Monday, January 22, 2007 1:58 Eastern Time

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The Crown says it can prove that RobertPickton murdered six women, butchered their remains and disposed ofthem.

Crown lawyer Derrill Prevett told the jury in his openingstatement that Pickton had the expertise, equipment and the means todispose of the victims' remains. He told the jury the murders were the work of one man over thecourse of several years and that the women had been at his home, anisolated farm in Port Coquitlam, B.C.

Prevett said it's not in dispute the six women are dead and theirremains were found on the pig farm in Port Coquitlam. He said the police investigation began because the women suddenlystopped calling their family members and they stopped frequentingtheir neighbourhood on Vancouver Downtown Eastside.

Pickton is charged with killing 26 women, but the current casedeals with only six charges.