The Evidence Sat on a Shelf for 25 Months: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
The Evidence Sat on a Shelf for 25 Months: The Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka Case
In November 1990, a polite, cooperative suspect voluntarily handed Toronto police his own saliva, blood, and hair. The samples sat untested at a forensic lab for more than two years, and in that window, Paul Bernardo raped four more young women and killed two teenage girls. Why did tips naming him go nowhere for years? How did two police forces hunting the same man end up, in a judge's words, operating as if in different countries? And why did prosecutors sign a 12-year plea deal with Karla Homolka before…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.