tip line about that. Nothing was done. Hiscox told Ling he actually called the Vancouver Police Department tip line about that.

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