September 2009 Two women are sexually assaulted during separate home invasions in the Tweed area, north of Belleveille. They are both bound to chairs and photographed. October 29, 2009 Authorities search the Tweed home of Larry Jones, a neighbour of Russell Williams, looking for computer digital storage devices, black and purple bras from La Senza, thong underwear, two baby blankets, pornographic photos and videos, white shoes and zip ties, among other items. Jones is cleared as a suspect. November 25, 2009 Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, a 38-year-old flight attendant at CFB Trenton, is found dead in her home in Brighton, west of Trenton. January 28, 2010 Jessica Lloyd, 27, is last seen alive. She is reported missing the next day when she fails to show up for work at Tri-Board Student Transportation Services in Napanee. February 4, 2010 In their bid to find information about Lloyd’s disappearance, OPP and Belleville police set up a road block on Highway 37 near Belleville, and stop and question motorists for 11 hours. Russell Williams, 46, commander of 8 Wing Trenton comes to the attention of the police during the roadblock because of a distinctive tire tread on his SUV. February 7, 2010 Russell Williams is arrested in connection with the deaths of Lloyd and Comeau. February 8, 2010 Police discover the body of Jessica Lloyd off Carry Road, in the Municipality of Tweed. Williams appears in court in Belleville, charged with two counts of forcible confinement and two counts of break and enter and sexual assault relating to the two September 2009 home invasions. He is remanded into custody and is due back in court in Belleville Feb. 18. February 9, 2010 Ontario Provincial Police investigators remove two grocery-sized bags of belongings from Williams’ Ottawa home. Police agencies across the country look for information about cold cases in their areas. February 11, 2010 **STILL PIC** A dozen OPP forensic officers carrying boxes arrive at the Ottawa home owned by Williams shortly before 12:30 p.m. Three unmarked cars led two Ontario Provincial Police forensic vans to the three-storey home. February 17, 2010 Russell Williams is remanded until March 25 on murder and sexual assault charges after a brief appearance in a Belleville court. Williams appears through a video link with the Quinte Detention Centre in nearby Napanee. He retains prominent Ottawa defence lawyer Michael Edelson. **COURT SKETCH??** March 26, 2010 Williams signs off on a transfer of his Ottawa home to his wife. April 3, 2010 Williams tries to kill himself just before Easter Sunday by stuffing cardboard from a toilet paper roll down his throat. Sources from the Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee, say that at about 5 a.m. on Saturday, Williams used mustard to write a suicide note on the wall of his cell. The note said his affairs were in order and that his feelings were too much to bear. April 29, 2010 Williams is charged with 82 break-and-enters – 46 in Tweed, Ont., where he has a cottage, and two in Belleville, along with 34 in Ottawa. June 24, 2010 Williams appears before a judge by video link from the Quinte Detention Centre in Napanee in a brief hearing called at the request of Williams’ lawyer, Michael Edelson. Edelson asks for more time to review documents released by prosecutors. Williams is remanded in custody to appear by video July 22. July 22, 2010 Williams makes a brief video court appearance in Belleville and is to appear in court again on Aug. 26 for a pre-trial hearing. August 26, 2010 Williams waives his right to a preliminary hearing to evaluate the strength of the Crown’s case, and is committed to stand trial on October 7. October 7 , 2010 Williams’ lawyer says his client intends to plead guilty to charges of first-degree murder, sexual assault, and break and enter. October 18, 2010 Williams pleads guilty to two first-degree murder charges, two charges of sexual assault and confinement and more than 80 counts of break, enter and theft – the latter related to a string of fantasy-driven crimes in Ottawa and Tweed, in which lingerie, underwear, bathing suits and shoes were taken from the bedroom drawers and closets of women and girls as young as nine. 
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