Canada's Military Shocked With The Arrest Of A Respected Colonel For The Murders Of Two Women. Cold Cases Being Investigated

Col. Russell Williams, left, is shown with Defence Minister Peter MacKay, centre, and Gen. Walter Natynczyk, Canada's chief of defence staff, right. (Trentonian/QMI Agency)

Respected Colonel Charged With Murder Of Two Women -- Globe And Mail

It was on Sunday afternoon that Colonel Russell Williams, a decorated pilot who has delivered prime ministers and soldiers to remote locales around the world, agreed to sit down with a behavioural science expert from the Ontario Provincial Police.

What has happened since that interview has shaken the Canadian Forces, and the citizens of three small towns in Eastern Ontario: Police charged Col. Williams, the commander of Canada's largest Air Force base, with the murder of two women, and assaults on two others.

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More News On This Murder Investigation

Canada may expand air commander murder probe -- Reuters
CFB Trenton commander charged with murder -- CBC
CFB Trenton commander charged with murder -- Toronto Sun
Gen.: Personnel at Trenton in a 'state of shock' -- Toronto Sun
Military commander charged with brutal murders -- Toronto Sun
CFB Trenton colonel charged with murders -- Montreal Gazette
Interim commander will replace Williams -- CBC
Biography: Col. Russell Williams -- CBC
Russ Williams' profile: A distinguished military man -- CTV
Colonel Russ Williams's biography -- Globe And Mail

My Comment: My friends in the Canadian Armed Forces are shocked with this report (so am I). Col. Russell Williams was on the fast track to becoming a General .... if not higher. This is a direct hit on the morale on all those who wear the uniform or who work for the DND.