Isn't it amazing how easy
it is for criminals to go on
with their lives while the devastated
families struggle for years the impact
that the murders have left on them?
By CP
MONTREAL -- Karla Leanne Teale, better known as convicted
killer Karla Homolka, has failed in her latest legal attempt to
change her name, TVA said yesterday.
The TV network said Homolka wanted to become
Emily Chiara Tremblay -- one of the most common surnames
in Quebec.
A judge reportedly turned down the bid after the Crown
argued that Homolka's lawyer was late in appealing
the rejection of an earlier request for a name change.
Homolka was released from a Montreal-area prison last
July after serving a 12-year manslaughter term for the
murders of Ontario teens Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
in the 1990s.
Although she initially had conditions placed on her release,
she successfully appealed those and now goes about
her business with no restrictions.
She is still believed to be living in Quebec but has not
been recognized in public for several months. She was
last spotted last summer when it was learned she
was working at a hardware store in nearby Longueuil.
Homolka initially petitioned for the name change on the
grounds that it was important to her personal security.
However, Quebec officials ruled the public was not
significantly familiar with the name she now goes
under, Karla Leanne Teale.
Teale is a surname she and former husband
Paul Bernardo picked up from a movie about a serial killer.
Bernardo is serving a life sentence for
the French and Mahaffy murders.
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