Paul Bernardo The Scarborough Rapist - 1698 Words

Paul Bernardo: The Scarborough Rapist Paul Kenneth Bernardo was born to parents Kenneth Bernardo and Marilyn Bernardo on August 27th. 1964. As a young child, Paul was essentially the perfect son - a very happy and well-behaved boy, even participating in his local Boy Scouts group. Nick Pron, a Canadian crime reporter describes him as â€Å"...always happy. A young boy who smiled a lot. And he was so cute, with his dimpled good looks and sweet smile, that many of the mothers just wanted to pinch him on the cheek whenever they saw him. He was the perfect child they all wanted; polite, well-mannered, doing well in school, so sweet in his Boy Scout uniform.† (Ryan, 46-50) Growing up in a middle-class neighborhood in Scarborough, Canada, Paul’s childhood could have seemed as ordinary as any other child’s from an outside perspective. So what turned that sweet, dimpled boy into a depraved rapist and killer? 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