Killer Alert

Every newscast we see/hear her name like she is someone to revere. Isn't it bad enough that for the parents of these two young girls whose lives were taken from them so cruelly without seeing their killers names in front of them constantly, and now a movie?

I think it is an insult to their parents to have to face this as well. It is opening new wounds again and the old ones have not had a chance to heal. Give these parents some peace in their lives and ban this movie altogether. Do not allow it to be shown here.

I bet Karla just loves seeing all the publicity about her, and she doesn't deserve the time or the space. I am sure that there are a lot of terrific young people out there who need to be recognized for the good they do.

NOTE: I rec'd an e-mail stating that I was contradicting myself by saying that Karla doesn't deserve time & space however isn't that what I have done by launching this site. The sender obviously didn't read the above statement or she would have seen that I did not make the statement. The author's name & location is clearly posted with the statement.

By JONATHAN PEARCE

MONTREAL (CP) - The city councillor for the west-end neighbourhood where Karla Homolka reportedly hopes to live wants to warn residents about her.

"People have the right to be informed so they can look out for their own safety," Jeremy Searle, who represents the Notre-Dame-de-Grace neighbourhood, said Friday. Searle wants residents to receive flyers featuring a photo of the convicted sex killer and providing phone numbers for police and local politicans.

"I have a 19-year-old daughter," he said. "I would certainly want to know if a person who'd been convicted of killing for sexual pleasure was going to be living next door."

But Searle said he is opposed to any form of vigilante justice from those who feel repulsion at Homolka's participation in the grisly sex slayings of two Ontario schoolgirls and the death of her younger sister, Tammy.

Some residents weren't too concerned Friday about Homolka reoffending if she moves to the Montreal neighbourhood popular with young families. Homolka's father said earlier this week his daughter plans to settle there.

"I don't really think somebody could possibly be that stupid as to do something to draw attention to themselves when they are being so scrutinized heavily by the media and everyone around them," Baran, 24, said as she entered a bustling subway station in the neighbourhood.

"I don't really see that much of a potential for danger."

The head of a group that defends prisoners' rights agrees that someone in Homolka's position likely wants to avoid as much contact with authorities as possible.

"With her being so well-known, people are going to be watching her," said Jean-Claude Bernheim, president of the Office des droits des detenus.

"And when people know they are being observed their attitude is more conformist than if they lived in an area where they're completely unknown."

Others weren't as understanding.

Stefanie Zack, another resident of the neighbourhood referred to in Montreal as NDG, said she's nervous about Homolka's presence in the neighbourhood.

"There's way too many kids in this neighbourhood, there's way too many schools," said Zack, 34. "Yes, it's her right to move wherever she wants to move, but there's too many kids in this neighbourhood and I don't think it's right."

Just down the street, Natalie Earby said she too was worried.

"I'd be a little insecure about having someone like that in our neighbourhood," said the 30-year-old owner of Les Concepts de ma cuisine.

Homolka, who received a 12-year sentence in 1993, is set to go free on July 5 but Corrections Canada guidelines mean she may be released as early as June 23.

She received the reduced sentence when Crown officials struck a deal with her to help convict her ex-husband Paul Bernardo, who is in prison indefinitely for the murders.

Montreal is a smart choice for Homolka, who hails from St. Catharines, Ont., said Bernheim.

"Montreal is a large city that allows a certain number of job opportunities," he said.

"She has maybe also noticed that there will be less of a stigma here, especially in comparison with Ontario. She may have decided that Quebec was the most suitable place for her, the most welcoming."

THEY CAN HAVE HER!!!

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