Red mini-van with tinted windows containing serial killer Karla Homolka pulling out of driveway and onto main road while reporters and photographers line the sidewalk taking pictures.

A bizarre Canadian murder scheme has been the subject of a trans-border news blackout. A middle-class couple has been involved in a series of sex / torture killings. The wife has been sentenced to prison on manslaughter charges and the judge slapped the gag order on to allow the husband to get a fair trial. The Canadian blackout has been successful for the most part, but interest has seeped beyond their borders. Now, a Buffalo newspaper has published some details, with the broadcast media close on their heels. One TV station sales manager has warned that if the story runs on their (US) station, seen on many Canadian cable systems, the Canadians are threatening to pull the US TV station off those systems, greatly reducing the station's revenue generating potential from Canadian viewers. Local Buffalo stations are considering following the paper's lead and doing the full-blown story at the 1800 EMT hour.

Residents of St. Catherines react negatively to author Stephen Williams controversial book Karla A Pact with the Devil about convicted killer Karla Homolka which is being sold in local bookstores. Homolka along with husband Paul Bernardo was found guilty in the murders of teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French. The books title refers to the plea bargain deal Homolka made with prosecutors for a lighter sentence. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

15:34:08:00 Van carrying released killer is met by protesters (10:16) /

Concerned Canadian citizens want to know the whereabouts of serial killer Karla Homolka after she was released from prison in 2005. Pan left across Canadian newspaper headlines about Homolka fading out to a busy city street. The website "Informing the Public" contains information on Homolk'as last known location. CU of words "where is" being typed into a web address bar. In 1993 Homolka was convicted of helping her husband Paul Bernardo brutally rape and murder several teenage girls including her own sister. She served just 12 years in prison on a plea bargain.

Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant on the release of serial killer Karla Homolka "If we have any indication that she's coming into Ontario, we will take all necessary steps ... to restrict what she can do in the province."

Canadian serial killer Karla Homolka walks the prison yard and gets into a police vehicle.

News story reports that Canada's most notorious serial killer, Karla Homolka, is returning to prison. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

Karla Homolka being driven in a van and yelled at by onlookers standing at the side of the road.

Stephen Williams, author of Karla A Pact with the Devil, (seen here leaving a courthouse) must surrender Crown documents in connection with the publication of his book about Karla Homolka who with her husband Paul Bernardo was charged with the murders of teenagers Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French in St. Catharines. Homolka made a successful plea bargain to reduce her sentence. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

Lawyer Tim Danson on serial killer Karla Homolka "The same look that was on her face as she was trying to stare me down in court, is the same look that you see in those video tapes."

Parents of one of the victims of serial killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo react to the book Karla A Pact with the Devil and its graphic photographs of the murder victims by demanding its removal from bookstores. Author Stephen Williams explains why he included the content. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

In St. Catherines, Doug and Donna French issue an open letter to the police expressing their grief over the murder of their teenage daughter, Kristen French, asking the community for any clues about her killer. Subsequent investigation revealed that Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo were the suspects in the abduction and murder of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

Niagara regional police consult with psychic Joanna Honsberger for information about the abduction and murder of Kristen French. Honsberger claims she has a mental picture of what the murderer looks like. Subsequent investigation revealed that Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo were the suspects in the abduction and murder of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

Over footage of serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, who raped and killed Kristen French, the news reports that the taped footage of the sexual assault were destroyed. Footage includes interviews with Kristen's mother and the family's attorney.

Serial killer Paul Bernardo (seen here in policy custody) applies for day parole, prompting a response from the families of his victims. Bernardo was charged with his then wife Karla Homolka for the murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French in Scarborough. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

In St. Catharines, the French and Mahaffy families hold a fundraiser for their upcoming Supreme Court case regarding the potential public airing of the tapes that would show the graphic deaths of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French who were murdered by serial killers Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo. Donna French shares memories of her daughter. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

Tim Danson, who represented rape/murder victims Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy, gives a press conference about the release of the girls' killer.

Police seek to speak with the driver of gray Dodge Omni or Plymouth Horizon, who may have witnessed a Camaro speeding from the area where teenager Kristen French was last seen. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.

One week after teenager Kristen French was abducted outside Grace Lutheran Church, Ottawa chief of police Vince Bevan states his office has received calls regarding French's whereabouts. Footage includes an interview with her father, Doug French. PLEASE NOTE News anchor and reporter image and audio, along with any commercial production excerpts, are for reference purposes only and are not clearable and cannot be used within your project.