Wicked Attraction (2008–…): Season 1, Episode 2 - Minivan Murders - full transcript

NO!

IN 1987, THE TORONTO
ONTARIO SUBURB OF SCARBOROUGH

IS UNDER ATTACK.

A SERIAL RAPIST

IS PREYING ON TEENAGE GIRLS.

WOMEN, WHEN THEY WERE
RIDING THE BUS HOME

LATE AT NIGHT,

AT THE TIME, THE BUS DRIVER
WOULD ONLY STOP AT THE BUS STOP.

IT WAS VERY EASY

TO SEE WHO WAS ON THE BUS,

WHETHER THEY'RE MALE OR FEMALE.



AND YOU COULD POSITION YOURSELF

THAT YOU COULD SEE
THAT THE BUS WAS SLOWING DOWN.

SO HE COULD JUST RUN
DOWN THE STREET,

HIDE BEHIND SOME HOUSES,
AND JUST FOLLOW HER.

AND YOU KNOW, IF SHE WENT
A LONG DISTANCE,

OR DOWN A DARK STREET,
HE ATTACKED HER.

IN JUST FOUR WEEKS,

TWO GIRLS ARE BRUTALLY RAPED
AND TORTURED.

IN ADDITION
TO THE SEXUAL ASSAULT ITSELF,

IT WAS A PHYSICAL TRAUMA

ASSOCIATED WITH
A SEXUAL ASSAULT.

HE WAS PROFANE
TOWARD THE VICTIMS.

HE USED DEGRADING
AND DEMEANING TERMS,

SUCH AS "BITCH," "WHORE,"
"SLUT,"



THAT TYPE OF THING.

IN SOME INSTANCES,
HE EVEN FORCED THE VICTIMS

TO DEGRADE THEMSELVES.

THE METROPOLITAN
TORONTO POLICE

HAVE LITTLE TO GO ON.

NONE OF THE VICTIMS HAVE SEEN
THEIR ATTACKER'S FACE.

HE TOLD ME THAT IF
I DIDN'T STOP SCREAMING...

TORONTO POLICE SET UP
SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA,

AND DOUBLE THEIR PATROLS.

WHEN DETAILS OF THE RAPES
ARE PUBLISHED,

THE TOWN IS GRIPPED WITH FEAR.

THEY WERE WARNING
THE PUBLIC ABOUT IT,

AND EVERYBODY'S QUITE AWARE
IN THE TORONTO AREA

ABOUT THIS SCARBOROUGH RAPIST

SO THAT THEY CAN PROTECT
THEMSELVES FROM IT.

POLICE SET UP
A HOTLINE...

GOOD MORNING, SCARBOROUGH
ASSAULT TASK FORCE?

AND HUNDRED OF TIPS POUR IN,

BUT THERE ARE NO SOLID LEADS.

SCARBOROUGH
IS KIND OF AN UPPER CLASS,

STABLE, UPPER CLASS
NEIGHBORHOOD.

NO ONE THOUGHT ANYONE THERE
WOULD BE CAPABLE

OF SUCH HORRIFIC CRIMES.

IT WAS A REAL CONCERN,

AND THERE WAS A HUGE TASK FORCE
ASSIGNED TO IT,

AND THE POLICE HELD, LIKE,
TOWN HALL MEETINGS.

AND THEY WERE WARNING WOMEN
ABOUT THAT

THERE SEEMED TO BE
A PREDATOR IN THE AREA.

23-YEAR-OLD
PAUL BERNARDO

IS A JUNIOR ACCOUNTANT
LIVING IN SCARBOROUGH.

HE HAD A LOT OF CHARM.

HE KNEW HOW TO SWEET-TALK
PEOPLE.

BUT PAUL
HAS A DARKER SIDE.

PAUL BERNARDO

IS A PSYCHOPATHIC, NARCISSISTIC,
SEXUAL SADIST.

IT IS NOT THE INFLICTION
OF PAIN

THAT'S AROUSING
TO THE SEXUAL SADIST.

IT'S THE SUFFERING
OF A VICTIM.

CAN BE EITHER
PSYCHOLOGICAL SUFFERING

OR PHYSICAL SUFFERING.

PSYCHOPATHIC, INDICATING
HE CAN CHANGE HIS PERSONALITY

TO ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
HE FINDS HIMSELF IN.

HE'S VERY MANIPULATIVE,

CHRONIC LIAR, NARCISSISTIC...

BY THAT, I MEAN,

HE IS VERY SELF-CENTERED.

CONSIDERS HIMSELF TO BE
THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE.

EVERYONE EXISTS
FOR HIS PLEASURE.

HE ELUDES POLICE
AS HE CONTINUES HIS ASSAULT

ON THE YOUNG GIRLS
OF SCARBOROUGH.

PAUL BERNARDO WAS FIXATED
ON VIRGIN GIRLS.

AND I THINK THE REASON
FOR THAT

IS REALLY VERY SIMPLE
TO EXPLAIN.

PAUL BERNARDO WAS VERY MUCH
INTO POWER.

HE ENJOYED POWER.

AND PART OF THE POWER
THAT I THINK HE ENJOYED

WAS HIS FANTASY
OF DEFLOWERING THEM...

TAKING AWAY SOMETHING
THAT THEY POSSESSED.

BUT HE IS
NOT ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL.

ON JULY 27, ONE GIRL
RESISTS HIS ATTACK.

BUT HE BRUTALLY BEATS HER BEFORE
HE RUNS OFF.

HE HAD NO GUILT,
NO REMORSE, AND NO EMPATHY.

YET, HE COULD BE VERY CHARMING,

AND A LIKEABLE GUY
TO BE AROUND, WHICH MASKED

ALL OF THESE
VERY DEADLY TENDENCIES

THAT WERE LURKING
BENEATH THE SURFACE.

BERNARDO IS A MASTER
AT HIDING HIS DARK SECRET.

TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD,
HE APPEARS TO BE

THE ALL-CANADIAN BOY.

ON OCTOBER 17, 1987,

PAUL BERNARDO MEETS
17-YEAR-OLD KARLA HOMOLKA.

SHE WAS COMING TO A CONVENTION

IN SCARBOROUGH,

ANIMAL CONVENTION.

SHE WORKED IN
A VETERINARIAN SHOP.

AND BERNARDO JUST HAPPENED
TO BE THERE WITH A FRIEND.

AND THE TWO OF THEM SAW KARLA,

AND HER FRIENDS THERE,

AND PAUL, BEING
THE ATTRACTIVE CHARMER,

JUST SORT OF MOVED RIGHT IN.

SHE IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE PERSON.
NICE FIGURE.

AND SHE WAS TOTALLY
ENTHRALLED WITH HIM

AND WOULD DO ANYTHING
HE WANTED.

WHEN A SEXUAL SADIST
WANTS TO DEVELOP

A PERSON WHO'S WILLING
TO PARTICIPATE

IN THE BEHAVIORS HE DESIRES,

HE GOES THROUGH
FIVE SPECIFIC STEPS.

STEP NUMBER ONE IS TO IDENTIFY
THE VULNERABLE PERSON.

HE SAW IN HER
SOMEBODY HE COULD CONTROL.

AND THEY EVENTUALLY ENDED UP
IN A HOTEL ROOM.

HAD SEX THAT NIGHT.

I THINK WHEN THIS ALL STARTED,

WHEN SHE STARTED HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH PAUL BERNARDO,

SHE WAS A SMALL-TOWN GIRL.

SHE WAS 17 OR 18,

BUT SHE WAS NO NAIF.

BUT SHE WAS NOT SAVVY
TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.

YOU KNOW, THE SEX CAME FIRST.

THEY WERE IN LUST,
NOT NECESSARILY IN LOVE.

IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET
A HANDLE ON HER.

I MEAN, ON ONE HAND, SHE WAS
A VERY STRONG WILLED PERSON.

AND IT WAS HARD TO UNDERSTAND

WHY A PERSON THAT
WAS STRONG WILLED...

AND VERY INTELLIGENT,
BY THE WAY, A VERY HIGH IQ...

WHY A PERSON LIKE THAT

WOULD NOT SEE THE DANGER.

KARLA HOMOLKA
LIVES WITH HER PARENTS,

90 SOUTHEAST OF TORONTO

IN THE SMALL TOWN
OF ST. CATHARINES

BY NIAGARA FALLS.

HE STARTED SEEING HER.

HE STARTED DRIVING OUT
TO ST. CATHARINES AFTER THAT

AND STAYING WITH HER,

AND WHILE HE WAS STILL
LIVING IN TORONTO.

TO KARLA,
PAUL IS THE PERFECT MAN.

SHE WAS A SMALL-TOWN GIRL

WHO WANTED TO GET THE HECK
OUT OF ST. CATHARINES.

AND PAUL BERNARDO

WAS THE BIG TIME, BIG TOWN,
BIG TORONTO BOY.

AND HE WAS ALMOST, YOU KNOW,
HE CAME INTO HER LIFE,

AND KIND OF SWOOPED HER AWAY,

AND SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
AT THE TIME.

AND HE DROVE UP
IN HIS BIG, FANCY CAR,

AND IMPRESSED THE HELL
OUT OF EVERYBODY...

WELL, THEY WERE
HIGH SCHOOL KIDS...

AND SO SHE FELL IN FOR THAT.

IT'S NOT LONG BEFORE
SHE FALLS UNDER HIS SPELL.

STEP NUMBER TWO IS SEDUCTION.

HE USES THE SAME TECHNIQUES
THAT YOU OR I WOULD USE

WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX
TO SEDUCE THEM

INTO A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP.

HE'S ATTENTIVE, HE GIVES GIFTS,
HE'S SPONTANEOUS.

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THE
VICTIM FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIM.

STEP NUMBER THREE IS TO RESHAPE
HER SEXUAL NORMS.

HE BEGINS INTRODUCING

SEXUAL ACTIVITIES
INTO THEIR SEXUAL PLAY

THAT SHE'S NEVER
PARTICIPATED IN BEFORE.

WHILE PAUL AND KARLA
CONTINUE THEIR RELATIONSHIP,

THE BRUTAL ATTACKS IN
SCARBOROUGH INCREASE.

BY NOVEMBER OF 1988,

THE RAPE COUNT REACHES SEVEN.

HE SAID IT WASN'T THE SAME.

CONSENSUAL SEX
JUST WASN'T THE SAME.

IT WASN'T EXCITING,

AND IT WASN'T AS SATISFYING

AS A RAPE WAS.

IN THE TORONTO SUBURB
OF SCARBOROUGH,

POLICE TRACK A SERIAL RAPIST.

THE MAN THEY SEEK,
PAUL BERNARDO,

HAS ELUDED POLICE
FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

HE HAS A TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF ANGER TOWARD WOMEN.

WHERE DID THAT ANGER
EMANATE FROM?

WAS IT HIS MOTHER,
WAS IT A BABYSITTER?

WAS IT A GIRLFRIEND?
WHAT?

WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
TO THAT.

HE FOUND OUT,
ABOUT AGE 15 OR 16,

THAT WHO HE THOUGHT WAS
HIS FATHER WASN'T HIS FATHER.

AND SOMEBODY ELSE
WAS HIS FATHER.

SO, THIS WAS A VERY VOLATILE,
TUMULTUOUS

KIND OF ENVIRONMENT
THAT HE WAS RAISED IN.

A FEW MONTHS LATER
IN SCARBOROUGH,

PAUL TAKES HIS 11th RAPE VICTIM.

FINALLY, INVESTIGATORS
GET A CRUCIAL LEAD.

ONE OF THE WOMEN WAS ABLE
TO IDENTIFY HIM.

A COMPOSITE SKETCH WAS DONE.

AND THE LIKENESS TO BERNARDO
WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

THE SKETCH
IS RELEASED TWO DAYS LATER.

POLICE
DID A HUGE MEDIA BLITZ.

IT WAS IN ALL THE PAPERS.
IT WAS ON BILLBOARDS EVERYWHERE.

INVESTIGATORS
FIELD THOUSANDS OF TIPS.

OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS,

THEY QUESTION 300 MEN,
INCLUDING PAUL BERNARDO.

BANK TELLER WAS SUSPICIOUS

WHEN SHE SAW HIM
COME TO THE BANK,

AND SHE LOOKED AT THE SKETCH.

AND ALL HIS FRIENDS
FELT THE SAME WAY,

AND THEY ALL TEASED HIM
ABOUT IT.

AND HE JUST
KIND OF LAUGHED IT OFF.

SCARBOROUGH POLICE
QUESTIONED BERNARDO

ON NOVEMBER 20.

EVEN THOUGH
HE LOOKED BANG ON,

HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE
YOUR CENTRAL CASTING VILLAIN.

AND THE POLICE INTERVIEWED HIM,
THEY TOOK A DNA SAMPLE.

THEY WERE VERY SUSPICIOUS,

BUT THEY HAD OTHER SUSPECTS.

HE GAVE VOLUNTARILY
UP HIS SAMPLE FOR DNA.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT ANYBODY
THAT WOULD REFUSE THE DNA,

THEN YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE
SUSPECT OF THAT MAN,

WHETHER HE HAS REASONS TO
OR NOT.

IN THIS CASE, HE VOLUNTEERED IT,

AND HE GAVE IT UP WITHOUT
ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS,

SO I THINK IT CAUSED THEM MAYBE
A LITTLE LESS ALARM TOWARDS HIM.

POLICE RELEASE HIM
AND ADD BERNARDO'S SAMPLE

TO THE 300 OTHERS AND BEGIN
THE SLOW TESTING PROCESS.

DNA TESTING AT THE TIME

WAS NOT AS SOPHISTICATED AS IT
IS TODAY, NOT AS QUICK.

ALTHOUGH THE POLICE
NOW HAVE HUNDREDS OF SUSPECTS,

THE INVESTIGATION
SLOWS TO A CRAWL.

IT WAS A REAL CONCERN.

THEN THE ATTACKS JUST
MYSTERIOUSLY STOPPED.

THE TASK FORCE DISSOLVED,

AND PAUL BERNARDO JUST

WALKED AWAY.

THAT FALL, PAUL MOVES
IN WITH KARLA AND HER FAMILY

IN ST. CATHARINES.

HE ADMITS TO KARLA

THAT HE WAS QUESTIONED
BY THE POLICE.

HE COULD HINT AT IT

AND SEE WHAT HER REACTION
WOULD BE.

HE COULD TELL HER

THAT HE IS A RAPIST TO SEE
WHAT HER REACTION WOULD BE.

SO HE'S HOLDING THAT IN RESERVE

TO BE USED AT A LATER DATE.

A FEW MONTHS LATER,
POLICE IN ST. CATHARINES

ARE CALLED
TO INVESTIGATE A RAPE.

PAUL'S NEXT VICTIM

IS A 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL,
GRABBED OFF THE STREET

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

HE TOOK GREATER RISKS

NOT BECAUSE HE WAS
NOT PAYING ATTENTION

BUT BECAUSE HE CONSIDERED
HIMSELF TO BE ALL-POWERFUL.

AND THE LONGER HE WAS ABLE
TO GET AWAY

WITH THESE CRIMES,
THE MORE CONVINCED HE BECAME

THAT HE WAS OMNIPOTENT.

AFTER LIVING WITH
THE HOMOLKAS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS,

PAUL SETS HIS SIGHTS ON KARLA'S
15-YEAR-OLD SISTER,

TAMMY.

TAMMY LYN,
KARLA'S YOUNGER SISTER

WAS VERY, YOU KNOW,
SHE WAS... HE WAS...

THIS WAS THE BIG-CITY BOY
FROM TORONTO,

AND PAUL WAS VERY CHARMING
WITH HER,

AND PAUL, EVENTUALLY, BECAUSE HE
LIKED SEX WITH YOUNGER GIRLS...

LIKED TO ASSAULT YOUNGER GIRLS,

TOLD KARLA THAT HE WANTED TO
HAVE SEX WITH HER SISTER.

AS TO WHY
PAUL BERNARDO WOULD WANT TAMMY,

THE YOUNGER SISTER OF KARLA,
SHE REPRESENTS VIRGIN,

SHE REPRESENTS UNSPOILED YOUTH.

SHE'S ALSO A FURTHER TEST

OF HOW FAR IS KARLA
WILLING TO GO

TO APPEASE HIM,
TO PLEASE HIM.

HE INSISTS
SHE HELP HIM RAPE TAMMY.

KARLA WORKED IN
AN ANIMAL CLINIC,

AND SHE HAD ACCESS TO DRUGS.

SHE WAS THE ONE WHO
BROUGHT THE DRUG HOME.

KARLA CHOOSES
A COMBINATION OF SEDATIVES.

THE PLAN WAS TO SPIKE HER DRINK,
AND SHE WOULD PASS OUT,

AND PAUL WOULD HAVE
HIS WAY WITH HER,

AND HE WOULD VIDEOTAPE
THE WHOLE THING,

AND THEN THEY'D PUT HER
BACK IN BED.

THAT'S WHEN SHE SHOULD HAVE
DUMPED HIM.

SHE COULD HAVE SAID TO HIM,
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU WANT TO RAPE MY SISTER?
ARE YOU NUTS?"

LIKE, "WHAT ARE YOU?
A MANIAC?"

ON DECEMBER 23, 1990,

PAUL AND KARLA PUT
THEIR PLAN IN MOTION.

THEY WERE ALL
DRINKING THAT NIGHT.

AND THE PARENTS WENT TO BED,

AND NOBODY HAD ANY REASON
TO BE SUSPICIOUS.

KARLA SERVES TAMMY
SEVERAL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

LACED WITH SLEEPING PILLS.

SHE SOAKS A CLOTH
WITH THE ANESTHETIC

TO BE SURE TAMMY
DOESN'T WAKE UP.

ARE WE FILMING?

YEAH, OKAY.

AW, TWO LOVELY SISTERS.

IN THE NIAGARA FALLS
SUBURB OF ST. CATHARINES,

SERIAL RAPIST PAUL BERNARDO

CONVINCES HIS GIRLFRIEND,
KARLA HOMOLKA,

TO DRUG HER SISTER, TAMMY,
SO HE CAN RAPE HER.

THE PLAN IS CARRIED OUT
ON DECEMBER 23, 1990.

SHE HAD THE CHANCE
TO STOP THIS WHOLE THING.

YOU KNOW, AND SHE
SHOULD HAVE JUST...

AND SHE DIDN'T.

SHE SAID, "OKAY, LET'S
GO ALONG WITH THIS PLAN."

THEY TAKE TURNS
RAPING TAMMY.

THEN, SUDDENLY,
SHE STARTS TO CHOKE.

AND THEN THE POOR GIRL,

WHEN SHE STARTED TO COME OUT
OF THIS, BECAUSE SHE HAD DRUNK

ALL THIS BOOZE AND MIXED DRINKS
AND SO FORTH,

VOMITED AND ASPIRATED HER
STOMACH CONTENTS INTO HER LUNGS.

KARLA AND PAUL CALL 9-1-1.

RESCUE'S EN ROUTE
AT THIS TIME, 9:41.

THE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS

WHO ATTENDED THE 9-1-1 TREATED
IT AS JUST ANOTHER TEENAGER

WHO HAD HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK
AND HAD VOMITED AND ASPIRATED,

AND THEY DIDN'T THINK
MUCH MORE ABOUT IT.

TAMMY DIES AT
THE HOSPITAL THREE HOURS LATER.

PAUL KIND OF FREAKED OUT.

HE WAS CRYING WHEN
THE POLICE CAME.

HE WAS EMOTIONALLY UPSET,
HE WAS VERY DISTURBED.

I DON'T THINK HE WANTED
TO SEE HER DIE,

BUT HE PUT ON A GOOD SHOW,

AND, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T
SEEM LIKE A SUSPECT.

UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,

THERE IS NO REASON
TO SUSPECT FOUL PLAY.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
DETERMINES THAT TAMMY

CHOKED ON HER OWN VOMIT AFTER
DRINKING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL.

ON DECEMBER 27, 1990,
TAMMY LYN HOMOLKA

IS LAID TO REST.

PAUL BLAMES KARLA FOR HER DEATH.

PAUL FELT THAT
BECAUSE SHE WORKED

IN THE ANIMAL CLINIC THAT SHE
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER,

SHE SHOULD HAVE SOMEHOW
CONTROLLED THE QUANTITY OF DRUGS

THAT THEY GAVE TAMMY LYN.

EAGER TO WIN BACK
PAUL'S AFFECTIONS,

KARLA DOES WHATEVER HE ASKS TO
MAKE UP FOR HER FATAL MISTAKE.

SHE WATCHES THE VIDEO
OF TAMMY'S RAPE

AND DRESSES UP
IN TAMMY'S CLOTHING.

THEY HAD THIS AWFUL
SECRET THAT ONLY THEY KNEW.

THEY KNEW THE TRUTH TO THIS,

AND THAT WAS A BOND
THAT KEPT THEM TOGETHER.

DISTRAUGHT OVER THE DEATH

OF THEIR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER,

THE HOMOLKAS ASK PAUL
TO MOVE OUT

SO THEY CAN GRIEVE IN PRIVATE.

PAUL CONTINUES WITH
THE NEXT STEP OF HIS PLAN.

HE TAKES KARLA, AND THEY MOVE
TO PORT DALHOUSIE,

4.5 MILES FROM ST. CATHARINES.

STEP NUMBER FOUR
IS TO SOCIALLY ISOLATE HER.

HE DOESN'T WANT HER

TALKING TO HER FRIENDS
AND FAMILY MEMBERS

ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

IN THE WINTER OF 1991,
PAUL AND KARLA START PLANNING

A LARGE SUMMER WEDDING.

SHE WANTED

HER BIG WEDDING, EVEN THOUGH HER
PARENTS WERE STILL GRIEVING

THE LOSS OF HER SISTER.

BUT THEIR UPCOMING
NUPTIALS DON'T CURB

PAUL'S INCREASING
SEXUAL APPETITE.

HE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT
WANTING TO BRING SOMEBODY HOME

SO THAT WHEN HE HAD SEX
WITH THEM...

I SHOULD PROBABLY MORE
ACCURATELY SAY

THAT WHEN HE RAPED
THEM OVER AND OVER,

HE COULD DO IT AT HIS LEISURE.

AND HE TOLD HER THAT,

AND SHE SAID...
YOU KNOW, SHE DIDN'T OBJECT.

MOTIVATION IS
AFFECTION AND ATTENTION.

SHE KNOWS THAT AS LONG
AS SHE IS COMPLIANT,

SHE'S GOING TO RECEIVE
THAT ATTENTION AND AFFECTION

THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HER.

PAUL WAS IN BURLINGTON,
AND HE WAS JUST SCOUTING OUT,

PERHAPS LOOKING
FOR ANOTHER VICTIM,

DOING A LITTLE PEEPING TOMMERY.

LESLIE CAME HOME

FROM A FRIEND'S FUNERAL.

SHE CAME HOME A LITTLE LATE.

SHE KNEW HER MOTHER WAS
GOING TO BE MAD AT HER,

SO SHE SORT OF WENT INTO THE
BACKYARD TO GET HER COURAGE UP,

I GUESS,
BEFORE GOING IN THE HOUSE,

AND BY COMPLETE FLUKE,
THERE WAS BERNARDO.

HELLO?

HOW'S IT GOING?

YOU GOT A CIGARETTE?

I DO, BUT IT'S IN MY CAR.

WELL, CAN WE GO GET IT?

YEAH, LET'S GO.

AT 2:00 A.M.
ON JUNE 15, 1991,

15-YEAR-OLD LESLIE MAHAFFY
VANISHES FROM HER OWN BACKYARD.

FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS,
LESLIE IS BRUTALLY RAPED

AND TERRORIZED.

ON JUNE 29, 1991,

TWO WEEKS AFTER
LESLIE MAHAFFY'S ABDUCTION,

THE WATERLINE AT NEARBY
LAKE GIBSON RECEDES.

WHAT HAPPENED

WAS A FISHERMAN HAD COME OUT
HERE TO GO FISHING,

AND HE TRIED TO GET

FURTHER OUT INTO THE WATER,

AND WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT,
HE NOTICED SOME CEMENT BLOCKS,

AND HE STEPPED ON
ONE OF THE BLOCKS

TRYING TO GET FURTHER OUT.

AND WHEN HE DID, THE TOP CAME
OFF AND EXPOSED A BODY PART.

WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE, WE NOTICED
THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL

SIMILAR-LOOKING CEMENT BLOCKS
THERE,

AND INVESTIGATION
OBVIOUSLY REVEALED

THAT THE REST OF THE BODY PARTS,

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TORSO,

WERE IN THE OTHER CEMENT BLOCKS.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS
THAT WE RECEIVED A CALL,

AGAIN, FISHERMAN AT A BRIDGE,

NOT TOO FAR AWAY
FROM THIS LOCATION,

HAD DISCOVERED A TORSO FLOATING
UNDER THE BRIDGE,

AND THAT APPEARED
TO BE THE TORSO

BELONGING TO THE LIMBS

THAT WERE IN LAKE GIBSON.

RIGHT THERE.

SOMEBODY WENT
TO GREAT LENGTHS

FOR THIS BODY
NOT TO BE RECOVERED,

AND JUST, I GUESS, FORTUNATELY,

THEY DIDN'T DO
A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT.

NIAGARA POLICE
DO AN INTENSIVE SEARCH

OF THE CRIME SCENE

BUT FIND FEW CLUES.

THE REMAINS ARE TRANSPORTED
TO THE CORONER'S OFFICE

FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

THAT SAME AFTERNOON,
PAUL AND KARLA MARRY

IN A LAVISH CEREMONY
NEAR NIAGARA FALLS.

AFTER THE RECEPTION,

THEY WHISK OFF TO HAWAII
FOR A TWO-WEEK HONEYMOON.

IN NIAGARA,

POLICE WORK ON
IDENTIFYING THEIR VICTIM.

THEY NOTIFY SURROUNDING
JURISDICTIONS

ABOUT THE BODY PARTS
FOUND IN LAKE GIBSON.

HALTON REGIONAL POLICE

WERE WORKING
A MISSING PERSONS CASE.

INITIALLY, WE HAD
WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED

A STANDARD MISSING PERSON REPORT
FOR LESLIE MAHAFFY,

WHO HAD GONE MISSING FROM HOME.

WE HAD HEARD FROM NIAGARA
REGIONAL POLICE,

WHO WE WORK WITH ON
AN ONGOING BASIS,

THAT THEY HAD FOUND THE BODY
PARTS IN GIBSON LAKE.

THAT'S WHEN WE WERE FOR SURE.

THE MEDICAL EXAMINER DETERMINES

THAT LESLIE MAHAFFY
WAS STRANGLED

BEFORE BEING CHOPPED UP.

LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACROSS THE REGION

UNITE TO FIND LESLIE'S KILLER.

WHEN THE INVESTIGATION CHANGES
FROM A MISSING PERSON

TO A HOMICIDE, I MEAN, IT KICKS
UP THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT,

THE RESOURCES,

THE INTENSITY, FRANKLY.

IT CHANGES DRAMATICALLY.

IT CHANGED IT DRAMATICALLY
IN BURLINGTON

SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAD
SO FEW HOMICIDES.

THEY TURN
TO THEIR ONLY CLUE...

THE READY-MIX BRAND OF CEMENT

USED TO ENCASE LESLIE'S REMAINS.

AFTER CHECKING NUMEROUS STORES,
POLICE COME UP EMPTY.

A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE NEWLYWEDS
RETURN FROM HAWAII.

THEY'RE GETTING A RIDE
BACK FROM THE AIRPORT.

KARLA'S PARENTS TOLD HER
THAT THEY FOUND A BODY

IN LAKE GIBSON.

PAUL WAS FREAKING, OF COURSE,

BUT HE PRESENTED
AN OUTWARD CALM DEMEANOR

THAT HER BODY HAD BEEN FOUND,
BUT HE WAS FURIOUS WITH KARLA.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S
WHEN THE BEATINGS STARTED

OR THE HITTINGS
STARTED WITH HER.

HE BLAMES KARLA

FOR NOT KNOWING ABOUT
THE RECEDING WATER TABLES

AT LAKE GIBSON.

PAUL AND KARLA LAY LOW
FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS,

WAITING TO HEAR IF THEY ARE
SUSPECTS IN LESLIE'S MURDER.

WHEN HE REALIZED THAT

THE INVESTIGATION
WASN'T GOING ANYWHERE,

HE WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN.

THIS TIME, HE WANTED TO TAKE
KARLA OUT WITH HIM,

AND HE WANTED TO...
THERE WAS A NEARBY SCHOOL,

THERE WAS A LOT OF STUDENTS,
AND HE HE WOULD DRIVE BY,

AND HE WOULD SEE THE STUDENTS

AND A LOT OF ATTRACTIVE
YOUNG GIRLS.

HE NEEDED HER TO HELP HIM LURE
ONE OF THEM INTO HIS CAR.

PAUL KNOWS YOUNGER
VICTIMS ARE LESS LIKELY

TO APPROACH A MALE STRANGER.

BUT THEY'LL APPROACH KARLA.

ON APRIL 16, 1992,

NEWLYWEDS PAUL AND KARLA
BERNARDO STALK THEIR NEXT VICTIM

AFTER KIDNAPPING, RAPING,

AND KILLING A TEENAGE GIRL
IN CANADA.

THEY HAPPEN UPON 15-YEAR-OLD
KRISTEN FRENCH.

THEY PARKED IN A CHURCH PARKING
LOT NEAR THE SCHOOL

WHERE KRISTEN
WALKED BY EVERY DAY,

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS, LIKE,
4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND THEY PARKED THE CAR
IN THERE, AND THEN THE PLAN

WAS THAT KARLA
WOULD PUT A MAP OUT

AND ASK FOR DIRECTIONS AND ACT
LIKE THE KLUTZY, DUMB BLONDE.

AND SHE DID THAT,

AND KRISTEN, WHO WAS
A VERY CAUTIOUS YOUNG GIRL,

WAS TOTALLY DUPED
BY ANOTHER WOMAN,

NOT BELIEVING ANOTHER WOMAN
COULD BE INVOLVED

IN ANY KIND OF A MURDER SCHEME.

WHEN KRISTEN FRENCH
DOESN'T RETURN HOME FROM SCHOOL,

HER PARENTS IMMEDIATELY FILE
A MISSING PERSONS REPORT.

KRISTEN WAS
A VERY RELIABLE PERSON.

SHE WAS NEVER KNOWN
TO NOT COME HOME

OR BE A RUNOFF OR A RUNAWAY.

SO AS SOON AS SHE NEVER CAME
HOME AND WAS LATE THAT NIGHT,

THEY KNEW THERE
WAS SOMETHING WRONG.

OUR ATTENTION WAS BROUGHT

TO THE PARKING LOT
OF THAT CHURCH VERY QUICKLY,

AND THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE LEFT
AT THE PARKING LOT

THAT LED US TO BELIEVE PRETTY
QUICKLY IN THE INVESTIGATION

THAT THIS WAS MORE
THAN A MISSING GIRL,

THAT SHE WAS ABDUCTED.

THE EVIDENCE
IS SENT TO THE CRIME LAB

FOR ANALYSIS.

POLICE CANVASS THE AREA

LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO MAY
HAVE SEEN THE ABDUCTION.

WE STARTED THE HOTLINE

RIGHT AWAY FOR ANYBODY
WITH ANY KIND OF TIPS.

IF ANYBODY'S SEEN MY DAUGHTER,
KRISTEN FRENCH...

I'D LIKE THEM
TO PHONE THE NIAGARA POLICE

AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

WE STARTED LOOKING AT ANYBODY

WITH PREVIOUS SEXUAL VIOLENCE
IN THE BACKGROUND

THAT WE KNEW THAT WERE LIVING IN
OUR AREA AND INVESTIGATING THEM.

POLICE EFFORTS PAY OFF

WHEN THEY LEARN THAT SEVERAL
PEOPLE SAW THE KIDNAPPING.

WITNESSES HAD SEEN

HER PULLED INTO A CAR.

THE WITNESSES COULD ONLY
DESCRIBE THEM

BEING AS TWO PEOPLE.

THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO IDENTIFY
THEIR GENDER, SO WE ASSUMED

THAT THEY WERE PROBABLY TWO MEN.

AND THEN WE HAD
A LEAD ON A POSSIBLE CAR

SEEN LEAVING THE CHURCH PARKING
LOT BY SOME OF THE WITNESSES.

SO NOW WE HAD A CAR,

AND IT JUST ESCALATED
FROM THERE.

PAUL AND KARLA HOLD
KRISTEN CAPTIVE IN THEIR HOME.

THEY FORCED HER TO DO
ALL KINDS OF DEGRADING THINGS.

THEY TIED HER UP IN
A CLOSET AT NIGHT, UM...

OVER A COUPLE...
DAY AND A HALF OR SO.

SEVERAL TIMES,
PAUL WENT OUT FOR FOOD,

LEFT KARLA ALONE WITH KRISTEN.

KARLA HAD MORE THAN
ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY...

I BELIEVE IT WAS TWICE...
TO LET HER GO.

SHE COULD HAVE JUST PICKED UP
THE PHONE, DIALED 9-1-1.

THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A DOZEN CRUISERS THERE

WITHIN 30 SECONDS,
BUT KARLA DID NOT DO IT.

ON APRIL 30, 10 DAYS
AFTER KRISTEN FRENCH DISAPPEARS,

A MAN STUMBLES UPON HER LIFELESS
BODY IN NEARBY BURLINGTON.

AN AUTOPSY REVEALS THAT,
LIKE LESLIE MAHAFFY,

KRISTEN FRENCH
WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH.

KARLA STILL HAD THE CHANCE

TO EXONERATE HERSELF
ALMOST TO A DEGREE

BY SAVING THE LIFE
OF THIS YOUNG GIRL,

AND SHE DIDN'T DO IT.

ON MAY 15, 1992,

POLICE ACROSS
SOUTHERN ONTARIO MOBILIZE

TO FORM THE GREEN RIBBON TASK
FORCE TO SOLVE BOTH MURDERS.

PEOPLE OF ST. CATHARINES
WANTED THIS KILLER CAUGHT.

AND THE POLICE WERE
WORKING ON IT FULL-TIME,

AND THEY WERE SPENDING
A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON IT.

THEY JUST WEREN'T
COMING UP WITH ANYTHING.

PAUL WAS CAREFUL.
HE WAS BEING CAREFUL.

THE TASK FORCE FIELDS

AN INFLUX OF INFORMATION
CONCERNING THE HOMICIDES.

ONE MAN COMES FORWARD,

SUGGESTING HIS FRIEND,
PAUL BERNARDO, MAY BE INVOLVED.

THAT FRIEND JUST BELIEVED
THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE,

THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
THE SCARBOROUGH RAPIST,

AND THAT HE WAS VIOLENT
TOWARDS WOMEN.

INVESTIGATORS PAY
A VISIT TO PAUL BERNARDO.

HE'S CALM, COOL, AND EVEN
ADMITS TO BEING QUESTIONED

IN THE SCARBOROUGH RAPE CASE.

INVESTIGATORS CONFIRM THAT HE
WAS ONE OF HUNDREDS INTERVIEWED,

AND THE DNA IS STILL
BEING PROCESSED.

AND HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T FIT
THE STEREOTYPE

THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE...
A VERY GOOD-LOOKING YOUNG MAN

SITTING THERE WITH A NICE HOME
HERE IN ST. CATHARINES

WITH A WIFE THAT WAS AT WORK.

THERE WAS NOTHING
THERE TO LEAD US,

AND CERTAINLY NOTHING
IN HIS PAST...

NO CRIMINAL RECORD OR ANYTHING
THAT WOULD LEAD US TO

LOOK AT HIM ANY STRONGER
THAN WE'D LOOKED AT ANY

OF OUR OTHER SUSPECTS OR PEOPLE
OF INTEREST AT THE TIME.

ONE MORE PIECE OF
INFORMATION IN PAUL'S FAVOR

IS THAT HE DOESN'T DRIVE
THE TYPE OF CAR

WITNESSES SAW LEAVING THE SCENE
OF KRISTEN'S ABDUCTION.

PAUL WAS BESIDE HIMSELF
WITH AMUSEMENT.

YOU KNOW, HE WAS MAKING COMMENTS
ABOUT THE INCOMPETENT COPS.

THEY CAN'T EVEN... THEY DON'T
EVEN HAVE THE RIGHT CAR.

PAUL FEELS INVINCIBLE
AND TURNS ON KARLA,

COMPLETING THE FIVE STEPS.

GET IN HERE, STAY DOWN,
AND SHUT UP!

SHE'S DOING
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING

THAT HE'S ASKED HER TO DO.

HE SAYS TO HIMSELF,
"NO DECENT WOMAN

"WOULD ENGAGE IN THOSE TYPE OF
BEHAVIORS, SO I WAS RIGHT...

ALL WOMEN ARE BITCHES,
WHORES, AND SLUTS."

AND SO STEP NUMBER FIVE
IS PUNISHMENT.

A YEAR AND A HALF

AFTER THEIR
NIAGARA FALLS WEDDING,

THE MARRIAGE OF PAUL
AND KARLA BERNARDO IMPLODES.

HE BEAT KARLA SO BAD THAT

SHE HAD TWO, LIKE, RACCOON EYES

FROM BATTERING WITH A FLASHLIGHT

THAT SHE LEFT HIM,
AND THAT'S WHEN...

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE END.

ON JANUARY 4, 1993,

KARLA'S MOTHER CONVINCES HER
TO LEAVE PAUL

AND PRESS CHARGES
AGAINST HIM FOR ASSAULT.

AS SHE PACKS,
KARLA SEARCHES FRANTICALLY

FOR THE INCRIMINATING VIDEOTAPES
OF THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS

OF TAMMY HOMOLKA,
LESLIE MAHAFFY,

AND KRISTEN FRENCH.

BUT SHE DOESN'T FIND THEM.

WHILE KARLA HIDES FROM PAUL AT
A RELATIVE'S HOUSE IN BRAMPTON,

AN HOUR NORTH,

NIAGARA POLICE ARREST PAUL
ON JANUARY 6, 1993,

FOR ASSAULTING KARLA
WITH A DEADLY WEAPON,

BUT RELEASE HIM
THE FOLLOWING DAY

ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE.

THREE WEEKS LATER,

THE GREEN RIBBON TASK FORCE
GETS A BREAK IN THE CASE.

WE HAD SPOKEN TO TORONTO

ABOUT PAUL BERNARDO
SEVERAL TIMES,

AND THERE WAS NOTHING
THAT CONNECTED

HIM TO THE SCARBOROUGH RAPES
OR HIM TO OUR MURDERS.

THEN TORONTO DID
A DNA CHECK ON PAUL,

AND IT DID IDENTIFY PAUL
AS THE SCARBOROUGH RAPIST.

THE TASK FORCE
SETS UP SURVEILLANCE OF PAUL

WHILE THE SCARBOROUGH
RAPE INVESTIGATORS

OBTAIN NECESSARY WARRANTS
AND SOLIDIFY THEIR CASE.

WE HAD NO EVIDENCE
AT THAT TIME,

BUT THE CONNECTION WAS THERE,
IT WAS STRONG.

THEY'RE HAVING THEIR RAPES
IN THE TORONTO AREA.

THEN HE MOVED DOWN TO OUR AREA,
AND NOW WE HAVE HOMICIDES.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF GETTING
THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.

POLICE INTERVIEW KARLA,

HOPING SHE WILL INCRIMINATE PAUL
IN THE MURDERS.

THEY CAME TO HER,
SHE THOUGHT,

TO TALK ABOUT THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CHARGE,

BUT THEN THEY BEGAN ASKING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RAPES.

SHE IS DEFENSIVE
AND UNCOOPERATIVE

AND ASKS FOR A LAWYER.

KARLA'S LAWYER CALLS
THE TORONTO PROSECUTOR

TO DISCUSS A DEAL
ON FEBRUARY 14.

WHAT APPEARS
TO HAVE HAPPENED

IS THE "WHAT IF" CONVERSATION.

"WHAT IF I WAS TO DELIVER YOU
A WITNESS TO THE HOMICIDES,

"AND WHAT IF THAT PERSON

"WAS INVOLVED BUT NOT
DIRECTLY INVOLVED

"AND SO ON AND SO FORTH,

WHAT COULD YOU DO
FOR ME AND MY CLIENT?"

IN THE MEANTIME,
HE ALSO SENT KARLA

TO SEE A PSYCHOLOGIST
AND A PSYCHIATRIST.

AND THEY BOUGHT INTO
THIS WHOLE THING

ABOUT HER BEING
A COMPLIANT VICTIM,

AND THEY PRODUCED A REPORT.

SO, ARMED WITH THE REPORT,

THEY NEGOTIATED THE DEAL,

AND PART OF THE DEAL
WAS THAT SHE WOULD BE,

AS THE AMERICANS WOULD CALL IT,
A QUEEN FOR A DAY.

SHE WOULD HAVE
A WITHOUT-PREJUDICE MEETING

WITH THE POLICE AND GIVE
A SAMPLE OF WHAT SHE KNEW.

KARLA TELLS POLICE
THAT PAUL MURDERED

LESLIE MAHAFFY AND
KRISTEN FRENCH AFTER RAPING THEM

FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

SHE SAYS THERE ARE
VIDEOTAPES TO PROVE IT.

SHE WAS LAYING ALL
THE FAULT ON PAUL, HER HUSBAND,

AS BEING THE ONE RESPONSIBLE,

AND THAT SHE WAS
JUST GOING ALONG,

DOING EXACTLY WHAT
HE WANTED DONE

SO THAT SHE DIDN'T GET BEATEN
OR HAD ANY MORE HARM

COMING TO HER, AS WELL.

SHE WAS THE ONLY
OTHER WITNESS

TO THE CRIMES, TO THE MURDERS,

AND SO THEY FELT THEY NEEDED HER
AS A WITNESS.

THEY DIDN'T QUITE FULLY
UNDERSTAND HER ROLE, I GUESS,

AND SO SHE SIGNED A DEAL.

IN FEBRUARY OF 1993,

POLICE ARREST PAUL BERNARDO

FOR THE SCARBOROUGH RAPES
AND THE TWO HOMICIDES.

BUT THEY DIDN'T CHARGE HIM

WITH THE HOMICIDES
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.

THEY HAD NOTHING
TO LINK HIM TO THE CRIME

OTHER THAN KARLA'S
QUEEN FOR A DAY STATEMENT.

STEP BACK, PLEASE.

THEY BROUGHT HIM INTO
THE TASK FORCE OFFICE,

AND THEY HAD A LIFE-SIZE IMAGE
OF LESLIE MAHAFFY

AND A LIFE-SIZE IMAGE
OF KRISTEN FRENCH.

GENTLEMEN, WHEN THIS DOOR
OPENS, STAY OUTSIDE THE DOOR.

AND THEY THOUGHT THEY
WOULD SHOCK HIM INTO CONFESSING.

AND THEY SAT HIM DOWN
IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA,

AND HE KEPT SAYING, "I JUST
WANT TO SPEAK TO MY LAWYER.

"WHEN DO I GET TO SPEAK
TO MY LAWYER?

I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH."

THEY SEARCH
BERNARDO'S HOME FOR 71 DAYS.

THEY FIND SEVERAL
SUSPICIOUS ITEMS,

BUT NOTHING LINKING PAUL

DIRECTLY TO THE MURDERS
OF LESLIE AND KRISTEN.

ON MAY 17, KARLA SHOWS
POLICE AROUND THE HOUSE

AND POINTS OUT WHERE PAUL
HELD THE GIRLS CAPTIVE.

POLICE FIND DNA EVIDENCE

PROVING KRISTEN AND LESLIE
WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE.

THE NEXT DAY,

BERNARDO IS CHARGED
WITH TWO COUNTS

OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER.

IN EXCHANGE FOR HER TESTIMONY
AGAINST PAUL,

KARLA PLEADS GUILTY TO
TWO COUNTS OF MANSLAUGHTER

IN JULY OF 1993.

SHE RECEIVES A 10-YEAR SENTENCE.

AND SHE REMEMBERED THAT
SHE HAD NOT TOLD THEM

ABOUT HER SISTER,
TAMMY HOMOLKA.

AND SHE TELLS THEM THE STORY.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT,

THEY AMEND THE AGREEMENT.

SO, ESSENTIALLY,
IT'S 5 FOR LESLIE,

5 FOR KRISTEN,

AND 2 FOR TAMMY,
THAT'S HOW THE DEAL WAS MADE.

THAT'S HOW YOU GET 12 YEARS.

THE DEAL ABSOLUTELY STUNK.

I MEAN,

THE DEAL WITH THE DEVIL,
THEY CALLED IT.

AND SHE SHOULD HAVE
GOT LIFE IN JAIL.

AND SHE GOT 12 YEARS.

16 MONTHS AFTER THE DEAL,

JOHN ROSEN TAKES OVER
AS PAUL BERNARDO'S COUNSEL

AND FINDS OUT WHAT HAPPENED

TO THE INFAMOUS VIDEOTAPES.

PAUL HID THEM INSIDE A LIGHT
FIXTURE IN THE BATHROOM.

THEY HAD BEEN MISSING
FOR MONTHS.

THE TAPES DEPICTED

BERNARDO AND HOMOLKA
OUT PLAYING VOYEUR.

TAKING PICTURES THROUGH WINDOWS

OF PEOPLE GETTING UNDRESSED
AND SO FORTH.

THEY DEPICTED THE SEXUAL ASSAULT

AND CONFIRMED
THE UNLAWFUL CONFINEMENT

OF LESLIE MAHAFFY,
WHO WAS BLINDFOLDED.

THEY CONFIRMED THE UNLAWFUL
CONFINEMENT AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

OF KRISTEN FRENCH.

THEY PORTRAYED THE SEXUAL
ASSAULT ON TAMMY HOMOLKA

AND THE PARTICIPATION

OF BOTH KARLA HOMOLKA
AND BERNARDO.

THE TAPES ARE PLAYED
DURING PAUL'S TRIAL.

THERE IS A PUBLIC OUTCRY

AS THE TAPES REVEAL
KARLA'S TRUE INVOLVEMENT.

KARLA IS AS MUCH OR MORE
A PSYCHOPATH THAN IS PAUL,

AND I THINK THE VIDEOTAPES SHOW
THAT SHE WAS HAPPILY ENGAGED

IN SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
AND, IN FACT, IN HER OWN WAY,

RAPING THESE YOUNG GIRLS
AS MUCH AS PAUL WAS.

SO THIS IS SOMEONE THAT'S PRETTY
PROFOUNDLY PATHOLOGICAL.

HER EXPLANATION WAS

THAT SHE WAS JUST PLAYACTING
FOR THE VIDEOTAPES,

BUT THAT OFF-CAMERA,
LIFE WAS HELL.

LOVELY SISTERS.

BUT THE PROBLEM WAS THAT,
OFF-CAMERA,

SHE STILL DIDN'T DO NORMAL
THINGS LIKE WALK OUT,

GO TO THE POLICE, LEAVE.

PAUL ADMITS
TO THE RAPES

BUT DENIES KILLING
LESLIE AND KRISTEN.

HE WAS PREPARED
TO LET LESLIE MAHAFFY GO

'CAUSE SHE HAD BEEN BLINDFOLDED
AND DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.

AND IN TERMS OF KRISTEN FRENCH,

HE LEFT KARLA ALONE WITH HER,
AND HE CAME BACK,

AND HE FOUND HER DEAD.

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1995,

EIGHT YEARS AFTER
COMMITTING HIS FIRST RAPE,

A JURY CONVICTS PAUL BERNARDO

OF THE MURDERS OF LESLIE MAHAFFY
AND KRISTEN FRENCH

AND SENTENCES HIM
TO LIFE IN PRISON.

ON NOVEMBER 23, 1995,

PAUL PLEADS GUILTY TO ALL
RAPE CHARGES AND MANSLAUGHTER

IN TAMMY HOMOLKA'S DEATH.

HE IS DECLARED
A DANGEROUS OFFENDER,

AND HE WILL MOST LIKELY
NEVER BE RELEASED FROM PRISON.

IN 2001, AFTER PAUL BERNARDO
EXHAUSTS ALL HIS APPEALS,

THE VIDEOTAPES ARE DESTROYED.

ON JULY 4, 2005, KARLA HOMOLKA
IS RELEASED FROM PRISON

AFTER SERVING HER
ENTIRE SENTENCE.

SHE'S LIVING LIFE,
SHE HAS A BABY.

NEITHER TAMMY NOR KRISTEN FRENCH
NOR LESLIE MAHAFFY

WILL EVER HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY,

AND I THINK IT'S...
IN MY OPINION...

A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE.

TO THIS DAY,

KARLA'S ROLE IN THE DEATHS
OF LESLIE MAHAFFY

AND KRISTEN FRENCH
REMAINS A MYSTERY.

PEOPLE WANT TO BLAME
KARLA, AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT WHAT THEY FORGET
IS THAT PAUL BERNARDO

WAS EXTREMELY VIOLENT.

I KNOW THERE'S NO QUESTION IN
MY MIND HE WAS THE INSTIGATOR.

DOES THAT MINIMIZE
WHAT KARLA DID?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

NEITHER COULD HAVE
COMMITTED THE HOMICIDES ALONE,

BUT, TOGETHER,
THEY FORMED AN ENTITY

THAT WAS GREATER THAN THE SUM
OF THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS.

NOT MUCH DOUBT IN MY MIND
THAT HE WAS THE KILLER

AND SHE WAS JUST THE FACILITATOR

IN THIS WHOLE SORDID, EVIL,
TWISTED SCHEME OF THEIRS.