For me, there were a number of emotions. Everything resurfaced and brought us back to when we were 16 years old and when Kristen was taken so horribly away from us. It left us in despair.
There was feeling of hopelessness and injustice. We were feeling like our justice system had failed us again. How something like this could take place with someone as purely evil as Paul Bernardo.... I understand that there are rules in place and that there are criteria that have to be followed. I also know that there are exceptions to those rules.
It brought forth a horrible sense of trauma and unsettlement. We felt unsafe again, and it is a feeling that is very hard to describe, but one that I don't wish on anybody.