(Posted 8:30 a.m., April 29)
Colonel facing murder rap charged with Orléans panty thefts
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online

Accused double murderer Colonel Russell Williams, now faces mutilple break-in charges in connection with a series of thefts involving women`s underwear in the fall of 2008. Fred Sherwin/Photo

Accused double-murderer Col. Russell Williams is now facing multiple break-in charges in connection with a series of panty thefts that took place in the Fallingbrook area in the fall of 2008.

Col. Williams is accused of killing Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, 37, and Jessica Lloyd, 27, while he was the base commander at CFB Trenton. He has also been charged with two home invasion sex assaults..

Shortly after Col. Williams was arrested in February, police swooped down on his Westboro home which he shared with his wife at the time. During a search of the property they found hundreds of pairs of women`s underwear.

After further investigation, they linked him to a series of break-ins that occured on Wilkie Drive and Simoneau Way in the fall of 2008 in which the only items stolen were women`s underwear.

Ever since Williams was arrested, residents living in the area have assumed that Williams, who lived on Wilkie Drive at the time, was responsible for the break-ins.

Now that he has been charged, their suspicions have been proven correct.

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