Ottawa, Canada (CNN) -- A Canadian air force colonel and pilot who was entrusted with flying Queen Elizabeth across Canada has pleaded guilty to charges of murder, rape and dozens of sexually motivated break-ins.
Police say Col. Russell Williams confessed that he murdered two women, sexually assaulted two others, and broke into dozens of homes in search of women's lingerie. He was arrested in February after being pulled over at a police roadblock near the home of Jessica Lloyd, one of his murder victims.
He pleaded guilty in an Ontario courtroom on Monday, sparing victims and their families weeks of gruesome testimony.
The country is now bracing for victims' impact statements during the sentencing phase. Lurid details of how the colonel video-recorded and photographed his victims and saved this evidence as "trophies" are expected to be aired.
A portrait of Williams as a merciless sexual predator is beginning to emerge. Many are wondering how a man trusted with the country's most sensitive military secrets could have, for so long, kept so many secrets of his own.
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