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My Conclusion about the Homolkas...IMHO

posted 12 years ago by Electric_Sheep
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After the movie and reading up links about the Homolkas on this board and other verified links, I've come to the more or less safe conclusion that the Homolkas as a whole are a bizarre family.

There is no doubt that Karla is manipulative and a severely psychopathic personality.

They've been shown as a couple who got together with the Homolkas on a regular basis - which makes me wonder how the mother at least or the middle sister didn't realize Karla was being beaten. The most disturbing was how the family had moved on so easily after the death of Tammy (I know, the parents were apparently grieving) but after the entire episode and even eventual sentencing, they're in regular contact with Karla as if things are smooth and normal now. I can imagine most normal families disowning their corrupt offspring.

Then there's Tammy who, also seemed to be bizarre personality who seemed to (documented) flirt with Paul on a regular basis - which probably led to her downfall.

I know its all speculation, maybe the parents and sister despise Tammy but from this pedestal its still a bizarre family.

[–] blinkysmom 12 years ago

Really? Blaming Tammy for flirting with sicko Paul as the reason she was murdered? You must never have been a pre-pubescent girl! I hate what Karla did, but I understand the Homolka's not disowning Karla. They lost Tammy; they don't want to lose two out of three daughters. Both of her parents have suffered terribly because of Karla. And I'm sure Karla convinced them she was abused. They seemed like a pretty normal, working class family. Karla was pretty sick, that is for sure. Let's hope she has learned something; she is a mother to three of her own kids. Her parents just might not want to punish the kids for Karla's crimes. Those kids will have enough of a time of it when they find out what their mother did; another one of Karla's selfish acts. She never thought about what the implications of having children would bring.

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[–] VictorianLady 12 years ago

That is what sickens me, after what she done to other peoples children, she has some of her own!! She should be rotting in jail with paul

[–] The_Memorial_Storm 11 years ago

15 isn't "pre=pubescent' -- it's full-blown pubescence!

"Karla was pretty sick, that is for sure. Let's hope she has learned something;" -- are you kidding? Sick people don't learn anything except how to hide better. Get a clue, please.

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[–] blinkysmom 11 years ago

Sure, how's this for "a clue" ... Paul lived with the Homolka's for three years before Tammy was murdered so she was 12 when he moved in with them ... "Pre-pubescent," indeed.

Karla's whereabouts have been known for years now. It was just recently that they were published. But make no mistake, she has been watched since her release. So yea, I DO HOPE she's learned something now that she is a mother. She can run, but she will never be able to hide!

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[–] screenscreams 8 years ago

Really? Blaming Tammy for flirting with sicko Paul as the reason she was murdered? You must never have been a pre-pubescent girl! I hate what Karla did, but I understand the Homolka's not disowning Karla. They lost Tammy; they don't want to lose two out of three daughters. Both of her parents have suffered terribly because of Karla. And I'm sure Karla convinced them she was abused. They seemed like a pretty normal, working class family. Karla was pretty sick, that is for sure. Let's hope she has learned something; she is a mother to three of her own kids. Her parents just might not want to punish the kids for Karla's crimes. Those kids will have enough of a time of it when they find out what their mother did; another one of Karla's selfish acts. She never thought about what the implications of having children would bring.

Don't feel too sorry for Karla's father. Karla's mother found out he was cheating, and she offered for them to have a three-way with their neighbor. The neighbor refused. I'm not sure if Karla was aware of this, but it's a strange coincidence that she was willing to let Paul have sex with underage girls and that she, Karla, joined them.

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[–] screenscreams 8 years ago

Really? Blaming Tammy for flirting with sicko Paul as the reason she was murdered? You must never have been a pre-pubescent girl!

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I was once a pre-pubescent girl, and I never once thought it was OK to flirt with a married man, or even someone else's boyfriend.
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[–] robatmuskoka 12 years ago

We only know that karla was beaten supposedly(it was probably a sex game that got too rough) once when paul was arrested for spousal battery, other than that we only have her word.....

[–] Ccap216 9 years ago

Wake up and read about this case. Google it! We have more than just Karla's word on the abuse. There are documented photos and medical reports.

I am not defending Karla. I think she is evil and got away with murder. However, she was abused and beat by Paul to a bloody pulp.

[–] Clusium 10 years ago

Then there's Tammy who, also seemed to be bizarre personality who seemed to (documented) flirt with Paul on a regular basis - which probably led to her downfall.

What's so bizarre about a teenaged girl flirting? True, he was her SISTER'S boyfriend, & inwardly, she probably accepted that fact. However, let's look at Tammy's situation from this particular angle: Not only was she the youngest child in her family, but, she happened to be the youngest of 3 GIRLS. Her father is the only constant male in her life. Both her older sisters have boyfriends(maybe she did too). But, in the case of Karla's boyfriend; he lived a good few hour drive from Saint Catherines, & would sleep at the Homolka home, every weekend he would visit.

This obviously made Bernardo the big brother figure, in which Tammy never had. Not that little sisters flirt with their brothers, of course (for obvious reasons), but, in a case such as Tammy's, flirting is probably the only way she knows how to interact with male.

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[–] Ccap216 9 years ago

Paul lived in Toronto. Toronto is only a 90 minute drive to St. Catherine's.

[–] Clusium 9 years ago

I never went for my licence so what do I know. 

In any case, he did sleep over on the weekends, so he was still a kind of "big brother" figure, nonetheless.

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[–] Ccap216 10 years ago

In regards to your remarks that the Homolka family moved on so easily after the death of Tammy, i would like to point out a few things that show this to be an inaccurate statement.

(1.) Mr. and Mrs. Holmolka grieved after they list Tammy. They refused to leave the house, they refused to have people over, they refused to socialize with family and friends.

(2.) at the time of Tammy's death Paul Betnardo was living at the Homolka house. After Tammy died the Homolka's approached Karla and asked her to ask Paul pot go live back home at his parents house in Toronto. They wanted Paul out of the house so they could grieve as a family without any outsiders around. The Homolka's at this point were starting to get annoyed with Paul and did not like having him around. This is why Karla and Paul found a house in nearby Port Dalhousie and moved in together. Paul was not happy about being asked to leave the Homolka house and he didn't want Karla out of his sight for fear that she may tell her parents the truth about what happened to Tammy.

(3.) Tammy Homolka died on 12/24/1990. Paul and Karla were getting married in June 1991. The Homolka's begged and pleaded with Karla to postpone the wedding because it was too much for them to deal with right after losing Tammy. The Homolka's felt it was inappropriate to have the wedding just a mere 6 months after Tammy died. Karla was outraged by this and refused to postpone the wedding.

If you read any of the numerous books about this case then you will see that the Homolka's were devasted by the lists of their daughter, Tammy.

In regards to Karla and learning the truth about what Karla and Paul did to Tammy, thus causing her death, I believe, and this is just my opinion, that it was easier for the Homolka's to place all the blame on Paul. Think about it. It us pretty difficult to comprehend and live with the fact that one of your daughters is directly responsible for the death of your other daughter.

When you add this to the fact that Paul beat up Karla to the point of which she had to be admitted to the hospital for recovery, and murdered 2 school girls, it was probably just easier for the Homolka's to place all the blame on Paul. Perhaps their thinking us that if Paul never met Karla then none of this would have ever happened and Tammy Homolka, Leslie Mahaffy, and Kristen French would still be alive today.

[–] Clusium 8 years ago

I agree with everything you posted here.

Like just about every other Canadian, I was enraged at the lenient sentence given to K. Homolka. However, I have always felt sorry for her family, & the fact that they had to suffer the double impact of having one daughter a perpetrator, while the other a victim.

I have always felt it was cruel & unfair the way other people abuse the Homolkas, simply because they loved their first born daughter unconditionally. I wonder how any of these families would have behaved, if they were in the same situation as the Homolkas.

(One more note: I hate the fact that half of the time, Tammy is the forgotten murder victim of Bernardo & K. Homolka.)

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[–] tong-47584 8 years ago

"Then there's Tammy who, also seemed to be bizarre personality who seemed to (documented) flirt with Paul on a regular basis - which probably led to her downfall. "

I wouldn't blame Tammy flirting with Paul as her own downfall. You say it like it was the victim's fault to not be careful enough so they were raped and killed instead of blame the rapist or the killer. She probably wouldn't think that he would harm her since he is her sister's boyfriend. And to think from her point, a probably handsome guy (I mean Paul in real life, not the film. I'm not blaming the film or the actor.) living in the same house as her. Who wouldn't want to be with him? And flirting might be her way of interacting with Paul. She might not take it seriously nor think that Paul would seriously want her.

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