1 00:00:06,225 --> 00:00:12,321 ♪♪ 2 00:00:12,322 --> 00:00:17,453 McCrary: He was physically very punishing with the victims. 3 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:23,318 Beating them, abusing them, and eventually murdering them. 4 00:00:23,417 --> 00:00:28,416 Manipulative, controlling, domineering, and astute enough 5 00:00:28,515 --> 00:00:32,547 to get away with this for a long enough period of time. 6 00:00:34,446 --> 00:00:37,012 He is our worst nightmare. 7 00:00:37,112 --> 00:00:59,936 ♪♪ 8 00:01:00,002 --> 00:01:02,301 Welcome to "Very Scary People." 9 00:01:02,302 --> 00:01:03,800 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 10 00:01:03,900 --> 00:01:08,398 From May 1987 to April 1992, there were a series of 11 00:01:08,399 --> 00:01:11,098 rapes, abductions, and murders of young women 12 00:01:11,198 --> 00:01:13,795 just north of U.S.-Canadian border. 13 00:01:13,796 --> 00:01:16,529 Authorities from several cities in Ontario 14 00:01:16,629 --> 00:01:18,893 and FBI profilers from the United States 15 00:01:18,894 --> 00:01:20,792 joined forces to try and capture 16 00:01:20,793 --> 00:01:23,792 those responsible for the vicious attacks. 17 00:01:23,892 --> 00:01:26,325 Who was behind these horrific crimes? 18 00:01:26,392 --> 00:01:29,989 No one could have imagined how disturbing the answer would be. 19 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:33,687 Here's Part One of "The Ken & Barbie Killers." 20 00:01:33,688 --> 00:01:43,118 ♪♪ 21 00:01:43,185 --> 00:01:47,483 Rosen: The city of Toronto sits on the north shore of Lake Ontario, 22 00:01:47,583 --> 00:01:51,181 and Scarborough is on the eastern edge of the city. 23 00:01:51,182 --> 00:01:56,079 It's not an unsafe place, and that's what made the fact 24 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:58,612 that you had a serial rapist running around 25 00:01:58,712 --> 00:02:02,076 the eastern end of the city so concerning. 26 00:02:02,077 --> 00:02:06,109 ♪♪ 27 00:02:06,176 --> 00:02:09,175 The Scarborough attacks permeated the media. 28 00:02:09,274 --> 00:02:11,972 Everyone heard about it. Everyone knew. 29 00:02:11,973 --> 00:02:14,505 Reporter: Police have been tracking the movement of this serial rapist. 30 00:02:14,605 --> 00:02:18,070 The man has targeted young women walking alone at night 31 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:21,269 at various locations throughout Scarborough. 32 00:02:21,369 --> 00:02:24,567 Pron: Women were walking home, getting off a bus late at night, 33 00:02:24,568 --> 00:02:26,167 and then they were getting attacked, 34 00:02:26,267 --> 00:02:28,764 all in that one area of the city, 35 00:02:28,765 --> 00:02:30,663 and that part of the city became, 36 00:02:30,664 --> 00:02:33,164 like, a forbidden zone to travel at night. 37 00:02:33,165 --> 00:02:36,096 Garofalo: Nobody could understand, how is this person 38 00:02:36,163 --> 00:02:40,460 doing this time and time again? 39 00:02:40,461 --> 00:02:43,959 Pron: He attacked all his victims from behind 40 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:46,959 and none of them really got a good look at his face at all. 41 00:02:47,059 --> 00:02:49,991 They just knew generally that he was mid-20s, 42 00:02:50,057 --> 00:02:52,257 sort of blonde hair, white male, 43 00:02:52,357 --> 00:02:54,089 and he was just getting away with it. 44 00:02:54,156 --> 00:02:57,853 Our fear was, if he wasn't stopped soon, 45 00:02:57,854 --> 00:02:59,986 that this is gonna escalate to murder. 46 00:03:00,053 --> 00:03:05,384 ♪♪ 47 00:03:05,451 --> 00:03:09,450 Kenzora: It was the Thursday before the Easter long weekend. 48 00:03:09,549 --> 00:03:13,281 15-year-old Kristen French was walking home from school. 49 00:03:13,348 --> 00:03:16,446 Hemsworth: And she didn't live more than a few blocks 50 00:03:16,447 --> 00:03:18,879 away from her school. 51 00:03:18,946 --> 00:03:20,843 Pron: And she passed by a church. 52 00:03:20,844 --> 00:03:22,078 There's a parking lot in front, 53 00:03:22,144 --> 00:03:23,742 and there was a car parked there, 54 00:03:23,743 --> 00:03:24,943 and there was this woman. 55 00:03:25,043 --> 00:03:27,675 She had a big road map on the hood, 56 00:03:27,741 --> 00:03:29,041 and she was all fluttered 57 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:30,639 and she was trying to find this street 58 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:34,039 and she couldn't find it, and she saw Kristen walking by. 59 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:36,138 She asked her for help. 60 00:03:36,139 --> 00:03:39,171 Rosen: And says, "We're lost. Can you show us where to go?" 61 00:03:39,237 --> 00:03:40,870 Pron: Kristen French, being just a decent gal, 62 00:03:40,937 --> 00:03:42,569 came over to help this woman. 63 00:03:42,635 --> 00:03:45,135 ♪♪ 64 00:03:45,235 --> 00:03:47,033 While she was helping her find this street, 65 00:03:47,034 --> 00:03:48,467 a man dragged her into the car. 66 00:03:48,566 --> 00:03:52,065 Pushed her into the back seat, and away they go. 67 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:55,930 Kenzora: Kristen would normally come home right after school 68 00:03:55,931 --> 00:03:57,463 and let the dog out. 69 00:03:57,563 --> 00:03:59,229 Garofalo: She was the kind of person that if she said 70 00:03:59,329 --> 00:04:01,861 she was going to be home at a certain hour, 71 00:04:01,928 --> 00:04:03,860 she was going to be home at that hour, 72 00:04:03,927 --> 00:04:06,226 and if she wasn't, she would call 73 00:04:06,326 --> 00:04:09,925 and let you know why she wasn't going to be home. 74 00:04:10,025 --> 00:04:11,857 Kenzora: The mom had called home from work to talk to her. 75 00:04:11,924 --> 00:04:13,324 [ Phone ringing ] She wasn't home. 76 00:04:13,423 --> 00:04:15,955 So, the day that she disappeared struck them 77 00:04:16,023 --> 00:04:17,855 as unusual right away. 78 00:04:17,921 --> 00:04:22,320 Garofalo: And they were very worried and they were calling around. 79 00:04:22,419 --> 00:04:24,119 They thought maybe she had gone to someone's home, 80 00:04:24,219 --> 00:04:26,651 but they knew in their heart of hearts, 81 00:04:26,717 --> 00:04:30,050 this was not their daughter's routine. 82 00:04:30,117 --> 00:04:33,848 Just based on the nature of Kristen French 83 00:04:33,915 --> 00:04:36,713 and her dependability, her disappearance 84 00:04:36,813 --> 00:04:39,913 was immediately reported to police. 85 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:42,412 Reporter: This is 15-year-old Kristen Dawn French. 86 00:04:42,511 --> 00:04:47,408 She's 5'5", weighs 110 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. 87 00:04:47,409 --> 00:04:49,607 She was last seen wearing her school uniform 88 00:04:49,608 --> 00:04:52,940 of a green plaid skirt with a green v-neck sweater. 89 00:04:53,007 --> 00:04:56,106 She was also wearing a black leather jacket. 90 00:04:58,105 --> 00:05:00,702 Kenzora: Kristen grew up in St. Catharines, 91 00:05:00,703 --> 00:05:02,402 and she, by all accounts, 92 00:05:02,403 --> 00:05:05,501 was a very popular, straight A student. 93 00:05:05,502 --> 00:05:08,834 Garofalo: The first place I went to was St. Catharines, 94 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:10,400 where I interviewed the French family 95 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:14,097 for the syndicated show "A Current Affair." 96 00:05:14,098 --> 00:05:16,297 And it was gut-wrenching. 97 00:05:16,298 --> 00:05:19,129 The life had been drained from them. 98 00:05:19,196 --> 00:05:22,228 It's such a hopeless feeling, sitting at home, 99 00:05:22,295 --> 00:05:24,094 knowing that the possibility 100 00:05:24,095 --> 00:05:26,691 that your daughter is going through something just horrific, 101 00:05:26,692 --> 00:05:29,992 and you can't do a thing to stop it. 102 00:05:30,092 --> 00:05:33,124 Garofalo: Kristen was -- they called her Kristie, 103 00:05:33,190 --> 00:05:37,022 and she was the perfect daughter. 104 00:05:37,089 --> 00:05:44,419 She was punctual and dependable, reliable, responsible. 105 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:46,085 She was a figure skater. 106 00:05:46,185 --> 00:05:49,117 She rowed for her high school. 107 00:05:49,184 --> 00:05:51,182 Kenzora: She was from a big family. 108 00:05:51,183 --> 00:05:52,715 It was the second marriage for her parents, 109 00:05:52,781 --> 00:05:54,681 so she had older brothers and sisters, 110 00:05:54,781 --> 00:05:56,081 but they were all very close, 111 00:05:56,181 --> 00:05:59,113 and I believe she'd had her first boyfriend, 112 00:05:59,180 --> 00:06:02,079 and she was excited because I believe one of her siblings 113 00:06:02,179 --> 00:06:03,977 was getting married soon. 114 00:06:03,978 --> 00:06:08,210 Garofalo: The Frenches' home was full of photographs on the mantles 115 00:06:08,276 --> 00:06:11,908 and on the shelves of Kristen French. 116 00:06:11,975 --> 00:06:15,973 Beautiful girl. Tall, dark hair. 117 00:06:16,073 --> 00:06:19,405 You know, seemingly having life in front of her, 118 00:06:19,505 --> 00:06:22,568 which made those photographs more poignant 119 00:06:22,569 --> 00:06:27,269 and even sadder than, you know, you could ever imagine. 120 00:06:27,369 --> 00:06:30,366 Doug French: If anybody's seen my daughter, Kristen French, 121 00:06:30,367 --> 00:06:36,464 I'd like to phone the Niagara police as quickly as possible. 122 00:06:36,465 --> 00:06:41,561 The abduction of Kristen French was a major case in Canada. 123 00:06:41,562 --> 00:06:44,394 This is broad daylight. She's walking home from school. 124 00:06:44,495 --> 00:06:46,960 It's in the afternoon in a populated area. 125 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:48,759 We had eyewitnesses. 126 00:06:48,860 --> 00:06:51,658 Kenzora: A witness came forward to say she had been driving 127 00:06:51,758 --> 00:06:54,857 by the church parking lot, looked over her shoulder, 128 00:06:54,957 --> 00:06:58,289 and saw what she thought were kids fooling around, 129 00:06:58,356 --> 00:07:00,753 and they were kind of pushing back and forth, 130 00:07:00,754 --> 00:07:02,353 and someone got pushed into the car, 131 00:07:02,354 --> 00:07:03,954 but she thought about it for a second, like, 132 00:07:04,053 --> 00:07:05,486 "Oh, that's odd." 133 00:07:05,552 --> 00:07:07,052 Then she said, "Oh, it's probably just teenagers 134 00:07:07,152 --> 00:07:10,151 goofing around," and she kept going. 135 00:07:10,251 --> 00:07:13,648 And it's just so tragic that no one knew 136 00:07:13,649 --> 00:07:15,882 what was really happening. 137 00:07:15,949 --> 00:07:19,746 Kenzora: So as soon as she had heard that Kristen was missing, 138 00:07:19,847 --> 00:07:21,779 the woman who had seen the incident 139 00:07:21,846 --> 00:07:23,644 at the car called police. 140 00:07:23,744 --> 00:07:25,578 Shlosberg: When police were searching for clues 141 00:07:25,644 --> 00:07:28,942 regarding the disappearance of Kristen French, 142 00:07:28,943 --> 00:07:32,142 they found a very crucial piece of evidence. 143 00:07:32,242 --> 00:07:35,140 They found her shoe in the parking lot of the church. 144 00:07:35,141 --> 00:07:36,939 McCrary: A sign of the struggle there 145 00:07:36,940 --> 00:07:38,272 when they forced her into the car. 146 00:07:38,339 --> 00:07:40,937 It was identified for sure as her, 147 00:07:40,938 --> 00:07:43,470 and there's no question as to who the victim was. 148 00:07:43,536 --> 00:07:47,236 Reporter: Her shoe was found, suggesting she struggled with her abductor 149 00:07:47,336 --> 00:07:49,568 before being pulled into a car. 150 00:07:49,634 --> 00:07:53,432 I know it's cliche, but it was a parent's worst nightmare. 151 00:07:53,433 --> 00:07:55,331 We just want her back. 152 00:07:55,332 --> 00:08:01,230 ♪♪ 153 00:08:03,829 --> 00:08:06,361 Reporter: 15-year-old Kristen French was apparently abducted 154 00:08:06,461 --> 00:08:09,326 in broad daylight from a church parking lot on Thursday, 155 00:08:09,327 --> 00:08:10,959 less than a kilometer from home. 156 00:08:11,026 --> 00:08:14,025 McCrary: Kristen French had been abducted in St. Catharines 157 00:08:14,125 --> 00:08:16,157 while walking home from school. 158 00:08:16,224 --> 00:08:19,156 She had been sort of lured into a parking lot 159 00:08:19,223 --> 00:08:21,322 of this Grace Lutheran church. 160 00:08:21,422 --> 00:08:24,153 Stranger-based abduction in broad daylight, 161 00:08:24,221 --> 00:08:25,920 a very high-risk offense. 162 00:08:26,020 --> 00:08:28,652 Reporter: Police made the deduction based on forensic evidence -- 163 00:08:28,718 --> 00:08:31,715 a shoe and part of a makeup kit that could have been lost 164 00:08:31,716 --> 00:08:34,015 as Kristen struggled with her abductor. 165 00:08:34,016 --> 00:08:36,115 McCrary: She was resisting, fighting, 166 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:37,513 shoving her into the back of the car, 167 00:08:37,514 --> 00:08:40,512 and the car took off at a high rate of speed. 168 00:08:40,513 --> 00:08:43,446 Reporter: And based on what police call a solid witness account, 169 00:08:43,512 --> 00:08:45,545 they're also looking for a car similar to this -- 170 00:08:45,611 --> 00:08:48,911 a 1982 or newer Camaro or Firebird, 171 00:08:49,010 --> 00:08:52,042 off-white or cream in color. 172 00:08:52,109 --> 00:08:54,907 Hemsworth: It seemed that the best information 173 00:08:54,908 --> 00:09:00,206 was that the person or people who had taken Kristen French 174 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:03,537 were in a cream-colored Camaro or similar car, 175 00:09:03,603 --> 00:09:05,702 and there were billboards even in our community. 176 00:09:05,703 --> 00:09:09,802 There was a huge appeal. "Have you seen this car?" 177 00:09:09,902 --> 00:09:11,600 Malbon: They talked to a lot of witnesses. 178 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:13,299 They thought it was some kind of a Camaro, 179 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:16,299 and it turned out it was not that car. 180 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:20,830 Hemsworth: And the police, having so little to go on, 181 00:09:20,897 --> 00:09:27,028 could only place their faith in what witnesses had seen. 182 00:09:27,095 --> 00:09:29,893 Kenzora: When Kristen was kidnapped, it was Easter weekend, 183 00:09:29,894 --> 00:09:33,690 and almost right away, there were massive searches 184 00:09:33,691 --> 00:09:38,688 arranged for Kristen French that started on the Friday 185 00:09:38,689 --> 00:09:41,088 and lasted through the entire weekend. 186 00:09:41,089 --> 00:09:44,520 Reporter: As many as 2,000 people gathered to help search 187 00:09:44,586 --> 00:09:46,287 the north end of St. Catharines 188 00:09:46,387 --> 00:09:48,285 for clues to Kristen's whereabouts. 189 00:09:48,286 --> 00:09:50,618 I joined the search for Kristen French. 190 00:09:50,684 --> 00:09:53,482 I remember we did sort of a systematic line search, 191 00:09:53,483 --> 00:09:55,416 and we all walked sort of a line 192 00:09:55,516 --> 00:10:00,080 and spread out to make sure that we covered all the areas. 193 00:10:00,081 --> 00:10:01,781 There was always that glimmer of hope 194 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,180 that you would find something. 195 00:10:04,279 --> 00:10:07,577 There was this tremendous feeling in the community 196 00:10:07,677 --> 00:10:10,777 of wishing to do something helpful, 197 00:10:10,877 --> 00:10:12,575 because it was so unlikely. 198 00:10:12,675 --> 00:10:14,708 Kenzora: For someone to be grabbed off the street 199 00:10:14,775 --> 00:10:16,408 in the middle of the day, 200 00:10:16,474 --> 00:10:19,606 a young person walking home from school, it just doesn't happen. 201 00:10:19,672 --> 00:10:22,705 It really doesn't happen, especially in St. Catharines 202 00:10:22,772 --> 00:10:24,370 at that time. 203 00:10:24,371 --> 00:10:26,270 Garofalo: St. Catharines is a quaint, 204 00:10:26,271 --> 00:10:30,967 sleepy little town between Toronto and Niagara Falls. 205 00:10:30,968 --> 00:10:33,567 It's known for its wine country, 206 00:10:33,667 --> 00:10:38,099 and it's just a beautiful little town. 207 00:10:38,165 --> 00:10:41,398 It's also the home to this lovely couple, 208 00:10:41,497 --> 00:10:43,862 Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. 209 00:10:43,863 --> 00:10:48,094 ♪♪ 210 00:10:54,658 --> 00:10:56,291 Look in the mirror. Come here. 211 00:10:59,057 --> 00:11:00,856 Come here. 212 00:11:00,857 --> 00:11:03,154 Kenzora: Karla Homolka grew up in St. Catharines 213 00:11:03,155 --> 00:11:05,653 with her parents and two sisters. 214 00:11:05,754 --> 00:11:08,054 Garofalo: She had a sister, Tammy and Lori. 215 00:11:08,153 --> 00:11:09,586 Tammy was the youngest. 216 00:11:09,652 --> 00:11:13,051 Kenzora: Karla loved animals, worked at pet stores, 217 00:11:13,152 --> 00:11:15,548 and then at a vet clinic. 218 00:11:15,549 --> 00:11:16,983 Pron: She wanted to be a veterinarian. 219 00:11:17,050 --> 00:11:18,748 She had a love of animals. 220 00:11:18,749 --> 00:11:21,481 One of her friends told me when they went out camping one time, 221 00:11:21,547 --> 00:11:23,846 there was a bug sort of crawling in their tent, 222 00:11:23,847 --> 00:11:26,279 and rather than stomping it with a shoe, 223 00:11:26,379 --> 00:11:28,878 she picked it up gently and took it outside, 224 00:11:28,945 --> 00:11:30,677 because she couldn't imagine 225 00:11:30,744 --> 00:11:32,677 doing anything else to this little bug. 226 00:11:32,743 --> 00:11:35,141 McCrary: But she did have this little bit of a wild streak. 227 00:11:35,142 --> 00:11:37,141 She sort of craved less boredom, 228 00:11:37,142 --> 00:11:39,540 a little more activity in her life, 229 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,239 a little more excitement in her life. 230 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:42,572 Kenzora: And you know, she was pretty focused 231 00:11:42,638 --> 00:11:44,937 on getting a boyfriend and getting married, 232 00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:47,270 and she had some close girlfriends 233 00:11:47,370 --> 00:11:49,236 who spent a lot of time, you know, 234 00:11:49,336 --> 00:11:51,433 dreaming about the day they were gonna get married. 235 00:11:51,434 --> 00:11:54,134 They had what they called the Diamond Club, 236 00:11:54,135 --> 00:11:56,234 which was talking about the diamond rings 237 00:11:56,334 --> 00:11:58,865 they hoped to get for their engagement. 238 00:11:58,933 --> 00:12:02,731 She had a path in life, and she was gonna stick to that path. 239 00:12:02,831 --> 00:12:06,628 Whatever she had to do, she was gonna do. 240 00:12:06,629 --> 00:12:10,361 Karla did have relationships in high school, 241 00:12:10,427 --> 00:12:13,526 but it wasn't really until she met Paul Bernardo 242 00:12:13,625 --> 00:12:16,459 that things really changed for Karla. 243 00:12:16,525 --> 00:12:18,357 Kenzora: Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka 244 00:12:18,458 --> 00:12:22,056 met in a hotel lobby in Scarborough. 245 00:12:22,123 --> 00:12:24,822 I believe she was 17, he was 23, 246 00:12:24,922 --> 00:12:29,720 and she was in Scarborough for a pet food convention, 247 00:12:29,820 --> 00:12:33,051 because she worked at a pet store as a teenager, 248 00:12:33,119 --> 00:12:35,551 and he and some friends had shown up 249 00:12:35,617 --> 00:12:38,815 at the lobby of the hotel late at night 250 00:12:38,816 --> 00:12:41,015 to hit the 24-hour restaurant, 251 00:12:41,016 --> 00:12:44,513 and she came down with one of her friends. 252 00:12:44,613 --> 00:12:46,346 Rosen: They were in their pajamas, 253 00:12:46,412 --> 00:12:47,912 and they decide they're gonna go down 254 00:12:47,913 --> 00:12:53,608 to the Howard Johnson restaurant for apple pie and coffee. 255 00:12:53,609 --> 00:12:56,209 Pron: And in walks Bernardo with a friend, 256 00:12:56,309 --> 00:13:00,140 and the two of them seem to just hit it off. 257 00:13:00,208 --> 00:13:02,306 Rosen: And the next thing you know is they've all adjourned 258 00:13:02,307 --> 00:13:04,005 to the girls' room, 259 00:13:04,006 --> 00:13:08,037 and from that point on, it was pretty hot and heavy romance. 260 00:13:08,104 --> 00:13:11,103 Pron: And as she said, "He was the perfect man for me. 261 00:13:11,203 --> 00:13:12,400 He was the man of my dreams. 262 00:13:12,401 --> 00:13:14,601 This is the man I want to marry." 263 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,699 Shlosberg: They seemed like the ideal couple. 264 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:21,099 They got engaged at Niagara Falls, 265 00:13:21,199 --> 00:13:23,898 and I think she thought she had her happy ever after. 266 00:13:29,995 --> 00:13:32,427 Pron: And they started going out to St. Catharines a lot 267 00:13:32,493 --> 00:13:34,694 and spending more time in St. Catharines, 268 00:13:34,793 --> 00:13:40,424 and that was where Kristen French was abducted. 269 00:13:40,490 --> 00:13:42,489 Reporter: Kristen French's parents remain in seclusion, 270 00:13:42,589 --> 00:13:44,488 surrounded by family and friends, 271 00:13:44,588 --> 00:13:46,422 desperate for any news of their daughter. 272 00:13:46,488 --> 00:13:51,384 By Sunday, I believe it was, Kristen's father went on TV 273 00:13:51,385 --> 00:13:53,484 and made an appeal for his daughter, 274 00:13:53,585 --> 00:13:56,684 and it is so emotional. 275 00:13:56,784 --> 00:14:03,981 Kristen, if you hear or read this, 276 00:14:04,081 --> 00:14:08,978 we want you to know that we are thinking of you 277 00:14:08,979 --> 00:14:13,575 and that everything that can be done is being done. 278 00:14:13,576 --> 00:14:17,574 They said to her, "Just know that we will always be 279 00:14:17,575 --> 00:14:20,274 looking for you, no matter what happens." 280 00:14:20,275 --> 00:14:24,406 As a mom, boy, that really hits home. 281 00:14:24,472 --> 00:14:27,604 Kenzora: And it was absolutely heartbreaking, 282 00:14:27,672 --> 00:14:30,869 but more so, knowing that Kristen was alive 283 00:14:30,870 --> 00:14:32,668 and she was watching it. 284 00:14:32,669 --> 00:14:37,601 ♪♪ 285 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:42,065 ♪♪ 286 00:14:42,066 --> 00:14:45,763 Reporter: It is a quiet, peaceful city by the lake, 287 00:14:45,764 --> 00:14:51,495 but look below the surface, and there is a ripple of fear. 288 00:14:51,561 --> 00:14:57,458 Hemsworth: Kristen French was popular, social, from a loving home, 289 00:14:57,559 --> 00:15:02,056 and in broad daylight, she was taken. 290 00:15:02,057 --> 00:15:05,289 Reporter: The 15-year-old honor student disappeared last Thursday 291 00:15:05,389 --> 00:15:06,755 on her way home from school. 292 00:15:06,756 --> 00:15:08,754 Police believe she was abducted, 293 00:15:08,755 --> 00:15:12,786 likely in the parking lot of this nearby church. 294 00:15:12,853 --> 00:15:14,586 There was this collective realization 295 00:15:14,652 --> 00:15:19,949 that something terrible is in our midst. 296 00:15:19,950 --> 00:15:21,549 Sacks: Violent crime had been escalating 297 00:15:21,649 --> 00:15:23,749 before Kristen French's abduction, 298 00:15:23,849 --> 00:15:29,579 really beginning in 1987 with the Scarborough rapes. 299 00:15:29,646 --> 00:15:33,045 Scarborough was basically a very safe area. 300 00:15:33,145 --> 00:15:35,477 Well-kept single-family homes. 301 00:15:35,543 --> 00:15:37,742 Just a lovely, lovely neighborhood. 302 00:15:37,743 --> 00:15:41,574 And all of a sudden, there was terror, real terror going on, 303 00:15:41,641 --> 00:15:44,438 because there's this rapist on the loose, 304 00:15:44,439 --> 00:15:46,438 and people lived in fear. 305 00:15:46,538 --> 00:15:48,739 Reporter: From 1987 to 1990, 306 00:15:48,838 --> 00:15:51,970 he struck fear into the hearts of the women of Toronto. 307 00:15:52,037 --> 00:15:54,135 He became known as the Scarborough Rapist 308 00:15:54,136 --> 00:15:56,834 because the attacks took place in the Scarborough section 309 00:15:56,835 --> 00:15:58,035 of East Toronto. 310 00:15:58,134 --> 00:16:00,167 19 assaults in all. 311 00:16:00,266 --> 00:16:05,865 I hate him. He tore my whole life apart. 312 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:09,130 He's the lowest form of life there is. 313 00:16:09,230 --> 00:16:11,762 Malbon: He would grab women as young as 14. 314 00:16:11,829 --> 00:16:16,626 He'd grab them from behind, and he did terrible things. 315 00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:19,159 He'd put a knife to their throat and said, 316 00:16:19,259 --> 00:16:22,724 "If you look at me, I'll slit your throat." 317 00:16:22,824 --> 00:16:25,622 One of the victims, he had made her beg for her life 318 00:16:25,623 --> 00:16:27,555 and plead for her life. 319 00:16:27,622 --> 00:16:31,854 Kenzora: And the attacks, each one got a little bit more violent, 320 00:16:31,921 --> 00:16:33,820 you know, as time progressed. 321 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,452 [ Phone ringing ] 322 00:16:35,518 --> 00:16:38,516 Reporter: Metropolitan Toronto police are intensifying their hunt 323 00:16:38,517 --> 00:16:40,950 for the man dubbed the Scarborough Rapist. 324 00:16:41,017 --> 00:16:42,815 Late Wednesday night, the man attacked 325 00:16:42,816 --> 00:16:45,615 what appears to have become his sixth victim. 326 00:16:45,715 --> 00:16:47,814 McCrary: The sixth victim, he had beaten her 327 00:16:47,914 --> 00:16:51,845 so profusely that he had fractured her collarbone. 328 00:16:51,912 --> 00:16:54,844 Pron: It was just horrifying to hear. 329 00:16:54,911 --> 00:16:57,111 Another woman, he stomped on her -- 330 00:16:57,210 --> 00:16:58,943 like, her forearm, and broke it, 331 00:16:59,009 --> 00:17:01,542 and one of his other victims, he wrote on the back 332 00:17:01,609 --> 00:17:05,240 "Raped by S.R.," the Scarborough Rapist. 333 00:17:05,340 --> 00:17:08,806 This clearly was escalating and escalating rapidly. 334 00:17:08,905 --> 00:17:12,537 Kenzora: Perhaps because he was getting more confident 335 00:17:12,604 --> 00:17:15,502 that he wasn't going to get caught. 336 00:17:15,603 --> 00:17:17,335 Pron: The cops were really frustrated. 337 00:17:17,401 --> 00:17:19,234 They put in long hours. 338 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:22,699 Long hours, and they just couldn't catch him, 339 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,732 and they got the help of the FBI, 340 00:17:24,799 --> 00:17:27,897 trying to get a profile of the rapist. 341 00:17:27,898 --> 00:17:29,530 McCrary: The profile could be helpful 342 00:17:29,597 --> 00:17:32,095 in understanding the motive of the crime, 343 00:17:32,096 --> 00:17:35,493 and the offender they were dealing with, 344 00:17:35,494 --> 00:17:36,927 he had a need to punish 345 00:17:36,994 --> 00:17:39,392 and humiliate and degrade these victims. 346 00:17:39,492 --> 00:17:42,125 So, there was clear anger at women, 347 00:17:42,225 --> 00:17:44,791 and a lot of time, this is transferred aggression. 348 00:17:44,891 --> 00:17:47,223 They're really angry at someone else in their life, 349 00:17:47,323 --> 00:17:52,221 but the victims are taking the brunt of the anger and abuse. 350 00:17:52,287 --> 00:17:56,685 We found that the offender was degrading, humiliating, 351 00:17:56,686 --> 00:17:59,718 and scripting the victims to engage 352 00:17:59,785 --> 00:18:02,883 in self-humiliating verbal behavior, 353 00:18:02,983 --> 00:18:06,681 calling themselves sluts and bitches and so forth, 354 00:18:06,682 --> 00:18:10,278 but also calling him very complementary things. 355 00:18:10,279 --> 00:18:13,879 He would say, "Tell me I'm good. Tell me you love me. 356 00:18:13,979 --> 00:18:17,475 Tell me I'm better than your boyfriend." 357 00:18:17,476 --> 00:18:21,709 He would rush them, slam them down off the sidewalk, 358 00:18:21,775 --> 00:18:25,373 into shrubbery, typically, force them down, 359 00:18:25,473 --> 00:18:28,872 and then immediately begin to attack. 360 00:18:28,873 --> 00:18:30,872 The amount of force was excessive. 361 00:18:30,972 --> 00:18:33,104 He used more than was necessary to gain 362 00:18:33,204 --> 00:18:36,802 or maintain control over the victim. 363 00:18:36,869 --> 00:18:40,167 This could easily escalate up to homicide. 364 00:18:40,168 --> 00:18:42,068 The last rape, in fact, was so violent, 365 00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:44,866 investigators believed he would kill his next victim. 366 00:18:44,966 --> 00:18:46,463 Officer: We're doing the best we can. 367 00:18:46,464 --> 00:18:51,963 Hopefully, hopefully, somebody has an idea who he is. 368 00:18:52,063 --> 00:18:54,561 McCrary: Serial rapists typically start in an area 369 00:18:54,562 --> 00:18:56,760 in which they're very comfortable and familiar. 370 00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:58,194 It's low risk for them. 371 00:18:58,294 --> 00:19:00,660 They know all the alleyways and the ins and the outs 372 00:19:00,759 --> 00:19:02,357 and fences and how to get home. 373 00:19:02,358 --> 00:19:06,890 And so we thought that he really lived in Scarborough. 374 00:19:06,957 --> 00:19:09,789 This was his hunting ground. 375 00:19:09,856 --> 00:19:11,755 Another indication that he lived in the area 376 00:19:11,855 --> 00:19:14,654 was his demand that they not look at him. 377 00:19:14,754 --> 00:19:17,652 They might recognize him around the neighborhood. 378 00:19:17,653 --> 00:19:20,785 No one had really seen the attacker's face, 379 00:19:20,851 --> 00:19:23,484 so the police didn't really have much to go on, 380 00:19:23,550 --> 00:19:27,582 but then the attacker made a mistake. 381 00:19:27,649 --> 00:19:28,881 Pron: His first dozen victims, 382 00:19:28,948 --> 00:19:31,345 he attacked them all from behind. 383 00:19:31,346 --> 00:19:34,779 And his 13th victim, lady was walking down the street 384 00:19:34,846 --> 00:19:37,743 and he was walking towards her. 385 00:19:37,744 --> 00:19:40,543 Kenzora: He started a conversation with her. 386 00:19:40,544 --> 00:19:42,976 Pron: He started walking with her, 387 00:19:43,042 --> 00:19:46,640 and they got to a dark alley, then he attacked her. 388 00:19:46,641 --> 00:19:49,039 But she was able to see his face. 389 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:52,837 And she was able to give police a very detailed description. 390 00:19:52,838 --> 00:19:56,170 Reporter: Victims help police draw up a composite picture of the rapist. 391 00:19:56,270 --> 00:20:00,035 He was blonde and nice-looking, they say. 392 00:20:00,036 --> 00:20:03,133 Kenzora: These eyes frightened her when she saw them. 393 00:20:03,134 --> 00:20:07,131 ♪♪ 394 00:20:07,132 --> 00:20:09,631 When they did get a police sketch of this 395 00:20:09,632 --> 00:20:11,030 "Scarborough Rapist," 396 00:20:11,031 --> 00:20:13,163 it was put on the front page of the news. 397 00:20:13,229 --> 00:20:17,728 Kenzora: And it was so well-done that numerous people saw it 398 00:20:17,828 --> 00:20:20,727 and called police and said, "I know who that is. 399 00:20:20,827 --> 00:20:23,825 That's Paul Bernardo." 400 00:20:23,926 --> 00:20:25,824 Reporter: Several hundred suspects were questioned, 401 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,623 including University of Toronto graduate Paul Bernardo, 402 00:20:28,724 --> 00:20:30,322 an aspiring accountant. 403 00:20:30,422 --> 00:20:33,421 Paul Bernardo, at the time of the Scarborough rapes, 404 00:20:33,522 --> 00:20:36,520 was living at home with his parents in Scarborough, 405 00:20:36,621 --> 00:20:38,753 where he had grown up. 406 00:20:38,819 --> 00:20:40,452 Pron: When he grew up, he was a Boy Scout, 407 00:20:40,519 --> 00:20:43,616 and he had blonde hair and blue eyes, 408 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:46,414 and he was very friendly and popular 409 00:20:46,415 --> 00:20:50,413 and very sociable and very outgoing, 410 00:20:50,414 --> 00:20:53,912 and he delivered newspapers when he was a little kid. 411 00:20:53,913 --> 00:20:56,611 You know, all the neighbors loved him. 412 00:20:56,612 --> 00:20:58,910 He was a really good-looking boy, 413 00:20:58,911 --> 00:21:02,709 and from all accounts, he was a great kid growing up. 414 00:21:02,710 --> 00:21:07,141 He was smart and he was polite, kind. 415 00:21:07,241 --> 00:21:11,505 And he went to university, where he studied accounting 416 00:21:11,506 --> 00:21:15,038 and started to work at a job at Price Waterhouse. 417 00:21:15,137 --> 00:21:18,201 Seems like a guy who's going places. 418 00:21:18,202 --> 00:21:19,935 Hunter: But Paul Bernardo looks like 419 00:21:20,003 --> 00:21:22,934 the Scarborough Rapist police sketch. 420 00:21:23,001 --> 00:21:25,599 Pron: The police called him in for an interview, 421 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:27,197 and he came in willingly. 422 00:21:27,198 --> 00:21:30,097 He was very open. He was very at ease. 423 00:21:30,098 --> 00:21:31,396 He wasn't nervous. 424 00:21:31,397 --> 00:21:33,395 He said, "Yeah, sure, it looks like me, but, you know, 425 00:21:33,396 --> 00:21:37,129 it's not me, but it sure as heck looks like me." 426 00:21:37,195 --> 00:21:41,027 Kenzora: They questioned Paul Bernardo about the crimes, 427 00:21:41,127 --> 00:21:45,125 and they asked if he would volunteer a DNA sample, 428 00:21:45,191 --> 00:21:46,591 and he agreed. 429 00:21:46,692 --> 00:21:48,891 Back then, DNA was fairly new. 430 00:21:48,990 --> 00:21:52,788 The lab that analyzed DNA didn't have a lot of resources, 431 00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:55,888 so they got that sample, and unfortunately, 432 00:21:55,988 --> 00:21:58,986 it was put on a shelf with a whole bunch of other samples, 433 00:21:58,987 --> 00:22:02,218 where it sat for a number of years. 434 00:22:02,284 --> 00:22:04,485 Pron: He just didn't seem like the kind of suspect 435 00:22:04,584 --> 00:22:06,283 that would do this. 436 00:22:06,383 --> 00:22:09,280 Reporter: Neighbors suggested he was a dead ringer for the composite, 437 00:22:09,281 --> 00:22:12,481 but after interviewing him, police let him go. 438 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:13,979 No one was arrested. 439 00:22:13,980 --> 00:22:16,213 And in the meantime, Paul Bernardo moved to 440 00:22:16,279 --> 00:22:20,411 St. Catharines to live with Karla Homolka and her family. 441 00:22:20,478 --> 00:22:23,175 ♪♪ 442 00:22:23,176 --> 00:22:26,009 As soon as Paul Bernardo moved to St. Catharines, 443 00:22:26,109 --> 00:22:28,408 there were no more rapes in Scarborough. 444 00:22:28,475 --> 00:22:31,371 Unfortunately, there were other attacks to come. 445 00:22:31,372 --> 00:22:38,004 ♪♪ 446 00:22:40,269 --> 00:22:43,668 ♪♪ 447 00:22:43,768 --> 00:22:46,365 Welcome back to "Very Scary People." 448 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:49,466 In April 1992, police across Ontario 449 00:22:49,566 --> 00:22:51,965 were searching for any clues that could lead them 450 00:22:52,065 --> 00:22:54,864 to finding 15-year-old Kristen French, 451 00:22:54,963 --> 00:22:56,496 who was abducted in broad daylight 452 00:22:56,563 --> 00:22:58,761 on her way home from school. 453 00:22:58,762 --> 00:23:00,794 Family and friends held candlelight vigils, 454 00:23:00,861 --> 00:23:03,660 praying Kristen would be found safe and sound. 455 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,192 But for almost two weeks, 456 00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:08,891 there was no sign of the missing teen. 457 00:23:08,958 --> 00:23:10,490 Reporter: The agony of the past few days 458 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:14,355 was clearly evident on the faces of Kristen French's family. 459 00:23:14,455 --> 00:23:18,352 They say they feel Kristen is still alive. 460 00:23:18,353 --> 00:23:19,986 McCready: Kristen French went missing, 461 00:23:20,087 --> 00:23:21,985 and it struck fear in our hearts, 462 00:23:22,086 --> 00:23:24,149 but there was always that glimmer of hope, 463 00:23:24,150 --> 00:23:27,450 there was always the possibility that she will come home alive. 464 00:23:27,550 --> 00:23:30,048 No one knew what happened. 465 00:23:30,049 --> 00:23:31,748 We have to find her. 466 00:23:31,749 --> 00:23:37,645 ♪♪ 467 00:23:37,646 --> 00:23:40,143 Reporter: The body of the young women was found in a ditch 468 00:23:40,144 --> 00:23:41,945 in Burlington's north end. 469 00:23:42,044 --> 00:23:45,076 The grim discovery was made at 9:45 AM 470 00:23:45,142 --> 00:23:47,375 by a man searching for scrap metal. 471 00:23:47,442 --> 00:23:52,439 Kristen's body was found in a ditch in Burlington. 472 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,172 McCrary: Her body was recovered. 473 00:23:54,238 --> 00:23:56,072 Her hair had been chopped off. 474 00:23:56,138 --> 00:23:58,236 We get the M.E. report, and we find 475 00:23:58,237 --> 00:24:00,670 she'd definitely been violently assaulted. 476 00:24:00,737 --> 00:24:02,234 McCready: It was shocking, 477 00:24:02,235 --> 00:24:05,435 the finality that you'd never wanted to come true. 478 00:24:05,535 --> 00:24:07,867 Reporter: Niagara regional police went to the home 479 00:24:07,934 --> 00:24:10,366 of Doug and Donna French near St. Catharines 480 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:14,330 to notify them about the young victim. 481 00:24:14,431 --> 00:24:17,163 Donna: I was just so sure that they'd find her. 482 00:24:17,229 --> 00:24:23,226 I was just so sure, and then when we found her, 483 00:24:23,326 --> 00:24:25,727 I just kept thinking, "Why did he have to kill her?" 484 00:24:25,826 --> 00:24:27,159 McCready: Everybody was just devastated. 485 00:24:27,225 --> 00:24:29,058 Now, it's like, what can we do 486 00:24:29,124 --> 00:24:31,322 to find the people who did this to her? 487 00:24:31,323 --> 00:24:33,656 They're still out there. They can do it again. 488 00:24:33,723 --> 00:24:35,922 And that was the fear. 489 00:24:36,022 --> 00:24:37,320 Garofalo: Police were searching for clues 490 00:24:37,422 --> 00:24:40,154 for Kristen French's abduction and murder. 491 00:24:40,220 --> 00:24:42,318 It was reminiscent of an unsolved case 492 00:24:42,319 --> 00:24:45,418 that took place nearby the year before, 493 00:24:45,519 --> 00:24:49,750 the murder case of Leslie Mahaffy. 494 00:24:49,816 --> 00:24:53,014 Hunter: It was a dark, scary time. 495 00:24:53,015 --> 00:24:56,047 There is something wrong here. 496 00:24:56,113 --> 00:24:58,546 Reporter: The nightmare for the Mahaffy family began 497 00:24:58,613 --> 00:25:00,145 June 14th, 1991, 498 00:25:00,211 --> 00:25:02,910 when 14-year-old Leslie disappeared. 499 00:25:02,911 --> 00:25:05,510 No families should ever have to go through 500 00:25:05,610 --> 00:25:07,609 what we've gone through. 501 00:25:07,709 --> 00:25:11,807 Kenzora: Leslie Mahaffy was a 14-year-old girl with lots of friends. 502 00:25:11,808 --> 00:25:13,907 She was fun. She was cool. 503 00:25:14,007 --> 00:25:16,904 She liked to hang out with her friends. 504 00:25:16,905 --> 00:25:21,102 Jen: I met Leslie when I was 14 through mutual friends. 505 00:25:21,103 --> 00:25:24,536 She was dating somebody that I knew. 506 00:25:24,602 --> 00:25:26,401 She was very quiet. 507 00:25:26,502 --> 00:25:27,801 That's the first thing I noticed. 508 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,298 She was very quiet. 509 00:25:29,299 --> 00:25:31,199 As time went on, that changed. 510 00:25:31,298 --> 00:25:33,097 She had absolutely beautiful golden hair, 511 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:37,930 and she was absolutely gorgeous when she smiled. 512 00:25:38,030 --> 00:25:41,494 Hemsworth: She had a very loving mother and father, 513 00:25:41,495 --> 00:25:43,493 a very loving brother, 514 00:25:43,494 --> 00:25:48,090 and she lived in a nice community in a nice city. 515 00:25:48,091 --> 00:25:52,890 Like, Burlington was seen as a very, very safe place. 516 00:25:52,891 --> 00:25:55,989 ♪♪ 517 00:25:55,990 --> 00:25:57,722 Kenzora: The night that Leslie disappeared, 518 00:25:57,789 --> 00:26:01,986 she had attended a memorial for a young gentleman 519 00:26:01,987 --> 00:26:04,385 who was killed in a car accident. 520 00:26:04,386 --> 00:26:08,784 There was a car crash involving four teenagers on a road 521 00:26:08,884 --> 00:26:13,015 that high school students called Rollercoaster Road. 522 00:26:13,081 --> 00:26:14,782 Sadly, all of them die. 523 00:26:14,882 --> 00:26:18,279 Jen: And it was a very, very, very tragic thing to go through, 524 00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:21,779 especially considering what was to come. 525 00:26:21,879 --> 00:26:23,377 Reporter: Hours before she vanished, 526 00:26:23,378 --> 00:26:25,011 Leslie had gone to a funeral home 527 00:26:25,111 --> 00:26:26,676 to say goodbye to a friend 528 00:26:26,677 --> 00:26:29,875 who had been killed in a car crash with three other teens. 529 00:26:29,876 --> 00:26:31,174 A bunch of kids from high school 530 00:26:31,274 --> 00:26:32,773 had gone to the funeral home that night, 531 00:26:32,774 --> 00:26:35,307 and then Leslie went to hang out with the friends 532 00:26:35,373 --> 00:26:37,971 after they all left the funeral home. 533 00:26:37,972 --> 00:26:41,204 By around 11:00, Leslie realized 534 00:26:41,270 --> 00:26:43,703 that she should start walking home, 535 00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:45,402 because she had a curfew, 536 00:26:45,469 --> 00:26:47,868 and she walked with another friend, 537 00:26:47,968 --> 00:26:50,466 and they stopped along the way to talk 538 00:26:50,467 --> 00:26:52,264 because he was gonna be a pallbearer 539 00:26:52,265 --> 00:26:55,098 at the funeral the next day, and he was really nervous, 540 00:26:55,164 --> 00:26:58,464 and by now, it was well past Leslie's curfew, 541 00:26:58,564 --> 00:27:01,696 and she realized she better get home. 542 00:27:01,762 --> 00:27:07,559 Hemsworth: And so he walked her home, and it was late at night. 543 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,192 She got home at 2:00 in the morning. 544 00:27:10,258 --> 00:27:11,758 All the lights were off. 545 00:27:11,859 --> 00:27:14,090 She tried all the doors. 546 00:27:14,156 --> 00:27:15,690 Pron: Side door was locked. 547 00:27:15,757 --> 00:27:19,288 And tried the front door. It was locked as well. 548 00:27:19,355 --> 00:27:21,287 Hemsworth: She was not necessarily comfortable 549 00:27:21,354 --> 00:27:23,686 waking her parents at that hour. 550 00:27:23,753 --> 00:27:27,285 She was concerned about curfew and disturbing them. 551 00:27:27,352 --> 00:27:29,351 Kenzora: And so, she came back and said to the friend, 552 00:27:29,451 --> 00:27:31,283 "Don't worry. I'll get in." 553 00:27:31,351 --> 00:27:32,649 She said goodbye to the friend. 554 00:27:32,650 --> 00:27:34,948 You know, "I'll see you tomorrow at the funeral." 555 00:27:34,949 --> 00:27:36,182 So, he left. He looked back. 556 00:27:36,248 --> 00:27:37,747 The last time he saw her, 557 00:27:37,748 --> 00:27:40,445 she was standing on the driveway in front of her garage. 558 00:27:40,446 --> 00:27:42,845 What we found out later was that she left 559 00:27:42,946 --> 00:27:44,243 and went to a phone booth 560 00:27:44,244 --> 00:27:47,177 and called her friend to say, "I'm locked out. 561 00:27:47,243 --> 00:27:49,176 Can I come stay at your house?" 562 00:27:49,242 --> 00:27:52,240 Friend said no, so she walked back to her house. 563 00:27:52,241 --> 00:27:54,774 And that was the last anyone heard from her. 564 00:27:54,841 --> 00:27:57,538 ♪♪ 565 00:27:57,539 --> 00:28:02,871 I think the next morning, when the friend called to see 566 00:28:02,970 --> 00:28:04,537 where Leslie was 567 00:28:04,637 --> 00:28:06,636 because they were gonna go to the funeral together, 568 00:28:06,736 --> 00:28:11,633 that people started to realize that she didn't make it home. 569 00:28:11,634 --> 00:28:14,266 Jen: That day, I was actually at one of the funerals. 570 00:28:14,333 --> 00:28:15,631 I remember my parents coming to me 571 00:28:15,632 --> 00:28:17,731 and telling me that a girl was missing. 572 00:28:17,831 --> 00:28:22,528 Once I found out who it was, I couldn't believe it. 573 00:28:22,529 --> 00:28:24,227 Leslie just disappeared. 574 00:28:24,228 --> 00:28:27,061 Hemsworth: She was reported missing by her parents, 575 00:28:27,126 --> 00:28:28,627 and there was an investigation. 576 00:28:28,727 --> 00:28:30,459 Jen: I think that's when I started to think, 577 00:28:30,526 --> 00:28:33,758 "Uh-oh. Something really bad has happened to her." 578 00:28:33,825 --> 00:28:41,422 ♪♪ 579 00:28:44,119 --> 00:28:47,718 Reporter: 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy went missing on June 15th. 580 00:28:47,719 --> 00:28:50,851 She'd been at a funeral home to say goodbye to a friend. 581 00:28:50,951 --> 00:28:53,816 Mahaffy disappeared after heading home. 582 00:28:53,817 --> 00:28:58,248 Leslie Mahaffy, she was reported as a missing teen. 583 00:28:58,315 --> 00:29:01,512 Some people just assumed that she had run away. 584 00:29:01,513 --> 00:29:04,211 Hemsworth: And everyone hoped for the best, 585 00:29:04,312 --> 00:29:08,609 and then everyone discovered the worst. 586 00:29:08,610 --> 00:29:15,006 ♪♪ 587 00:29:15,007 --> 00:29:20,405 Kenzora: A fisherman at Lake Gibson discovered concrete blocks 588 00:29:20,406 --> 00:29:22,737 in the lake one Saturday morning, 589 00:29:22,805 --> 00:29:27,236 and then each of the blocks contained a body part, 590 00:29:27,303 --> 00:29:30,000 and eventually, those body parts were identified 591 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,934 as belonging to Leslie Mahaffy. 592 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,800 Reporter: The dismembered remains of 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy 593 00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:36,532 were found in a nearby lake. 594 00:29:36,599 --> 00:29:39,398 She had disappeared two weeks before. 595 00:29:39,498 --> 00:29:42,929 Malbon: When she was discovered, it was the horror 596 00:29:43,030 --> 00:29:47,593 that someone actually took the time to dismember a body, 597 00:29:47,594 --> 00:29:51,526 put it in concrete, and dump it in a lake. 598 00:29:51,593 --> 00:29:56,424 Jen: The fact that it can happen to somebody that you know is -- 599 00:29:56,491 --> 00:29:57,923 it's kind of numbing. 600 00:29:57,989 --> 00:30:01,088 And I still was hoping that maybe the police 601 00:30:01,188 --> 00:30:04,087 had made a mistake, but it was her. 602 00:30:04,186 --> 00:30:05,787 No one deserves that. 603 00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:10,685 ♪♪ 604 00:30:10,785 --> 00:30:13,283 Kenzora: When Leslie Mahaffy's body parts were being discovered 605 00:30:13,284 --> 00:30:14,682 in Lake Gibson, 606 00:30:14,683 --> 00:30:18,115 not far away, at an elaborate fairytale wedding, 607 00:30:18,181 --> 00:30:21,281 Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka were getting married. 608 00:30:21,381 --> 00:30:23,213 Priest: Dear friends, we have come together 609 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,078 in the presence of God... 610 00:30:25,178 --> 00:30:27,077 Malbon: There's all sorts of videos of it. 611 00:30:27,177 --> 00:30:28,710 They're looking happy. 612 00:30:28,778 --> 00:30:31,576 Garofalo: They had their wedding ceremony in Niagara-on-the-Lake, 613 00:30:31,577 --> 00:30:35,008 which is just a spectacularly beautiful place. 614 00:30:35,074 --> 00:30:38,007 Kenzora: With a horse-drawn carriage, speeches from Paul 615 00:30:38,073 --> 00:30:40,773 that indicated he had found the love of his life. 616 00:30:40,873 --> 00:30:42,271 Pron: One of her friends said, "You know, 617 00:30:42,272 --> 00:30:43,571 you're luckiest person in the world. 618 00:30:43,572 --> 00:30:47,903 He's such a great find. You're so lucky." 619 00:30:47,969 --> 00:30:51,369 Sacks: This beautiful, lavish wedding almost didn't happen 620 00:30:51,468 --> 00:30:54,800 because of this tragedy that the Homolka family 621 00:30:54,900 --> 00:30:56,799 had suffered six months earlier. 622 00:30:56,899 --> 00:30:58,599 Look at the camera. 623 00:30:58,665 --> 00:31:02,264 Kenzora: Tammy was Karla's happy, loving little sister. 624 00:31:02,364 --> 00:31:03,996 They spend a lot of holidays together 625 00:31:04,062 --> 00:31:07,795 and just quality family time, hanging out. 626 00:31:07,895 --> 00:31:10,860 It was December 23rd, the night before Christmas Eve. 627 00:31:10,861 --> 00:31:14,292 Rosen: There is a family party at the house. 628 00:31:14,359 --> 00:31:18,156 Alcohol is served, and Karla's younger sister 629 00:31:18,157 --> 00:31:20,589 Tammy has a lot to drink. 630 00:31:20,656 --> 00:31:22,855 Kenzora: There's video footage of that night, 631 00:31:22,856 --> 00:31:26,554 'cause Paul Bernardo was videotaping everything. 632 00:31:28,952 --> 00:31:31,351 And there's video footage of him just saying, 633 00:31:31,352 --> 00:31:32,584 "Hey, Tammy, how you feeling?" 634 00:31:32,651 --> 00:31:34,884 And she's like, "Oh, I'm seeing double." 635 00:31:38,349 --> 00:31:42,480 So you can tell she really is feeling pretty woozy. 636 00:31:42,547 --> 00:31:45,646 And after the parents go to bed and Lori, the other sister, 637 00:31:45,746 --> 00:31:48,178 goes to her room to call her boyfriend, 638 00:31:48,245 --> 00:31:51,077 Paul, Karla, and Tammy go to the basement. 639 00:31:51,143 --> 00:31:52,676 To watch movies. 640 00:31:52,743 --> 00:31:58,340 And while they're watching movies, Tammy passes out. 641 00:31:58,341 --> 00:32:00,539 Kenzora: She starts to throw up. 642 00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:04,971 She begins choking on her vomit. They called 911. 643 00:32:05,037 --> 00:32:07,637 When the paramedics and the police came to the house, 644 00:32:07,737 --> 00:32:09,169 Paul Bernardo was hysterical. 645 00:32:09,236 --> 00:32:12,734 He was apparently banging his head against the wall and, 646 00:32:12,735 --> 00:32:15,133 "Why, why, why is this happening?" 647 00:32:15,234 --> 00:32:18,166 And unfortunately, Tammy died the next day in hospital. 648 00:32:18,233 --> 00:32:22,064 Rosen: The officers who attended didn't see anything out of the ordinary 649 00:32:22,130 --> 00:32:25,129 except a young teenager who had had too much alcohol 650 00:32:25,230 --> 00:32:27,529 and fallen asleep, 651 00:32:27,629 --> 00:32:30,861 and it was treated as an accident. 652 00:32:30,927 --> 00:32:33,126 Pron: But what was suspicious was she had, 653 00:32:33,227 --> 00:32:36,425 like, burn marks all around her mouth and all here, 654 00:32:36,525 --> 00:32:38,523 and I know I'm talking to one of the officers 655 00:32:38,524 --> 00:32:42,156 who said that just bothered him. 656 00:32:42,223 --> 00:32:45,521 Sacks: Yet after this tragedy, Karla was very insistent, 657 00:32:45,522 --> 00:32:50,118 and so the wedding, they went ahead and they had it. 658 00:32:50,119 --> 00:32:52,617 Kenzora: There was a lot of tension in the Homolka house 659 00:32:52,618 --> 00:32:57,914 after Tammy died, in particular because Karla was carrying on 660 00:32:57,915 --> 00:33:01,215 with wedding planning as if nothing happened. 661 00:33:01,315 --> 00:33:05,413 Pron: Tammy had died and her parents had to pay for the funeral, 662 00:33:05,414 --> 00:33:07,812 and Bernardo wanted a very elaborate wedding, 663 00:33:07,813 --> 00:33:10,444 and Bernardo said, "Well, take out another mortgage 664 00:33:10,512 --> 00:33:12,311 on your house to pay for our wedding," 665 00:33:12,410 --> 00:33:14,443 and that caused a rift right there. 666 00:33:14,509 --> 00:33:19,007 That's not the behavior of a grieving family member. 667 00:33:19,107 --> 00:33:20,905 Sacks: It would seem to occur to most people 668 00:33:20,906 --> 00:33:23,705 that maybe you don't celebrate with a lavish wedding 669 00:33:23,706 --> 00:33:26,205 when your younger sister has just died. 670 00:33:26,305 --> 00:33:27,504 But not to Karla. 671 00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:29,603 Kenzora: She was selfish and self-centered, 672 00:33:29,704 --> 00:33:33,035 and it was about her, and at a certain point, 673 00:33:33,101 --> 00:33:35,634 I believe her parents had said to her, like, 674 00:33:35,701 --> 00:33:37,333 "Can we tone this down a little bit? 675 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:38,700 The wedding is gonna cost a fortune." 676 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,231 And Karla wrote to friends and in her diary 677 00:33:42,298 --> 00:33:43,995 that she couldn't believe that her parents 678 00:33:43,996 --> 00:33:47,495 were not willing to spend all this money on the wedding. 679 00:33:47,496 --> 00:33:49,093 You know, Tammy was dead. 680 00:33:49,094 --> 00:33:50,694 It's not her fault, 681 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:52,993 and that they had to spend all this money on the funeral, 682 00:33:53,093 --> 00:33:55,990 and she was really, really miffed about it, 683 00:33:55,991 --> 00:33:57,525 so much so that her and Paul 684 00:33:57,592 --> 00:34:00,024 actually moved out before the wedding. 685 00:34:00,090 --> 00:34:03,023 Shlosberg: And they moved into a sweet, charming 686 00:34:03,089 --> 00:34:06,388 pink home in Port Dalhousie. 687 00:34:06,488 --> 00:34:09,187 Karla says, "I'm gonna have this big wedding. 688 00:34:09,287 --> 00:34:10,919 I'm gonna have it all." 689 00:34:10,985 --> 00:34:13,585 And nothing was gonna stand in her way. 690 00:34:13,685 --> 00:34:17,917 [ Bridal march playing ] 691 00:34:17,983 --> 00:34:19,981 ♪♪ 692 00:34:19,982 --> 00:34:21,682 Shlosberg: These are two people that really cared 693 00:34:21,782 --> 00:34:24,980 about what other people thought of them. 694 00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,579 Hemsworth: They had a fancy wedding and reception 695 00:34:27,580 --> 00:34:29,478 in Niagara-on-the-Lake. 696 00:34:29,479 --> 00:34:32,977 And this is the big wedding that Karla has demanded. 697 00:34:33,077 --> 00:34:39,608 And to them, that had the kind of markings of success. 698 00:34:39,675 --> 00:34:41,173 Pron: It seemed like they were the perfect couple. 699 00:34:41,174 --> 00:34:44,805 The Ken and Barbie, you know, the dream marriage. 700 00:34:44,871 --> 00:34:48,370 But in the wedding party, one of the bridesmaids said, 701 00:34:48,371 --> 00:34:50,503 "It felt like I was going to a funeral." 702 00:34:50,570 --> 00:34:54,569 Hemsworth: You can't see genuine happiness in their faces. 703 00:34:54,668 --> 00:34:56,901 Pron: Their friends just assumed it was just, 704 00:34:56,967 --> 00:34:59,864 you know, a little nerves and all that on the wedding day. 705 00:34:59,865 --> 00:35:03,498 They knew something was wrong, but they just couldn't put 706 00:35:03,565 --> 00:35:06,364 their finger on, you know, what exactly it was. 707 00:35:06,464 --> 00:35:08,696 Garofalo: They are almost mannequin-like. 708 00:35:08,796 --> 00:35:12,694 The smiles were fake, because they knew this life 709 00:35:12,794 --> 00:35:15,160 they were leading was a fraud. 710 00:35:15,260 --> 00:35:23,457 ♪♪ 711 00:35:25,289 --> 00:35:26,788 [ Wedding march playing ] 712 00:35:26,888 --> 00:35:30,587 ♪♪ 713 00:35:30,654 --> 00:35:34,785 Malbon: On the day that Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo get married... 714 00:35:34,885 --> 00:35:38,684 I, Paul, take thee, Karla, to be my wife. 715 00:35:38,783 --> 00:35:40,150 ...on that very day, 716 00:35:40,250 --> 00:35:44,381 they discover Leslie Mahaffy's body. 717 00:35:44,448 --> 00:35:48,547 Reporter: 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy went missing on June 15th. 718 00:35:48,646 --> 00:35:51,178 Two weeks later, her dismembered body parts 719 00:35:51,246 --> 00:35:55,542 were found encased in concrete in Lake Gibson. 720 00:35:55,543 --> 00:35:59,040 Learning how to live with the very complicated 721 00:35:59,041 --> 00:36:02,874 and unresolved grief when your child is murdered 722 00:36:02,940 --> 00:36:06,139 is an unrelenting task. 723 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,438 We were already living in a climate 724 00:36:09,538 --> 00:36:12,470 of growing fear and concern. 725 00:36:12,537 --> 00:36:14,035 Hunter: People were terrified. 726 00:36:14,136 --> 00:36:17,135 It all began with the Scarborough rapes. 727 00:36:17,235 --> 00:36:20,432 Reporter: Since May the 4th, 1987, numerous sexual assaults 728 00:36:20,433 --> 00:36:25,929 have been attributed to a man dubbed the Scarborough Rapist. 729 00:36:25,930 --> 00:36:27,864 Kenzora: Leslie Mahaffy was killed, 730 00:36:27,930 --> 00:36:30,962 and Kristen French was kidnapped in broad daylight. 731 00:36:31,028 --> 00:36:32,529 Donna: She was a beautiful person. 732 00:36:32,629 --> 00:36:36,127 She was kind, and she was just very sensitive, 733 00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:39,326 and I think, how could anybody destroy that? 734 00:36:39,426 --> 00:36:41,758 Someone awful is out there. 735 00:36:41,824 --> 00:36:43,557 We have to find who did this, 736 00:36:43,624 --> 00:36:46,656 or more young girls are gonna die. 737 00:36:48,655 --> 00:36:50,754 Everyone began to wonder at that time 738 00:36:50,854 --> 00:36:52,953 if there might be a connection. 739 00:36:53,019 --> 00:36:55,552 What are the chances that two girls go missing 740 00:36:55,619 --> 00:36:57,117 in a certain timeframe? 741 00:36:57,118 --> 00:36:59,915 It is a really weird coincidence. 742 00:36:59,916 --> 00:37:01,416 Kenzora: People were starting to get worried 743 00:37:01,417 --> 00:37:04,415 that there might be something bigger at play here. 744 00:37:04,416 --> 00:37:06,914 McCrary: They were bringing in all the resources 745 00:37:07,013 --> 00:37:09,846 available to them to get an answer to this. 746 00:37:09,912 --> 00:37:12,245 I think it's important that everybody realize 747 00:37:12,312 --> 00:37:13,844 that this danger is out there. 748 00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:18,110 So, the question is, were these cases related, yes or no? 749 00:37:18,210 --> 00:37:19,742 There were similarities. 750 00:37:19,808 --> 00:37:21,941 Both had been physically assaulted. 751 00:37:22,007 --> 00:37:24,040 Both had been asphyxiated. 752 00:37:24,107 --> 00:37:26,040 Both had bruising to their bodies 753 00:37:26,106 --> 00:37:29,704 as though someone had been kneeling on their back, 754 00:37:29,705 --> 00:37:31,837 maybe using a ligature strangulation 755 00:37:31,903 --> 00:37:34,736 or strangling them from behind. 756 00:37:34,802 --> 00:37:37,035 The other issue was geography. 757 00:37:37,102 --> 00:37:40,201 Geography always plays a role in these cases, 758 00:37:40,301 --> 00:37:42,500 and we had sort of two anchor points -- 759 00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:46,497 Burlington and St. Catharines. 760 00:37:46,498 --> 00:37:51,096 Hemsworth: Burlington and St. Catharines are 45 minutes away. 761 00:37:51,196 --> 00:37:53,296 Leslie, who had disappeared in Burlington, 762 00:37:53,395 --> 00:37:56,294 her remains were discovered in St. Catharines. 763 00:37:56,394 --> 00:37:59,393 Kristen, who had lived in St. Catharines, Ontario, 764 00:37:59,493 --> 00:38:01,725 her remains were discovered in Burlington. 765 00:38:01,791 --> 00:38:03,090 Actually, a few hundred yards 766 00:38:03,091 --> 00:38:07,423 from the grave of Leslie Mahaffy. 767 00:38:07,489 --> 00:38:08,888 Which was a weird thing, 768 00:38:08,988 --> 00:38:12,088 because you could almost see Leslie's gravestone 769 00:38:12,188 --> 00:38:14,784 from where Kristen's body was found. 770 00:38:14,785 --> 00:38:17,818 So it was clearly some kind of message. 771 00:38:17,884 --> 00:38:19,384 I think everyone knew at that point 772 00:38:19,385 --> 00:38:22,084 that there was a serial killer on the loose. 773 00:38:22,183 --> 00:38:24,216 Reporter: Police are not discounting the possibility 774 00:38:24,283 --> 00:38:27,215 a serial killer may be at work in the area. 775 00:38:27,281 --> 00:38:30,613 As the investigation continued, I got a call from Vince Bevan, 776 00:38:30,713 --> 00:38:33,079 who was in charge of the investigation. 777 00:38:33,179 --> 00:38:37,875 He had this unusual request from a TV station 778 00:38:37,876 --> 00:38:40,575 who wanted to know if they could be helpful in some way. 779 00:38:40,576 --> 00:38:42,674 Could they do a documentary? 780 00:38:42,675 --> 00:38:45,807 So I said, "Let's use this to our advantage. 781 00:38:45,873 --> 00:38:48,306 We can communicate with the offender." 782 00:38:48,373 --> 00:38:51,171 Because we know in any of these cases, 783 00:38:51,172 --> 00:38:52,704 these high-profile cases, 784 00:38:52,770 --> 00:38:54,969 these offenders follow the media. 785 00:38:55,070 --> 00:38:57,168 Gregg, if he is watching this program tonight, 786 00:38:57,169 --> 00:38:59,568 what do you think he might be experiencing? 787 00:38:59,668 --> 00:39:01,667 Don McLean, he asked me, 788 00:39:01,668 --> 00:39:04,466 "Well, if the offender is watching now, 789 00:39:04,566 --> 00:39:05,899 what would you say?" 790 00:39:05,965 --> 00:39:08,598 I said, "If he's listening, I want to tell him 791 00:39:08,697 --> 00:39:09,997 you're going to be apprehended." 792 00:39:10,064 --> 00:39:13,860 It's just a question of when. 793 00:39:13,861 --> 00:39:17,394 Kenzora: And he was watching. 794 00:39:17,461 --> 00:39:19,958 Garofalo: He lived in a pretty, little pink house 795 00:39:19,959 --> 00:39:21,858 with his beautiful wife. 796 00:39:21,958 --> 00:39:24,391 Who would have ever thought that this man 797 00:39:24,458 --> 00:39:29,455 with this beautiful, little pink house could be such a monster? 798 00:39:29,456 --> 00:39:34,253 Which is probably one of the reasons why he got away with it. 799 00:39:34,254 --> 00:39:36,786 He didn't believe he would ever get caught. 800 00:39:44,250 --> 00:39:48,047 That was the beginning of, you know, his end. 801 00:39:48,048 --> 00:39:52,680 ♪♪ 802 00:39:52,746 --> 00:39:55,844 Paul Bernardo is our worst nightmare. 803 00:39:55,944 --> 00:39:58,677 Pron: He was able to hide his true personality 804 00:39:58,743 --> 00:40:00,342 beneath this glowing face 805 00:40:00,343 --> 00:40:04,840 of a blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy next door. 806 00:40:04,940 --> 00:40:07,340 McCrary: Peeping, prowling, looking in windows, 807 00:40:07,341 --> 00:40:09,139 watching women undress. 808 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:11,772 Sacks: And as he gets away with it and gets away with it, 809 00:40:11,838 --> 00:40:13,071 it's not enough anymore. 810 00:40:13,138 --> 00:40:14,836 McCrary: This is just a stepping stone. 811 00:40:14,937 --> 00:40:17,369 This is just the beginning. 812 00:40:17,436 --> 00:40:23,167 Rosen: Paul is sick, but he never killed anyone 813 00:40:23,234 --> 00:40:26,033 until he met Karla. 814 00:40:26,133 --> 00:40:27,930 McCrary: She was much more heavily involved 815 00:40:27,931 --> 00:40:29,664 that she had portrayed early on. 816 00:40:29,764 --> 00:40:31,331 Rosen: It's like a bullseye. 817 00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:34,330 You start at the edges and you move your way into the center. 818 00:40:34,429 --> 00:40:37,028 We watched some of the videos. 819 00:40:37,128 --> 00:40:40,760 Malbon: And I remember letting out this loud gasp, 820 00:40:40,826 --> 00:40:46,523 because it was just so horrifying. 821 00:40:46,524 --> 00:40:49,456 Bryant: Everyone knew, of course, that you were listening 822 00:40:49,523 --> 00:40:53,754 to the last minutes in the lives of these young women. 823 00:40:53,820 --> 00:40:56,953 Bernardo: Are you in the Christmas cheer? That's all I want to know. 824 00:40:57,020 --> 00:41:01,816 She says here, "I'm giving her as a gift to you." 825 00:41:01,817 --> 00:41:03,817 Garofalo: Knowing that she was gonna be killed, 826 00:41:03,916 --> 00:41:06,215 she started to talk back to him, 827 00:41:06,216 --> 00:41:08,948 fighting right until the very end. 828 00:41:09,015 --> 00:41:13,812 She begged Karla to let her go, and Karla wouldn't do it. 829 00:41:13,912 --> 00:41:15,211 Kenzora: It was horrible. 830 00:41:15,212 --> 00:41:18,010 Like, it imprinted on your brain forever. 831 00:41:18,011 --> 00:41:20,511 Malbon: They looked like the nice, young couple, 832 00:41:20,610 --> 00:41:26,341 yet behind all of this facade was such awful evil. 833 00:41:26,408 --> 00:41:31,039 ♪♪ 834 00:41:31,106 --> 00:41:33,938 After more than a year of trying to solve the murders 835 00:41:34,005 --> 00:41:36,404 of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, 836 00:41:36,504 --> 00:41:39,102 police were finally closing in on a suspect -- 837 00:41:39,103 --> 00:41:43,001 a young, good-looking accountant named Paul Bernardo. 838 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:45,100 But the saga was far from over. 839 00:41:45,101 --> 00:41:47,832 When the public learned the sordid details of the crimes 840 00:41:47,898 --> 00:41:49,199 and who else was involved, 841 00:41:49,299 --> 00:41:51,597 it sent shockwaves throughout the country 842 00:41:51,598 --> 00:41:56,829 and the world in Part 2 of "The Ken & Barbie Killers." 843 00:41:56,895 --> 00:41:58,428 I'm Donnie Wahlberg. 844 00:41:58,495 --> 00:42:00,094 Thanks for watching. 845 00:42:00,194 --> 00:42:02,993 Goodnight.