Karla Holmolka
Yesterday, Canada's most renowned female prisoner was released from a jail in Quebec. Karla Homolka served a 12 year sentence in the sex murders of Kristen French & Leslie Mohaffy (sp?) It was only 12 years in exchange for her testimony against her partner-in-crime Paul Bernardo (who's serving a life sentence)
Details of the murder & such can be found here: http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/
notorious/bernardo/index_1.html?sect=5
It's long...you can skim the 30 chapters though. But interesting. You might have to copy & paste the second line of it.
Homolka's release has been all over the news here for the past month or so. B/c she wanted no media to follow her. Obviously. However, how she's changed and all that jazz has been on too. And where she might live. B/c the people of St Catharine's didn't want her there either, since that's where the crimes occurred.
There was news of the media talking to one of her fellow inmates, who said that Homolka hadn't felt any remorse for what she'd done - she always just lived in her own little fantasy world. I personally don't think she should have gotten only 12 years, but obviously, it was a deal to lock up Bernardo for life.
So, her lawyers were in court all yesterday while she was being released, in order to get the media to stay away. And when she's released, where does she go first? Not to see her mother, but to a french tv station, to give an interview!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?? Is she stupid? (well, obviously, based on the crimes) But still...I don't get it! I don't think anyone does.
So what's going to happen? She has changed her name (to what, no one knows) No idea where she'll live. Obviously she's not telling that. She says that she wants to get a respectable job, and become a citizen. Whatever.
My prediction? Give her a year - either she'll re-offend, or someone will find out where she is & go after her. Can't blame them much.
One thing did strike me with the above website, and that's a letter from Karla to her family. Karla also helped Paul Bernardo kill her sister, Tammy. So this is the letter she wrote about this:
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Dear Mom, Dad and Lori,
This is the hardest letter I've ever had to write and you'll probably all hate me once you read it. I've kept this inside myself for so long and I just can't lie to you any more. Both Paul and I are responsible for Tammy's death. Paul was "in love" with her and wanted to have sex with her. He wanted me to help him. He wanted me to get sleeping pills from work to drug her with. He threatened me and physically and emotionally abused me when I refused. No words I can say can make you understand what he put me through. So stupidly I agreed to do as he said. But something maybe the combination of drugs and the food she ate that night caused her to vomit. I tried so hard to save her. I am so sorry. But no words I can say can bring her back I would gladly give my life for hers. I don't expect you to ever forgive me, for I will never forgive myself.
Karla —XOXO
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So right now, Karla's mother is helping her out a lot, with finding a place to live & settle in. While I realize that if Karla had just killed the other two (not her sister), a mother would still be there for her daughter. Which is where I'm having trouble deciding what I would do in this situation if I was Karla's mother. Yes, my daughter would have killed, but she is my daughter. However, she killed my other daughter. I honestly don't know if I would still be there for Karla if I were her mother, or if I would neglect her since she killed my other daughter. Let's hope that I am never in this situation.
However, I'm wondering your opinion...what would you do if you were her mother? Comment here, or email me with your opinion.
Details of the murder & such can be found here: http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/
notorious/bernardo/index_1.html?sect=5
It's long...you can skim the 30 chapters though. But interesting. You might have to copy & paste the second line of it.
Homolka's release has been all over the news here for the past month or so. B/c she wanted no media to follow her. Obviously. However, how she's changed and all that jazz has been on too. And where she might live. B/c the people of St Catharine's didn't want her there either, since that's where the crimes occurred.
There was news of the media talking to one of her fellow inmates, who said that Homolka hadn't felt any remorse for what she'd done - she always just lived in her own little fantasy world. I personally don't think she should have gotten only 12 years, but obviously, it was a deal to lock up Bernardo for life.
So, her lawyers were in court all yesterday while she was being released, in order to get the media to stay away. And when she's released, where does she go first? Not to see her mother, but to a french tv station, to give an interview!!!!!!!!!!! WTF?? Is she stupid? (well, obviously, based on the crimes) But still...I don't get it! I don't think anyone does.
So what's going to happen? She has changed her name (to what, no one knows) No idea where she'll live. Obviously she's not telling that. She says that she wants to get a respectable job, and become a citizen. Whatever.
My prediction? Give her a year - either she'll re-offend, or someone will find out where she is & go after her. Can't blame them much.
One thing did strike me with the above website, and that's a letter from Karla to her family. Karla also helped Paul Bernardo kill her sister, Tammy. So this is the letter she wrote about this:
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Dear Mom, Dad and Lori,
This is the hardest letter I've ever had to write and you'll probably all hate me once you read it. I've kept this inside myself for so long and I just can't lie to you any more. Both Paul and I are responsible for Tammy's death. Paul was "in love" with her and wanted to have sex with her. He wanted me to help him. He wanted me to get sleeping pills from work to drug her with. He threatened me and physically and emotionally abused me when I refused. No words I can say can make you understand what he put me through. So stupidly I agreed to do as he said. But something maybe the combination of drugs and the food she ate that night caused her to vomit. I tried so hard to save her. I am so sorry. But no words I can say can bring her back I would gladly give my life for hers. I don't expect you to ever forgive me, for I will never forgive myself.
Karla —XOXO
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So right now, Karla's mother is helping her out a lot, with finding a place to live & settle in. While I realize that if Karla had just killed the other two (not her sister), a mother would still be there for her daughter. Which is where I'm having trouble deciding what I would do in this situation if I was Karla's mother. Yes, my daughter would have killed, but she is my daughter. However, she killed my other daughter. I honestly don't know if I would still be there for Karla if I were her mother, or if I would neglect her since she killed my other daughter. Let's hope that I am never in this situation.
However, I'm wondering your opinion...what would you do if you were her mother? Comment here, or email me with your opinion.
posted by Jill at
4:33:00 p.m.
5 Comments:
I agree, that would be really weird eh?
However, after waiting 12 years without both daugthers (one dead and the other in jail) you'd think shes happy to just have one of them back.
Jill, I didn't know you (or most people) even knew about my blog. Yea, its pretty stagnant right now, will update soon though. Promise.
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Anonymous, at 7:51 a.m.
I just hope I'm never in that situation. But I do somewhat agree, that she may not want to lose 2 daughters.
I've known about your blog for awhile...and check it occasionally. Decided to comment today ;)
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Jill, at 8:37 a.m.
I dunno what i'd do.....=S...i just think that if i raise my kids right...and make sure they associate with the right ppl....that this would never happen to me =).
Sophia
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Anonymous, at 10:09 a.m.
I just came across yur "blog" and thought I'd add my 2 cents (or is it sense??)
Anyhow, I find it difficult to even contemplate what I would have done in Karla's mother's position.
Part of me wants to say, "forget it, you're on your own, have a crappy life". The other part of me, looks at it from a mother's perspective. What would any mother do? Especially if the the whole country was against your daughter. I have probably as much animosity toward Karla as anyone else does. But, I don't know her personally, I probably will never (fingers crossed) meet her, and my children will never be in her midst.
If she's gonna dig herself another hole, then let her, and let her fall in it herself. Next time, she won't be able to blame Paul.
It's a sick, sick, putrid situation...and I'm just glad it's not me....and that I live on the other side of the country. Hopefully she doesn't end up out here like I heard she was thinking about.
But, about your site, it's good that you have a place to rant. It's better than holding it in!!!
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Anonymous, at 3:57 p.m.
when i was younger--im 35 now-i was very easy to con into anything by my boy-friend. i would hope i would never have went that far--but who knows-
but now is today and we live in canada--thank god
and this is a free country and if we want to live free we have to abide by our justice system--leave her alone now- she did her time(not enouph by any means)
but her full sentence was served.
if we do not abide by our system our country will degrade. after all we could all be living in a world like iraq.
THANK GOD FOR CANADA!
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Anonymous, at 12:15 p.m.
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