Must be love?
Karla and Paul met in 1987, Karla was a 17 student in high school and worked part time in a pet shop. Paul on the other hand was 23 and learning to be an accountant at the university of toronto which he later graduated from. In 1987 on the 17th october Karla was going to a pet convention in Toronto, Scarborough. Karla and a work friend were out late in a hotel restaurant when she met paul and according to friends there was electricity in the air as soon as he walked through the door. Paul was over six foot and was very good looking he also had an outgoing personality which immediately attracted karla. Later that night they ended up in Karla's hotel room where they took part in sexual activity. During this time the Scarborough rapist had already attacked three people however this strong attraction later on in life got out of control. At first Paul showered her with gifts and flowers and was a very considerate lover. Their relationship quickly progressed emotionally and physically and Paul drove 80 miles several times a week to see Karla. Karla's family were not affected by their six year age difference and were very fond of him as he was very successful and charming. In spring 1889 nineteen year old Karla graduated from high school however by autumn that year Karla told her friends Paul was verbally abusing her. Forever more she was very quick to forgive him. In December they went on a romantic vacation to Niagara falls where he proposed and she was very eager to accept his offer. Her parents were extremely happy with her choice. It was going to be an unforgettable wedding with Bernardo being a successful accountant. Homolka would have done anything to keep her rich fiances love and they planned to marry in spring 1991. In january 1991 Paul and Karla moved out of her parents house to Port Dalhousie and behind closed doors Paul began to take his aggression out on Karla, he teased her that he was the Scarborough rapist and physically abused her. Yet her thoughts on leaving him were destroyed by insecurities and fears. She was scared he'd tell her parents how Tammy really died. Shortly after they then raped and murdered Leslie and were married two weeks later. Karla was now trying to settle into the wife role as the police were hunting for the teenagers murderer. Nevertheless Paul still wanted a virgin and his sexual demands escalated when he demanded Karla to get some of Tammy's good friends round. Several young girls were drugged and assaulted like Tammy, that year. Still they lived having no recognition of what had happened. Some were taped. Paul still continued to stalk women in Niagara and Karla knew. After murdering Kristen French, Paul and Karla's relationship became very violent and after a trip to the emergency room Karla moved out. Paul was then arrested later that year as his DNA was finally tested for the Scarborough rapes. Karla and Paul were later divorced and convicted for several murders. After serving 12 years in prison Karla had her own baby boy in 2007.