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Case keeps growing against top airman
82 new charges. Police say Russell Williams hit Orléans homes -- and dozens of others in Eastern Ontario -- in his quest for lingerie and potential victims
April 30, 2010 1:09 PM
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82 new charges. Police say Russell Williams hit Orléans homes -- and dozens of others in Eastern Ontario -- in his quest for lingerie and potential victims
April 30, 2010 1:09 PM
It was the one house where the burglar literally covered his tracks in the snowy backyard in December 2008, putting on the vacationing homeowner's boots to stomp over his own footprints before going back in through the patio door and searching high and low for women's lingerie.
He finally found it, tucked away in the upper shelf of a closet in the spare bedroom. He walked right past money and jewelry and then tried, unsuccessfully, to hack into the home computer.
He left through the front door and, when the neighbours saw it wide open the next day, they called police.
Other times, he would be seen alone, jogging. Police say he was casing his targets, all women.
They say the intruder never left fingerprints and stole women's lingerie exclusively.
In a lengthy interview on a Sunday in February at Ottawa police headquarters, Williams allegedly directed detectives to so-called trophies at his new home at 473 Edison Ave. in Westboro, including photographic images and more than 500 pairs of women's underwear taken in break-ins.
In one Orléans home, the intruder took undergarments not only from a mother's bedroom, but also from her daughter's. In that home, the intruder collected all the photographs in the teenager's room and placed them on her bed, spreading them out like a deck of cards.
The rash of lingerie break-ins in 2008 left the neighbourhood on edge. Many installed surveillance systems and Ottawa police launched an undercover operation with the hopes of catching the burglar.
Detectives feared the crimes could escalate specifically because of their sexual overtones. They deployed undercover officers in unmarked cars and had officers posing as late-night strollers.
The intruder they were looking for always popped back or side windows to get in. And, as if the homes had been cased, the crimes occurred at night when the women were away.
RS&BBMO'Keeffe said he's visited Williams three times and plans to ask him about the new charges. He said it was difficult to get Williams to open up about anything.
"(I talk to him) through very artificial means. It's like talking through a brick wall. It's very secluded and time is a restriction," said O'Keeffe. "He's under guard. He's in prison ... I mean it's not designed for fun time. It's cold and I just want to get out of there when I'm in there myself."
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