June 30, 2005 Karla Homolka, reviled as one of Canada's most infamous criminals, could walk free as early as today.
Homolka, now 35, has finished a 12-year sentence for her role in the sexual assaults and slayings of two pubescent girls in the early 1990s and is set to be released between June 30 and July 5. Under the plea bargain, Homolka was not charged in the death of her sister, 15-year-old Tammy, who died in 1990 after choking on her own vomit when she was drugged and raped by Homolka and her husband.
During her time in prison, Homolka learned French and got a college degree in psychology. She is slated to live in the French-speaking province of Quebec and not return to her native Ontario. But Homolka also may be allowed to seek residence in the United States, and she has said she would like to live in New York or Chicago.
Homolka, now 35, has finished a 12-year sentence for her role in the sexual assaults and slayings of two pubescent girls in the early 1990s and is set to be released between June 30 and July 5. Under the plea bargain, Homolka was not charged in the death of her sister, 15-year-old Tammy, who died in 1990 after choking on her own vomit when she was drugged and raped by Homolka and her husband.
During her time in prison, Homolka learned French and got a college degree in psychology. She is slated to live in the French-speaking province of Quebec and not return to her native Ontario. But Homolka also may be allowed to seek residence in the United States, and she has said she would like to live in New York or Chicago.