Williams, Bernardo were college 'pals'

By The Canadian Press
Fri. Feb 12 - 7:27 AM

TORONTO — Police sources tell the Toronto Sun both Colonel Russell Williams and Paul Bernardo were ``pals'' when they attended the University of Toronto in the 1980s.

They both studied economics at the Military Trail campus in east-end Toronto and graduated together in 1987.

Unidentified police sources tell the newspaper the two ``partied'' together and that their relationship is now under scrutiny by police.

But Bernardo's father, Ken Bernardo, told the Sun his son doesn't recall Williams by that name, or by his stepfather's last name, Sovko.

Williams was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Corporal Marie-France Comeau.

He is also charged with two counts of sexual assault and is scheduled to make a video court appearance on February 18th.

Bernardo is serving life in prison for the murders of schoolgirls Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy.