The story of Colonel Russell Williams was featured on Dateline this past weekend.  For those of you who saw it, you might enjoy this video of his interrogation.  It’s in two parts.  You can find it here.

Colonel Russell Williams was a high ranking military man in Canada who at one time flew the Queen of England around Canada. Well, he went from incredible highs to very big lows:  At the height of his career, he broke into people’s homes and stole womens underwear.  Then he would try them on and take photos, as you see above.  Crazy man!  Well, sadly, his fantasy and obsessions turned even darker.  He killed two women before he was caught by some good police work.

When I watched Russell Williams, I would characterize him as a low emotionally expressive person.  He is what I would call neutral, and neutral people are challenging to read when you encounter them.

Williams hit me as a very intelligent man, who thought he was so smart, he could get away with his fantasies.  When we saw him on Dateline in video footage the day after he killed those women, he has a glow of power that was intense.  Did you see it?  He was clearly on cloud nine for having done what he did, and he didn’t have any remorse. He loved power and control.  That drove him.

I suspect Williams was not an empathetic person in his life, and I think he learned to say what he had to to fit into society. I wonder if he always knew he was different.  My hunches say it is likely…though we may never know.

On that note, ladies, if someone steals your underwear, take it DEAD serious.  This is no laughing matter.  It happened once to my cousin!!  Flat out chilling…