Nobody really took it seriously except for Kim Rossmo, one of his superior officers and a constable who is regarded as a legend in the downtown east side. Kim Rossmo earned a doctorate while working as a constable (basic uniformed police) and jumped the rank all the way up to Detective-Inspector (somewhere around a sergeant) with his creation of a new profiling system called geographical profiling. His jump in rank and "crazy new theories" didn't make him a popular person among the VPD's brass known as "The Old Boy's Club" and thus his unit was never properly staffed or funded. It didn't help that the number of disappearances slowly started to decrease after '97, which made the idiot bosses think the worst was over.

But despite all that, there was a lot of animosity in the case because of who the victims were. Prostitutes (many of them Native) are an easy target and most of society doesn't care about them so nobody gets in an uproar about them being missing, well except for their family and friends. Even the mayor of Vancouver at the time, Philip Owen, thought that if everyone just ignored the evidence that a serial killer was in their midst, he would just go away.

It's pretty disgraceful.

I think I might look into reading this book as well.

I'd recommend it, if there's a Book Warehouse where you live they might have it, plus they usually do sales on Jan. 1. If you can't find it there, it's well worth the $22 I paid for it at Chapters.

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Really want to read this book, but apparently it's insulting to anyone who's a fan. The author apparently just compares her eating disorder to his drug addiction and tells you nothing you don't know. Pretty negative reviews across the board. I wish there was a good book about this man.

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I needed something light to read, Out was thoroughly depressing me what with it's talk of cutting up bodies, so I downloaded this. I'm really glad I did, I know nothing about Russell Brand except he was in some boring ass looking movies and that he's married to Katy Perry, but it's actually a really entertaining read, and he's very witty and funny. Best of all, he seems to know he's got some twattish characteristics and he seems well aware of it, and I like that about it.

Nuh-uh. I see somebody isn't keeping up on her celebrity gossip. :p:

Oh dang, you're right!

Could anyone recommend me some sci-where where politics plays a major part in the story? Thank you.

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obv

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This sort of does, but it's a really great read anyway, I was obsessed with this book when I read it, it is literally impossible (oh a pun) to put down

I'm reading the play Ubu Roi, I can totally see how Terry Gilliam pulled from it for his filmworks.