What types of crimes did Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka commit?
The Scarborough Rapist Bernardo committed multiple sexual assaults, escalating in viciousness, in and around Scarborough, Ontario.[6] Most of the assaults were on young women whom he had stalked after they had exited buses late in the evening. * May 4, 1987, Bernardo committed his first rape in Scarborough against a 21-year-old woman, in front of her parents’ house, after following her home. The attack lasted more than half an hour. * May 14, 1987, Bernardo committed his second rape. He attacked a 19-year-old woman in the back yard of her parents’ house. This rape lasted over an hour. * July 27, 1987, Bernardo attempted his third rape. Although he beat the young woman, he abandoned the attack after she fought back. * December 16, 1987, Bernardo committed his third rape, against a 15-year-old girl. This rape lasted about one hour. The following day, the Toronto Police Service issued a warning to women in Scarborough travelling alone at night, especially those taking buses. * December 23
There are several different types of homicide; one of the most common types is sexual homicide. Over 66% of serial killers exhibit sexual motives. According to the FBI Crime Classification Manual (1992), there are four subcategories of sexual homicide. Sadistic sex muder is the final and most disturbing of these. This type of homicide involves the torture and mutilation of victims and often the video recording of these heinous acts. Videotaping is not uncommon in this type of murder, as the killer often takes a souvenir to enable the reliving of the arousal felt during the commission of the murder at a later time. This is how sexual predators sustain arousal in between killings. Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka were sadistic sex killers. They preyed on young girls and tortured and raped them while video-taping the sexual assaults that they were committing. Often called the “Ken and Barbie” of serial murder, they are one of the most depraved killer couples in the annals of criminal histo
