Posted By SCOTT TAYLOR, QMI AGENCY
Posted February 12th, 2010
Forensic investigators spent Thursday afternoon searching Col. Russ Williams' Ottawa home as police confirmed they're looking into Williams' possible links with past crimes here.
Six OPP investigators entered the 473 Edison Ave. house through the garage shortly after noon, carrying stacks of flat boxes, garbage bags and a large roll of brown paper, which they used to cover all of the windows from the inside.
After that, though the cops were presumably busy behind the covered windows, on the outside very little happened until the investigators left -- empty-handed -- just before 7 p.m.
That didn't stop a steady stream of passers-by from trying to peer in themselves. A virtual conga line of vehicles snaked by with drivers and passengers craning their necks and pointing at the house.
Neighbours who didn't know of Williams before chatted up the assembled media, asking for the latest news.
At one point, the OPP officer guarding the house was forced to become a traffic cop to ensure the road didn't become gridlock.
Earlier, a senior citizen neighbour erupted at a photographer whose car blocked her walkway.
"I don't care who I'm talking to, it's been three days and I've had enough!"
An Ottawa Police spokesman said they will "be looking at unsolved break and enters, sexual assaults and homicides, but (Williams) is not a named suspect in any Ottawa crime at this time."
He expects the investigation to be a "lengthy process."
Ottawa Police also confirmed that a police inspector will lead the search for links between the alleged crimes of Wilson and unsolved crimes in Ottawa.
Insp. Al Tario is in charge of major case and inspections. He will head a small team of officers selected from various units. Different units are involved because there could be more than just homicides and sexual assaults.
Williams, the former CFB Trenton base commander, was arrested in Ottawa Sunday and charged with two counts of firstdegree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Cpl. Marie-France Comeau.
He is also charged with two counts of forcible confinement and two counts each of breaking and entering and sexual assault.
According to media reports, Williams led police to Lloyd's body near his cottage in Tweed.
He shared his Ottawa house with his wife, Mary Elizabeth Harriman.
Williams, 46, reportedly came to the attention of investigators at a roadside checkpoint last week when his SUV's unusual tires were linked to tread marks at one of the crime scenes.
Police are now looking into Williams' past postings to see if there are any links to similar cold-case files.
Williams attended Upper Canada College, an elite Toronto boarding school, for two years in the early 1980s. At the time, he went by his stepfather's surname, Sovka.
He flew under the radar during his time there, said Innes van Nostrand, who graduated the same year as Williams.
"He was kind of a diligent, hardworking fellow who was not a high-profile guy here," said van Nostrand, now a vice-principal at the school.
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