VANCOUVER — A family whose loved one's DNA was found on Robert Pickton's farm wants the remains re-examined and a new murder charge laid.
The family members say their relative's DNA was found on the convicted serial killer's farm in 2003 and partial skeletal remains were recently returned to them by the B.C. Coroners Service.
They allege an oversight was made in which the remains were placed in RCMP storage until 2010, when they were transferred to the coroner's storage.
The family says it was notified by the coroner in August 2014 and received details one month later.
A family member, who has not yet been identified, will hold a news conference in Vancouver today to ask the coroner to re-examine the remains and also for Pickton to be charged and tried for murder in the case.
Pickton was originally charged with killing 26 women, most of them from Vancouver's impoverished Downtown Eastside, but the remaining charges were stayed when he was convicted of killing six women.
