Leslie Mahaffy

("Paul Bernardo: 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

three women will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime (Sacha, 2016). Subsequently, his DNA was finally matched with the ones from the Scarborough rape cases. Paul was arrested for the Scarborough rapes and the murdering of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French soon after. Homolka was compliant with the police in order to get a reduced sentence she described herself as a battered wife who was forced to be apart of Paul’s darkest wants, and who lived in constant fear of him. However

Over the course of the semester we discussed many things in this class one being serial and mass murderers. Under that umbrella we discussed the differences between the two, the victims they may attack, the reasons why they kill, personal backgrounds, and explanations to why they kill. At the end of this course we were asked to pick a type of killer and explain what it is we learned from them. For this paper I chose to talk about serial killers. The killers I chose to discuss are Paul Bernardo and