Kristen French

Criminal & Biography,” 2017). Later on in life, Bernardo 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

was dismembered and put into concrete blocks that were dumped in a river. She died on June 17 1991. Several weeks later a fisherman and his son found the concrete blocks that had been washed ashore and informed the police. Their last victim was Kristen French she was 15 years old and walking through St Catherines when she was abducted at knifepoint. This was the couple’s biggest mistake that lead to them getting caught as there were several eye-witnesses that vaguely described Paul, Karla and their

traits will be discussed through her actions. Homolka helped Bernardo rape and eventually murder her sister in 1990. She helped Bernardo kidnap Kristen French from a church parking lot and rape, torture, and murder her and leave her body naked in a ditch with her hair cut off in 1992. In 1995, Homolka testifies against Bernardo for the murder of Mahaffy, French, Tammy Homolka and at least one more girl. In 2001, Homolka is transferred to a Montreal psychiatric hospital to undergo treatment (CBC News

Case Study: Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka Marlee Gadway Melissa Johannes Qais Nasseri Kurt Nguyen Edward O’Grady FRSC 1010H Miss. Drago F05 Background The case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka is one of the most profound cases in Canada. Paul Bernardo is known as a Canadian serial killer and rapist, specifically in the southern Ontario area. He came from a home of abuse and neglect. Despite his childhood, he graduated from University of Toronto in the Scarborough area with

A serial killer is a person who murders three or more people, usually in service of abnormal psychological gratification, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant break which can also be called a "cooling off period” between them. There are different types of serial killers. Some are mission oriented serial killers; others are visionary killers. There are equally power and control killers and thrill or hedonistic killers. There are many serial killers in the

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 into a lake. Based on many facts,

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

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

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