In all, the Crown testimony lasted eight months and covered a myriad of different facts. Some of those facts were more sinister than others, from a inhalers belonging to a victim found on the farm, a body hanging on a hook, guns with dilldos taped to them and various body parts in buckets.

We also heard about a woman named as Jane Doe, whose rib and heel bones were found at the 953 Dominion property, while her half of her skull was found in the Mission area 12 years ago. Her identity has never been ascertained; she remains a nameless victim. During opening arguments, even Crown prosecutor Derrill Prevett said, "There is no evidence anticipated to identify this person." Before September 11, 2007, Jane Doe was an interesting part of the Pickton trial.

In a fairly surprising ruling this late into the trial, Judge Williams has asked the jury to banish any thoughts of Jane Doe from their minds. We aren't allowed to give details of his ruling until after the trial, but he instructed the jury that they were to forget everything they had heard about Jane Doe and should not question why. He said anything pertaining to her has to be "simply ignored."

While Pickton was never actually charged with her death, she was a big part of the case. One estimate is that of the 98 witnesses, 20 spoke about her at some point in their testimony while there were also five witnesses who spoke specifically of her only. The jurors photo exhibit books will also have to be changed to edit her out.

We never really learned that much about her...no name, no family, no place of birth. We never knew what she looked like in life, only what her bones looked like and what they told us about her final hours.

Her death was even hard to pin point. The best estimate is that it likely occurred about a year before her skull was found in Mission in February, 1995. All that must be forgotten by the jury from this moment on, for she holds no relevance to this case any more.

I always looked at the jury with interest. How will they sift through the mountain of evidence before them in deliberations? I now look at them with even more curiosity, because now they have been instructed by the Judge to ignore their very human curiosity of "Why?" and try to not let this far reaching ruling affect their curiosity.

We have asked so very much from the jury since they sat in their red chairs for the first time on January 22, 2007. This is another one among the long list of rulings that they will have to use to come to their decision - a decision that is still quite a ways way.

While we are definitely on the home stretch of the trial, I think the few murmurs we have heard that we will have a verdict very soon are perhaps mistaken. While the defence said it would three weeks for its part of the case, we still have closing arguments to hear, and there will be a break before that starts.

Finally, Judge Williams will give instructions to the jury, and then they will be able to deliberate, which will take longer than a day. In my guess, folks: We'll be in fall clothes bordering on winter jackets before we get a verdict.