Getting to know Karla Homolka - the fifth estate

On September 1, 1993 Paul Bernardo was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for killing Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, as well as seven other charges in the rape and murder of the two women. He received a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. Earlier in 1993, Bernardo’s then-wife, Karla Homolka, pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter and a 12-year prison sentence after striking a deal with prosecutors -- this deal would later be known as “the deal with the devil.“ In 19