Karla Homolka Biography

Karla Homolka is one of Canada’s most infamous female serial killers. She committed several heinous crimes against teenage girls, with her boyfriend and later husband, Paul Bernardo. She went to the extent of offering her own younger sister’s virginity as a gift to her boyfriend before they got married. As a child, she often witnessed her father getting drunk and fighting with her mother. She met Paul Bernardo when she was 17 years old and discovered that they had similar sexual desires. After their marriage, she would often look out for victims and lure them for her husband to rape, while she equally enjoyed the episode. She often procured sedatives from the pet clinic she worked at and administrated them to the victims before sexually abusing them. Besides her sister, two other girls, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, died due to the effects of the abuse and drugs. Karla and Paul ultimately fell out with each other when Karla became a victim of her husband’s sadistic ways. She eventually testified against him in court. While he was convicted for two first-degree murders and sentenced to life in prison, she got away with 12 years in prison, for being an unwilling accomplice. She later married Thierry Bordelais and had three children. She relocated to Guadeloupe with her family and legally changed her name to “Leanne Teale.”