Convicted teen killer Karla Homolka volunteering at Montreal elementary school
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

MONTREAL—The day-to-day activities of Karla Homolka are once again causing a stir in Montreal after a media report said the convicted killer has been allowed to volunteer at an elementary school.Local media captured images and photos of Homolka using a purse to hide her face Wednesday morning as she dropped off her children outside a private Christian elementary school in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood.On Tuesday, City News reported that Homolka had occasionally volunteered at the school, including supervising a field trip and bringing her dog into the classroom to interact with children.A spokesperson for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which runs the school, told the station that Homolka was not a regular volunteer and was not allowed to be alone with the children, which would have required a criminal-background check.The school did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Canadian Press.In the early 1990s, Homolka and her then-husband, Paul Bernardo, were convicted of crimes related to the rape and murder of two schoolgirls, Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. Bernardo was declared a dangerous offender and sentenced to life in prison while Homolka struck a deal with prosecutors in 1993 to serve 12 years in prison for manslaughter.She had earlier told investigators that Bernardo abused her and made her a reluctant accomplice to the killings although it was later discovered through videotape evidence she had a far more active role than she led on.A lawyer who represents the French and Mahaffy families says it’s still a “kick in the gut� for them to hear reports of Homolka seemingly living a normal life with her husband and children.“These are joys the French and Mahaffy families will never enjoy because of Karla Homolka’s participation with Paul Bernardo to murder their children,� Tim Danson said in a phone interview.Danson said he’s convinced Homolka was never r ...