Friday, October 22, 2010

Serial Killer Col. Russell Williams Receives 150 Years

Jessica lloyd's mother
 
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - The unprecedented, sadistic crimes of convicted sex killer Col. Russell Williams have earned him a place among the worst criminals Canada has ever seen, court heard Thursday as the final chapter in the shocking case drew to a close.
"The depths of the depravity demonstrated by Russell Williams had no equal," Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Scott said as he sentenced the once decorated officer to two concurrent life sentences with no possibility of parole for 25 years. "One suspects that he has contained for most of his adult life sexual desires and fetishes. ...Russell Williams will forever be remembered as a sadosexual serial killer."

WARNING: Graphic details from this court case may disturb some readers:
Once destined for senior military command, the 47-year-old former airbase chief who flew prime ministers on VIP flights is now in Kingston Penitentiary, home to some of the country's most notorious criminals — including schoolgirl killer Paul Bernardo. Already branded "the devil" by the brother of one of his victims, Williams will go down as one of the worst killers in Canadian history, said Crown prosecutor Lee Burgess.

Williams' dark descent began with a string of disturbing fetish break-ins in 2007 that escalated to sexual assaults and culminated in the brutal sex killings of Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, and Jessica Lloyd, 27.
He beat, bound and raped both women repeatedly — obsessively documenting each gruesome moment with videotape and photographs — before he killed them.
Those homemade movies, which include Comeau's murder, weren't played in court, but described in horrifying detail by prosecutors as family members and friends of the victims wept openly.

His fate sealed, Williams stood up Thursday and tearfully told the judge he was "indescribably ashamed" of what he'd done. "I've committed despicable crimes, your honour. In the process, betraying my family, my friends and colleagues, and the Canadian Forces," he said, his voice breaking. "I shall spend the rest of my life regretting, above all, that I've ended two vibrant, innocent and cherished lives."
But his tears failed to move the families of his victims, or the investigators who helped put him behind bars.

It's still unclear whether the sickening videos Williams made will be destroyed. Burgess said the matter is still being discussed with the families as they may prove "useful" if Williams ever applies for parole.
Det. Insp. Chris Nicholas, the lead investigator in the case, vowed the "videos will never be shown while I'm alive — to anybody."
Williams came under police suspicion last February after officers stopped him at a roadside canvass after Lloyd went missing. Officers noticed the distinctive tires on his Nissan Pathfinder, similar to the treads they'd found near Lloyd's Belleville home. He came in for questioning and eventually caved under Ontario Provincial Police Det. Sgt. Jim Smyth's masterful interrogation techniques — a camera-obsessed rapist squirming under the unflinching eye of a police lens.

In his videotaped confession, Williams admitted he started breaking into homes in 2007 to steal underwear — some from girls as young as 11 — which he wore while masturbating on their beds, his camera snapping away. Those deeply disturbing images of a rising military star donning lacy lingerie and girl's panties would pale in comparison to the horrific scenes that would be presented in a Belleville court over three gruelling days. It heard how Williams attacked two women that lived near his cottage in Tweed. He bound their hands, stripped them naked and forced them to pose in pornographic photos that he kept on two hard drives hidden in the basement of his Ottawa home.
Last November, he broke into Comeau's home in Brighton, using his authority as her commanding officer to find her address and schedule. She was brutally beaten, bound, gagged and raped repeatedly before he suffocated her by covering her nose with duct tape. Williams, who obsessively recorded all his crimes, paused only to re-adjust his camera — even reaching for it during the attack to get a close-up shot of the rape.

Two months later, he broke into the Belleville home of Lloyd — the daughter of a retired navy officer — who worked for a school bus company. Williams tied her up and raped her over and over again for hours. Then he took her to his Tweed cottage where he repeated the torture, every gruesome step captured in photographs and on video. Williams later admitted to police that he made Lloyd believe she was going home, before he struck her over the head with a flashlight and strangled her to death. He left her body in his garage for four days while he resumed his military duties, then dumped it in a wooded area as Lloyd's family and friends were still frantically searching for her.

Williams, who is likely headed for permanent solitary confinement, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts each of sexual assault and forcible confinement, and 82 break and enters. His full sentence amounted to 150 years. It's extremely unlikely he will ever see the outside again even though, in Canada, he would be eligible for a  parole hearing  in 25 years.
The Canadian military, which has been rocked to its core by the stunning revelations, wasted no time in declaring he be drummed out of its ranks and stripped of his medals. Prime Minister Stephen Harper noted that the military has been "very badly wounded and betrayed by all of this."
It's not the first time in our history that a person in a position of trust, rank and responsibility has committed heinous crimes; I think it won't be the last. 

61 comments:

  1. Hi PIC
    Welcome back. Good thing I decidedc to check the blog at the last minute.

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  2. I did no think you would be in the mood to chat tonight. You must be pretty tired.

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  3. I will look at the email for a minute

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  4. Anonymous10:04:00 PM

    Hi cutie...had trouble getting back on.

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  5. I read your email and it sounds like you had a great trip and a wonderful time. If you learned a little something and your presence added to the impact of the people there then it was all worth while. And just imagine of the group from Bossier joins you, Wow!

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  6. If that group joins yours, then you will be a force to be reckoned with. Make your charter with their input too.

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  7. Who cares about the DC bastards. The important people were the ones you met there with the same goal.

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  8. What do they have to be snobbish about anyway? They just work there.

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  9. I would love to contact the Vancouver group. Do they have a website?

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  10. I told Sis I didn't think Gilly would be too impressed with the White House.

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  11. I have probably been to their site if it is in the lists with all the other climate change groups.

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  12. Anonymous10:20:00 PM

    No they don't have one, they says they are going to start one and I gave them both of ours site.
    I will get Bossier's input, the president says they have about 50 members but they don't have a place for all to meet at one time, Dad piped up and told them to come across the river we had plenty of space.

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  13. Anonymous10:24:00 PM

    Sis said she enjoyed talking with you, and you is a very nice lady to pit up with Dad.
    Sis said she left you notes when Dad talked to her and she would come on the next morining to read yours.
    Gil says Gilly wasn't impress by the White House...but loved the museums.

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  14. Dad can't help adding his two cents. He is turning into a real Nanook supporter.

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  15. Sis is good people. It was nice of her to let me know about you.

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  16. Anonymous10:31:00 PM

    The Vancouver group notice us because Lois had about 10/12 Nanook signs made.
    It was good experience and we learned a lot and now we know where we are headed.
    Bossier group don't have a name either, just calls themselves friends of endangered species and Globel Warming...they have been at this about 3/4 years .

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  17. I am so proud of you. And you have a good right hand in Lois. Your group is really taking off. You seem to be a success in everything you do. You're a winner.

    Are you going to write about your experience?

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  18. Do you know when a decision will be handed down and does it look good for us. I haven't seen anything in the media yet.

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  19. Anonymous10:38:00 PM

    My babies told Sis they seen how they make the money and asked their daddy was they going to give them some of the money and he told them no,it's for replacing the money when it wear out and they will have to work to make their money, that's why school is so important.They told him they was going to get good jobs so they would make a lot of money so he won't have to work so hard...Shit , thet man don't do nothing.

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  20. Oh, that is so sweet. They sound like little angels when they say things like that. I bet that tugged his old heart strings.

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  21. All Gil's important work is done in his head. He has dozens of people to run around and do the leg work and the hard stuff.

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  22. Anonymous10:47:00 PM

    No I don't know when a decision will be made, they are doing a lot of arguing about the loophole but it do look like it is going in our favor.
    I'm just lucky to have some good people I can depend on...I know how to get the ball rolling and I love working in the background.
    You/NAN says the same thing about Lois...I'm glad I had the talk with her when the others wanted to kick her out and now her husband will make partner by the first of the year, neither one has been told yet. She's just a poor girl that wants the best for her husband, she just didn't know how to go about it.

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  23. Anonymous10:54:00 PM

    Gil was so proud of their report cards , especially Jonny. We have his old school ecords from his last school and it is an improvement, Sis gave Gilly a piece of paper and he gave it to his daddy and he got a big hug, Then Gilly put the paper in the trash and ran to Dad and said M's(M&M's)

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  24. You seem to have caught Lois' interest with Nanook and global warming.She seems enthusiastic about it.I don't think she will let you down again. You made a good judgement call.
    The 'Loophole case' is very important to the climate change cause and specifically endangered species.

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  25. Belleville Ontario, where Col. Russell committed his dastardly deeds is not many kilometers from here.
    Everyone is gobsmacked and in shock at the videos and the casual way he made his confession.

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  26. Anonymous11:07:00 PM

    Lois was thrown into a world she knew nothing about.Not like you/I , My daddy/2 brothers was in business and my daddy did a lot of entertaining clients, Jon was a college professor so I was used to professional people , but I had a feeling about her, I told her to stop being so eager to please.
    I said I wanted your adviced on something when I got back ?

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  27. How are you feeling?? Are you over-tired?

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  28. How is Lois coping now? I was twenty-one when my husband joined the faculty of a university and I was completely lost. I had to entertain all these eggheads and help my husband's career. Boy you learn fast when you are thrown into deep water and don't know how to swim.

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  29. Anonymous11:19:00 PM

    Lois will have her first dinner party the second weekend in November and I told her we would be there and I would hold her hand. We are having one the week before and I invited them, they don't know why, she learns fast.

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  30. Anonymous11:22:00 PM

    I am a little tired , we drove straight through...Gil drove some and NAN/James and Lois drove their SUV.

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  31. It is so nice that you are mentoring Lois. She will never forget it. And it is good for her husband if she can handle these things smoothly.

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  32. Anonymous11:27:00 PM

    Will you email me back tonight , I have to make a decision tomorrow?

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  33. Anonymous11:28:00 PM

    I put a short post on SH's about old Joe Jackson.

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  34. Well if you want an answer tonight why don't you ask me now? I'll do my best.

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  35. Anonymous11:33:00 PM

    O.K. I will ask you now and I will e-mail you tomorrow about this other crap ...we have to think about Brian's heart .

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  36. I'm starting to feel sorry for Oksana. Mel's lawyers are putting her through the wringer on the extortion thing. I believe her that she didn't do it. They invented the idea to get back at her and make her look as bad as she made Mel look,so he had an equal chance at the custody.

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  37. Anonymous11:37:00 PM

    Dad/Gil says I need someone to help me around the houe if I wanted to really get my bears on the map, Dad says he know I will be doing a lot of work from home so I will need someone to help me so I win't get stressed out.
    So they asked me what I throught about Mac wife.

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  38. Most important, do you like her?
    Second most important, does she like kids and is she good with them?
    Third most important, is she capable of heavy work at her age and helping with four kids?
    Fourth most important,is she willing to baby-sit and even stay over-night or travel with you?

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  39. Don't forget she has a husband and big family and may not have as much time to give you as your old housekeeper.

    But, I agree, you should have some help.

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  40. Anonymous11:44:00 PM

    Mel is a low class bastard of the worse kind...maybe she is all these things , maybe she did try to extort him , he wasn't giving her any money and she was trying to survive , Im glad no one wants to work with him.
    He hit her baby and some say her son also, a man that hits a woman is a coward.
    I can't stand a cowardly man in no shape or form.

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  41. Anonymous11:48:00 PM

    You thinks like I do and thankyou for seeing it my way.
    You know they will check their backgrounds for drugs and stuff and this time Gil/I will hire one together , hell if he don't scare them off.

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  42. Anonymous11:50:00 PM

    Dad said maybe I needed a live-in.

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  43. A live-in would be your best option, but boy you better check her out really well. Have you ever considered a man?

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  44. Anonymous11:53:00 PM

    I told that old man ,it was just room for three females here and we have that covered. Hahaha

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  45. Anonymous11:56:00 PM

    What a great idea...a man would be great and we do have some good agencies here.

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  46. On second thoughts, it doesn't sound like you are ready for a live-in....so scratch that one...HA!

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  47. Anonymous12:01:00 AM

    I really don't have the room for a live-in. Dad says I have enough room to build a housekeeper quarters like the one in Reno.

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  48. It all depends on whether you are comfortable with the idea.

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  49. Anonymous12:06:00 AM

    NAN is going to find the pictures to send you and when I add on , I will have enough room for a live-in. I only have 4 bedrooms and 4 and a half baths.

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  50. If I could have a live-in, it would be a cook. Nana is on two special diets; a kidney diet and a heart diet. Brian is on a heart diet and I am on a very specialized organic diet that includes very few foods. So. cooking meals is awkward. Everyone eats something different for dinner.

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  51. Anonymous12:12:00 AM

    I will tell him we will start looking and maybe by the time we find someone I will have the room.
    Dad is on one end and has a patio and we are on the other side with a patio, but I can go up and go out the back.

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  52. Maybe you could hire someone who would be willing to live-in in the future.

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  53. Anonymous12:15:00 AM

    I would need more of a cleaning person and babysitter my babies will eat anything and Dad said the food in DC was awful.

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  54. Anonymous12:17:00 AM

    That's what I was thinking, hire them now and everyone will get used to the other.
    Mamie was scared shitless of Dad .

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  55. Anonymous12:21:00 AM

    Well sweetie, my ass is dead but I wanted to talk with you and so glad you checked.

    I like the Baja Playlist, do you think we can get one on SK's ?
    I see we got our pencils back.

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  56. I could have predicted that dad would complain about the food...HA!

    Well Sweetie, now I have to go to bed. I have to be in good shape to yell and scream at the hockey game. I hope I have helped a little. I am glad you liked the music.I will put one on SH if you like, when I have an hour or so to spare. It takes a while to get the music together.

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  57. We did it again, and check the time on those last two comments. We even both mentioned the music and SH.

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  58. Anonymous12:24:00 AM

    Sweetie I will say goodnight and you have a good weekend and we will meet down by the old mill pond, damn I've missed that damn gator.

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  59. Anonymous12:28:00 AM

    We are in tune with each other and now I think you are a little spooky and is a real genie.
    I will leave you some notes over the weekend and BIO has been on my mind often and that's not good, it's kind of fuzzy , but if anything shows up I will e-mail you and leave a note here .

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  60. Goodnight my friend and I'm glad we chatted tonight. Catch some ZZZZ's and rest up over the week-end. I'll be down by the old pond with a gun. I'm going to shoot that fucking gator; I hate fucking gators.
    I'll bring a nice tame moose.Sweet dreams...Luv PIC

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  61. Anonymous12:31:00 AM

    Sweetie goodnight and pleasure dreams and a lot of those Vancouver people have heard your name from me/Dad.

    Goodnite pleasent dreams and talk soon.
    Tell Sammy to give it his best shoot.
    HUGS & KISSES...LUV...PIC

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