Posted on 02/08/2010 6:57:33 PM PST by Loyalist
Col. Russell Williams was an up-and-coming air force officer who seemed to be on the right track for promotion to the senior ranks of the Canadian Forces.
He was a graduate of the military's command and staff course and had recently completed French training in Gatineau before being given command of 8 Wing at Canadian Forces Base Trenton, Ont.
In January, Williams proudly showed Defence Minister Peter MacKay and Chief of the Defence Staff General Walter Natynczyk around Trenton as military crews readied aircraft for the Haiti relief mission.
But on Sunday, Williams, 46, was arrested in Ottawa and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of break and enter and sexual assault.
Ontario Provincial Police and Belleville Police officers said Monday that the charges are related to the murder of Marie-France Comeau, found dead in her Brighton, Ont. residence on November 25, 2009. Comeau was a corporal with 437 Squadron at CFB Trenton.
The second charge is related to the death of Jessica Lloyd, 27. Her body was located Monday in Tweed, Ont.
In addition, police said in September of 2009 there were two separate home invasions, in the Tweed area in which two women were the victims of sexual assault.
Those in Ottawa's defence community who dealt with Williams reacted with shock about the charges. The retired officers, who asked not to be named, say Williams was being groomed by the military leadership for a move into the senior ranks.
The French training, the selection for the Canadian Forces command and staff course in 2003 and 2004 and key appointments at National Defence headquarters meant that Williams was potentially going places, with brigadier-general the next rank he might obtain.
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He also just might prove a glaring exception to the typical profile of a serial killer and sexual predator.
There have been a few.
Ted Bundy always seemed too perfect to those who thought they knew him.
He was just training for UN Peacekeeper duties.
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