Colonel accused in two murders reportedly a university pal of Paul Bernardo
Posted February 12, 2010 8:27 am.
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Police will continue to comb through the Ottawa home of murder suspect Col. Russell Williams for a second day, Friday.
There are also reports police will be checking into a possible connection between Williams and convicted school girl killer Paul Bernardo.
Police sources told the Toronto Sun not only did Williams and Bernardo both attend the University of Toronto Scarborough campus in the 1980s, but that they were “pals” and partied together.
That friendship is being examined by police and there’s speculation the two may have competed with each other, although the source did not say exactly what that means.
Meanwhile, the Globe and Mail reported the women allegedly killed by the former commander of CFB Trenton were asphyxiated.
Sources told the Globe 27-year-old Jessica Lloyd was strangled by her killer as the ultimate crime in a “bizarre escalation” of behaviour.
Corp. Marie-France Comeau, 38, was also asphyxiated, but detectives don’t think her death was intentional.
The “escalation” theory actually casts doubt on growing speculation Williams might be linked to other cold cases.
