Timeline in the case of Karla Homolka aka Karla Teale
by Traciy Curry-Reyes
1987: 17 year old Karla Homolka and 23 year old Paul Bernardo meet in a restaurant for the first time. Paul is very handsome and has a quite manner about him. He works as an accountant. The relationship between them is both loving and tumultuous.
December 1990: Paul convinces Karla to let him have his way with her younger sister Tammy Homolka. Karla agrees. Karla and Paul use animal tranquilizers to sedate Tammy. Tammy Homolka becomes severely ill and dies. Paul convinces the police that he tried to help her. Her death is ruled an accident.
June 15, 1991: Leslie Mahaffy disappears. She is murdered 24 hours later.
June 29, 1991: Karla and Paul get married. The wedding is beautiful. On the same day the parts of 14 year old Leslie Mahaffy’s body were pulled from a ditch.
July 1991: The body of Tammy Homolka is exhumed and taken to the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto.
April 16, 1992: Kristen French is abducted and killed
April 1992: The unclothed body of Kristen French is found in a ditch
1993: Paul Bernardo age 28 is arrested for the murders
July 1993: The public is also not allowed to attend the court hearing for Karla Homolka. Judge Francis Kovacs bans media coverage of the event. It is rumored that U.S tabloid shows such as A Current Affair are tapping phone lines and bribing journalists with information about the case. Karla Homolka is sentenced to 12 years in prison.
May 1995: The trial of Paul Bernardo begins. Once the prosecution makes it opening statements, the judge releases the gag order. Karla Homolka Teale is already serving time for manslaughter.
2005: Karla Holmoka is released from prison. She gives her first television interview. The picture below was taken after her release from prison. Karla left Canada and moved to the Antilles and speaks French fluently. She lives there with her new boyfriend under the name Leanne Teale according to this site:http://cmm.lefora.com (the last we heard)
2006: The movie Karla debuts
2007: Karla living in French Antilles under the name Emily Bordelais. She is a teacher now....or so we heard.
