Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 26, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free May Kris tens Mother relives Day of loss punctual girls lateness sounded court told byte Blackwell Canadian press Toronto Kristen French Mother struggled to stay composed yesterday As she told Paul Bernardos murder trial about the Day her daughter vanished three years her voice quavering at Donna French said she left work Early on april after her husband phoned to say Kristen was late getting Home from she usually arrived just after 3 who described her 15 year old daughter As a popular Hon ors student who was Active in sports and said she knew something was Kristen was always very Punk she told the packed our was still in her As soon As i saw i knew Kristen want Home because Kris ten always let Sasha prosecutors contend Bernardo and his Karla lured the girl to their car As she passed a Church parking lot on her Way Bernardo pulled a knife and forced her into the says the then sodomized and beat her for three Days before strangling her with an electrical a woman says she saw a struggle that Day in the Church Barbara Joan former mayor of West Lincoln township near told court she was driving by when she noticed a sport looking car resembling a Cream coloured with one door open and someone wearing pants leaning that person was either Strug gling or backing up and going said the thing that crossed my mind was teenagers fooling Packham said she called police after she saw a news report the next Day about French disappear prosecutor Greg Barnett showed her a photograph of a Gold coloured Nissan similar to one the Crown says Bernardo Packham said it want the car she saw that the Day after French Digap her longtime Friend Michelle Tousignant was out searching for the teen with her father when she recognized one of Kristen loafers in the parking lot of Grace lutheran she immediately turned it Over to who also found a lock of hair and a piece of a Toronto map in the Church prosecutors say Bernardos sex Karla pulled out a map and asked French for directions to draw her Over to their Bernardo is also charged with Kristen French Mother Donna left is questioned by prosecutor Leslie up illustration murdering Leslie of who disappeared about 10 months earlier than prosecutors say the two girls were strangled with the same Cord at Bernardos House in Ca French Mother said her Hus band phoned her at work that april 16 to say Kristen Boyfriend had expected to meet her after but there was no sign of French left work Early and called police at 6 she said she waited by the phone All through the next few Days easter her helped search for his daughter and made a televised Appeal for her Safe the Crown has said it will pro vide evidence showing French saw that Appeal while held hostage at Bernardos House and became very Justice Patrick Lesage cautioned jurors yesterday to ignore Media reports about a news release put out wednesday by a lawyer for the victims he called the release 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