The Paul Bernardo Investigation

The Paul Bernardo Investigation The case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka is one of the most notorious law cases in Canadian history (Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka, 1997). From the late eighties to early nineties, this case was the focus of most Canadian media (CBC, 1995). It has become common knowledge that Bernardo and his estranged wife Karla Homolka, brutally murdered three young girls, assaulted one other and that Bernardo was the infamous Scarborough Rapist. Bernardo and …

…turning her husband in for the murders of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy (Pron, 1995). When police first got word that they finally caught the man responsible to the two murders, one officer was quoted as saying: "You're shitin' me, Bernardo?" (Pron, 1995). Unfortunately the arrest came too late, and the damage had been done, but Bernardo was no longer free to continue. Police are human, and make mistakes, unfortunately these mistakes cost two girls their lives.