Tammy Homolka

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are dubbed as the ‘Ken and Barbie Killers’ because of the crimes they committed as a couple during the 1990s. Paul was 23 and Karla was 17 years old when their relationship began. The two young adults were perfectly normal; with their good looks and charming manners no one suspected these average Canadian citizens to be psychopathic killers. Brief Background: Karla Leanne Homolka, born in 1970, grew up in Ontario with a loving family which included her two sisters

while others kill as a couple. In this case, we will talk about serial killers as a couple. We have the Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo who have a mix of hedonistic killers and power and control killers. We equally have Ray and Faye Copeland which also falls under power and control killers. The paper will focus on the background, victims, and trail of Ray and Faye Copeland and Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. Paul Bernardo was born on August 27th, 1964. He had a very dark childhood. At the age of 15

Homolka claims that Bernardo did this on his own while she was at work. Bernardo claims that she was, indeed, a part of the process. On April 16, 1992, Kristen French was walking home alone from school. She was kidnapped by Homolka and Bernardo at knifepoint. Like, Mahaffy she as taken to Bernardo/Homolka residence and held captive. During her three days of captivity French was tortured, raped repeatedly and finally murdered. Bernardo and Homolka threw her naked body

Historical Background What causes an individual to become a serial killer? Bio-psychologists believe that starting from birth the human mind is a “tabula rasa” or blank slate, and the individual learns behaviors and socio-cultural norms from individuals around them. This concept of nature versus nurture was based upon the idea that it is how you are brought up (nurture) that governs the psychologically significant aspects of child development and the concept of maturation applies only to the biological

Couple 1: Martha Beck was born in Florida in 1919. According to “Biography ” she had a medical condition called “Glandular” which caused her to mature physically faster than she was suppose to . She worked as a nurse before turning into “ A life of crime”. The medical condition made her become overweight and dealing with an overbearing mother. Martha was also reported to be a victim of “incest”. Martha in her childhood days was called lonely and depressed, which made her get into studying to become

was known for doing multiple attacks against women in the late 80s in Scarborough, Canada, but became known for the deaths of three high school girls; Tammy Lyn Homolka, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. Tammy Lyn was drugged and raped by Bernardo; Karla participated in the sexual acts on her sister and videotaped the ordeal (Butts, n.d.). Tammy choked

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: Canadian Rapists/Murderers Paul Bernardo was a well liked child by all the parents in the neighbourhood, he was pleasant and friendly.  Although, when he was a sixteen, he got into an argument with his mother and she told him about how he was a illegitimate child and showed him the picture of his real father for whom she had an affair with.  Paul was devastated and after the incident he did not get along with his mother.  He started to hang around a tough crowd

Paul Bernardo: The Scarborough Rapist Paul Kenneth Bernardo was born to parents Kenneth Bernardo and Marilyn Bernardo on August 27th. 1964. As a young child, Paul was essentially the perfect son - a very happy and well-behaved boy, even participating in his local Boy Scouts group. Nick Pron, a Canadian crime reporter describes him as “...always happy. A young boy who smiled a lot. And he was so cute, with his dimpled good looks and sweet smile, that many of the mothers just wanted to pinch him on

The article written by Anne Swardson for the New York Times, looks back on Canadian Karla Homolka, the wife of Paul Bernardo, and her role in the rapings and killing of schoolgirls. All three appalling crimes, dubbed the “schoolgirl killer” murders, took place in the province of Ontario. Homolka was sentenced 12 years for two counts of manslaughter in 1992, for the deaths of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, the latter’s body was discovered on the couple’s wedding day. Karla and Paul met when

Abstract Paul Bernado and Karla Homolka were Canadian serial killers who attracted worldwide media attention when they were convicted of raping and murdering teenage girls, including Karla's own sister, Tammy Homolka. The Ken and Barbie Killers Karla Homolka and Paul bernardo had met in the 1987 Paul was 23 and she was a young teenager