Lori Shenher Livres

The narrative delves into the harrowing experiences of ex-police detective Lori Shenher, now known as Lorimer, as he recounts his involvement in the Vancouver Missing Women Investigation. He candidly shares the toll this high-profile case took on his mental health, leading to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Highlighting critical police failures, the account emphasizes the neglect of vital information about serial killer Robert Pickton and a lack of understanding regarding the complexities of drug addiction and sex work, ultimately questioning systemic shortcomings in protecting vulnerable women.

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 failure--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.