Short and stocky, his wavy brown hair curling around his ears, Clifford Olson entered a packed Vancouver courtroom on Jan. Ever the drama king, he looked around with his brown, almost black eyes and smiled at his audience, several of whom were the devastated parents of his victims in the largest serial murder case in British Columbia's history. After each of the 10 charges was read, he responded "not guilty" in a clear flat voice. Three days later Olson, 42, abruptly changed his plea.
In a voice that began firmly, wavered and finally broke, he admitted his guilt to 11 counts of first-degree murder — the killing of year-old Sandra Wolfsteiner had been added to the dreadful toll. The bodies of the three boys and eight girls, aged between 9 and 18, had been found in secluded areas within a kilometre radius of Vancouver.
Some of the victims had been raped and sodomized, some were bludgeoned, others were stabbed and one was strangled. All had been drugged and killed in a murderous spree lasting only nine months, from November, , through July, , while Olson was out of prison on mandatory supervision. Justice H. McKay declared as the mother of one of the victims sobbed in the packed courtroom. After saying that there is "no punishment that a civilized country can impose that would be adequate," the judge gave Olson 11 concurrent life sentences and recommended that he never be released.
You'd think that might have been the last anybody heard of Olson, aka the Beast of B. In fact, his diabolical antics continued for the rest of his life. He toyed with police and tabloid journalists, promising them details on unsolved crimes in return for privileges and media coverage; submitted poems and stories to literary contests to the horror of organizers and used his manipulative narcissistic personality and his quasi-knowledge of the law to taunt lawyers and the families of his victims.
He appealed for a new trial and early parole under faint-hope clauses, petitioned for parole on all but one opportunity after he had served 25 years behind bars, and used the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to mount dozens of frivolous and vexatious challenges.
In two of his more bizarre legal submissions, he claimed variously that being denied a "Solid Pleasure Life-Sized Revolutionary Not Inflated Sex Doll" and the installation of Plexiglas to line the front of his cell to protect him from other inmates, amounted to cruel and unusual punishment and thereby contravened the Charter. Olson never showed any remorse for his heinous murders.
But the criminal justice system itself changed in response to his diabolical behaviour on both sides of prison walls. His crimes gave rise to the victims of violence movement, their representation at trials and parole hearings, and the establishment of a missing children's registry; his incessant demands for parole led to an amendment of the Criminal Code barring multiple murders from applying for early parole under the faint-hope clause; and his ability to collect pension and old age income supplements resulted in the passage of Bill C denying such payments to prisoners while they are incarcerated.
Nevertheless, each time Olson made headlines — the most recent occasion was when he appeared before the National Parole Board in — the families of his victims were traumatized again. Their children will never be restored, but at least now Clifford Olson has been silenced.
When he died of cancer Friday at the age of 71, his legal challenges were finally over. Clifford Robert Olson was born in Vancouver B. Even as a school boy he was a bully and a petty thief, who tormented cats and dogs and was bold enough to snatch berries and flowers from backyard patches and then try to sell them back to the unsuspecting growers. Maybe that's his trouble — that chip on his shoulder.
The pretty, blue eyed, blonde was last seen hitch-hiking on Highway at Davis Bay on Vancouver Island. Mary was on her way home after having dinner with her boyfriend, 18 year old Adrian Dixon in Sechelt. Her family knew something was terribly wrong when she did not return home by 11p. Her body was found nine days later by three family friends off a logging road near the bay, about 12 miles from her home.
But a 17 year old named Todd Redman had a feeling this was the spot. They stopped the car and he grabbed a shovel and started digging in the gravel alongside the road.
Even though there were no signs that the ground had been disturbed, the youth was convinced that Marney was there. She was lying fully clothed with bruise marks around her neck where she had been strangled. Clifford Olson knew the Vancouver area like the back of his hand and threeof his known victims had been strangled. He also liked to leave his victims like Marney on backroads.
The horror never really ended for the parents of the eleven kids Olson murdered. They suffered through the anguish of waiting for their children to return and living with the truth that they never would. Most of the victims came from broken families where the parents had already been through ugly divorce proceedings or painful separations.
The parents said the R. Only through a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the nororious childrens deaths can recommendations be made to the police and others to try and prevent a similar even from ever happening in British Columbia.
On June 4th, Coroner Alan Askey released his report on the murder of the eleven children. Despite a probe of more than three months, Askey appeared to do little more than simply reproduce the official R.
At first the families seemed stunned. But when they read more carefully the greater was their sense of betrayal. Askey was billed as a tough and very outspoken veteran of the coroners service for the province of British Columbia. But his eight page Olson report was far from hard hitting.
The parents called it whitewash. The parents charged that Askey gave the famed R. Marguerite Partington, the mother of Olson's youngest victim said "There is no justice. The families believe that the R. As for the Askey investigation it was clear that it started out as on thing and ended up as quite another.
Both Chief Coroner Galbraith and Askey promised that there would be an examination on whether any of the murders could have been prevented. It turned out the report virtually ignored what went wrong. It only talked about how to prevent furture murders and how to set things right in the future.
The report said the cash for corpses deal was justified, but it failed to say why, other than, "The recovery of the bodies from such isolated and hidden locations would have been virtually impossible without the active cooperation of Clifford Olson, and the means used to gain cooperation were justified.
They realized they were not going to get satisfaction from the authorities without marshalling public support. They demanded the resignation of Allan Williams and they planned to sue him along with Olson, his wife Joan and Jim McNeney, trustee of the fund and also Robert Shantz.
They charged that Williams had offered but failed to provide free legal advice and had ignored their letters about their childrens deaths. In a writ filed April 19th, they sued Olson for damages in a seldom used provision of B.
The applications were heard on Thursday the 24th of March, before the Honourable Mr. Justice Paris of the B. Supreme Court. The court ordered the judgement be entered in default of the defence by Olson with damages to be assessed and also cost to be taxed. Too late, the families won but could not obtain any money because Olson had no money and didn't have any control over the trust fun, it existed completely independent of Olson.
In the writ filed against Olson it turned out that Olson was prevented by the then Warden Andrew Graham of the Kingston Penitentiary from allowing Olson to use his personal money to file and mail documents to the B. Supreme Court in defence of the eight writs filed April 19th, against Olson by the eight families. After nine years Olson has now filed a federal court action in the city of Ottawa on February 20th, against the Correctional Service of Canada under the Canadian Charter of Freedoms, claiming they infringed or denied him his rights under a number of sections of the charter.
Olson is claiming that the Correctional Service of Canada be ordered to pay the full amount of money that was ordered to be paid by Olson for the default judgements handed down by Justice Paris. This money would then be paid into the court to pay the parents that brought the legal action against Olson in the B.
Supreme Court filed April 19th, There were six families that were awarded the default judgement as two families withdrew their actions. The victims' parents awarded are Mr. It should be pointed out that the six parents of Olsons victims that were awarded this money soon found out they could not collect from Olson because he had no money. They then filed another civil law suit against E. Justice Trainor of the B. Supreme Court pronounced judgement on December 7, in favor of the victims families.
The judgement was as follows; "The fund which came into existence on the 26th day of August, must be surrendered or delivered up to this court. By operation of law, it was, that day, impressed with a constructive trust to remove it from the wrongdoer and those collaborating with him. If equitable tracing is necessary it would be an appropriate tool to assist in the collection process.
I would not think Morrison would hesitate to return the money under his control to McNeney so that the latter could comply with this order.
The reasons underlying the establishment of the fund were that it would likely result in the conviction of a mass murder, Olson, that it would bring to a conclusion a lengthy and expensive investigation, that there would be a lessening of public anxiety and that the finality would bring some solace to the parents of the murdered children.
That describes the character of this fund and directs its future use. In equity, the parents of the children murdered by Clifford Olson must have a right to claim". The parents were happy that they won the case against Olson, but there were further unforseen court actions being taken to the local B.
Court of Appeal by the defendants Joan Olson, E. They appealed the Supreme Court of B. The B. Court of Appeal heard the case on March 11, and the court was fast in their reasons for judgement, the Honourable Justice Hinkson speaking for the Court of Appeal. In an eight page judgement the final outcome was that the judge fell in error in the way he dealt with the number of requirements to be satisfied before the principle of unjust enrichment would apply.
In meeting that requirement, the families must show that they were deprived when the funds were paid to McNeney. The appeal Court went on to say on page 8, it is clear on the face of this case that the payment by the R. As I have indicated it was authorized by the Attorney General primarily to obtain evidence to convict Olson of the murders of the children.
The payment to McNeney did not result in any corresponding deprivation of the plaintiffs. They had no right to claim the money from the R. For these reasons I would allow the appeal and dismiss the claims of the plaintiffs families.
The money was returned from the court to McNeney but a further devastating judgement was yet coming to the parents of Olson's victims. They filed a motion for leave of appeal from the judgement of the Court of Appeal of B.
On June 23, the judgment was upheld. They dismissed the appeal of the families for leave to appeal the B. Court of Appeal Judgment. It may be asked of Olson what he thought of the court decision not to hear the parents appeal. Clifford Olson agrees with them fully. Olson has been given immunity from prosecution in Washington State in return for him offering to reveal the whereabouts of five bodies that were sexually raped then murdered.
The U. Olson claims he was on vacation in each of these states while on parole from the B. This unprecedented immunity deal with Washington State Justice authorites was confirmed by Olson's trial lawyer Robert Shantz and the letter dated April 18, from lawyer Roonald Kessler attorney at law in Seattle, Washington. That letter is attached to this profile. Olson didn't confess to the murders his lawyer stated, all he said was that he had information on the whereabouts of five murdered bodies in return for transactional immunity.
Robert Shantz said Olson felt that such immnity was necessary because if he was ever extradited to face trial in the U. Can Olson produce these bodies like he claims? An affidavit sworn and dated the 15th day of November is evidence of Olson's knowledge of murders in the U. A letter dated April 21, addressed to the Honourable Victor Atiyeh, Governor of Oregon with the attached affidavit dated April 10, seems to prove Olson does have the information he claims.
Olson will not discuss the U. Green River killer or the murders unless he gets the deal he had tried to put together with different ambassadors evidenced by the enclosed letters to ambassadors to Switzerland and the Federal Republic of Germany. Special attention must be given to the report dated July 25, with regards to other murders Olson has knowledge of here in Canada.
The Prime Minister thinks with regards to Olson that it is better to let people be killed or raped than make a deal with him. Then Attorney General of Alberta the Honourable Neil Crawford received a letterdated March 25, from Olson claiming he had information pertaining to three young girls that were raped and murdered and that one of their bodies had already been recovered.
Olson also sent letters to Peter Lougheed the Premier of the province of Alberta dated April 5th, concerning the three murder victims. Olson also swore an affidavit on June 29, stating that he had knowledge of the three murder victims. Gary Forbes, R. Statements were written on April 14th, and signed by Olson and G. Forbes of the R. These statements cannont be made public by Olson because of the R. It can be noted, however, that one of the victims was Oahn Ngoc Ha a 19 years old Vietnamese who was then employed at the Baniff Hotel where Olson stayed.
Olson was to appear in the Vancouver City Court on a couple of charges in but as he was on parole he skipped court and left the night before for Alberta, leaving from the Vancouver Greyhound bus station with his girlfriend Evelyn. In the summer of on August 12th, 21 year old Deborah Silverman who lived in the apartment block building on Bathhurst Street in Toronto went missing.
Her car was parked in the northwest corner of the lot behind the apartment block and her purse, lace trimmed panties and a broken gold necklace were found inside the back door. On Sunday Novermber 12th, her body was found in a lot on a farm at an intersection of Highway 7 at Durham Regional Road 13 in the Brock Township about 42 miles east of York.
Her hands were tied behind her back with the sleeves of her blue and white shirt and her black halter top was around her neck. Her brassiere was still on but she had no shoes or underpanties on. Olson informed various people on his knowledge of Silverman's murder. Liberal Leader of Ontario by letter dated May 4th, ON August 9th, Olson swore an affidavit with photos taken at the murder farm grave along with photos of Silverman being buried.
In the following years up to a number of police officers interviewed Olson in Kingston Penitentiary on the Silverman case.
Olson says he was present and can name the killer and give photos. On December 9th, two detectives interviewed Olson regarding the letter he sent to Ian Scott and informed him there would be no deal. Olson now refuses to talk to any of them. Olson accessed four seperate departmens obtaining all the information held on him.
Access was also granted to alld epartments with regards to all information held on Deborah Silverman.
Olson will not identify the killer of Deborah Silverman because there is no deal which will benefit him. A profile of a serial killer can only be written by the serial killer himself. He must be truthful with himself first, and then with the facts he writes about. In my own case, I will only try to make a short profile, a profile of myself. I have not gone into the reasons why I had pleaded guilty to the murder of the eleven children in British Columbia in and and I don't feel I have to; I will save that for a mroe trained individualin those particular fields.
The purpose of this profile is to be no more than a short introduction ofmyself. I have taken the reader step by step through each and ever case as to what happened in each murder.
I used what took place during the murders and what was said between the children and myself. I tried to tell the facts as I recall them and have added nothing of fiction to enhance them. I also had the foresight to tape all the interviews in and with the three top psychiatrists of Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. These tapes are for my personal use and are only avialable to myself and my lawyer Robert Shantz for my own writing and for study purposes for Criminology students.
I have been currently conducting research and analyzing the lives and crimes of over serial killers. I believe that there has never been an academic, university lever text book that analyzes the lives and crimes of serial killers in the United States, Canada or any other country. In my own personal study I hope people will be able to get a clear understanding on violent behaviour.
Each serial killer has their own reasons as to why they murdered, but the reasons that led to the killing are not to be compared with each other as would be done in other fields of study. Once the facts are seen and provided by the killer himself, will we then be able to fully understand why they kill. I can only speak as to why I murdered as I did. I can only put my thoughts and reasons as to the whole matter to be looked at by the professional psychiatrist and by criminologists and other trained people.
In my case I hope that I may be able to shed light on the workings of a serial killer. One must remember and ask themselves, like I did, why is there no material written by the serial killer himself. The reason is simple, no serial killer wants to give up that much of himself and in most cases they have appeals proceeding though th court system which they don't want to jeopardize.
Even when they are given a death sentence they will not talk about the murders because of a future chance of parole. I have never in my life read a book written by a serial killer on his own exploits. All kinds of people write about various serial killers but they can never write what the serial killer knows.
In reading this short profile on myself I wish to inform the reader that not even our famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police know what happened to those eleven children in terms of how they were murdered. Only my lawyer and I know. There was no deal that made me exchange the childrens bodies for the money that was agreed on.
I would never have made the deal that I did had it not been for Joan. Joan had received 28 thousand dollars from her divorce settlement and I took it and spent it. I was just taking her for a ride, as we say. Also I would not have told about the bodies and pleaded guilty if I had not fallen in love with Joan and stole her money like I did.
The reasons I'm serving a life sentence is because I pleaded guilty to the charges. Had the R. Joan never knew or had any idea of the trust fund that had been put together. This letter ran on national television and the text ran full in both the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers as follows. Thanks you for your letter of February 2nd, that was brought in by my wife Joan on Wednesday on her visit with me. I don't give any interviews nor make any statements Genevieve, because the so-called professinal journalism reports can't put true facts together and print them as they should.
I have such a volume of letters from all over the States and Canada wanting me to answer questions. I would expect of the media unequivocal, clear, chronological and unbiased reporting of true facts.
Not the extreme degree of shallow, sensational, confused and biased reporting sadly typical of the new media, T. I am sure you Genevieve and all the true facts and trying to receive satisfactory explanations from all those involved. Hall did, for the following reasons. This would have been for well over eight weeks. There are no words in the English language nor any other language that can express to the parents of my victims my deep emotional and sorrowful feelings of remorse I have for taking what are more precious to them, theif chilren.
I know it is hard to do but I ask for forgiveness, I am terribly sorry for what I have done. What is not known is that the day before I was charged with the death of Judy Kozma, I had a two hour visit with my beloved wife Joan and my infant son Stephen.
I could not stop crying during those two hours. I told my wife that I was responsible for the deaths of the children and that I could not live with myself nor have any peace of mind until I confess to what I had done and give back the bodies to their families for a proper Christian burial. I had first asked the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive me my sins, which he did If we confess our sins, he God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, 1 John My wife told me that if I told police R.
She said what would she tell our son when he grew up and everyone was teasing him at school for what his father had done. I told her it will be up to me to tell my son what has happened. I knew in my heart that I must give up my wife and son for the rest ofmy life. My son will have to father to call Daddy and he will grow up knowing his father for the sins he has done.
And my wife will always bear my mistake for the rest of her life. She told me that I must do what is right and that she will always love me and that someday we would be n heaven together praising the Lord together. As to your professional integrity as a journalist, and to your fairness Genevieve, I nor Joan can make any comment on. But I'm willing and capable of accepting your word.
You may read this letter on C. Genevieve on my behalf, only on the condition that you do not take one word or sentence of the content out of the letter in printing or publication or reading it on radio or T.
The Olson profile is a personal profile, it contains two inches of documents that have never been released to the public nor any of the police forces in Canada nor the U. The letters are from a vast number of police organizations both in Canada and the U. There are vast amounts of legal documents that have been accessed under the Canadian Privact Act and there is a large number of letters to the present Federal members of Parliament, the Prime Minsiter of Canada and Ambassadors from 17 countries.
There are the Coroner's reports on inquiries into the murders of the eleven children. There are reports from the correctional service Canada containing confidential information with regards to an attempt to force a political confrontation if Mr. Mulroney refuses to deal with Olson. See reports dated There are the Canadian security intelligence services letters and the letter dated from then Lt. Dan J. The two-inch file shold be read in complete conjunction with the profile.
One can go on and on in this matter but the reader must remember that this is only a short profile of me. This is only a short insight as to who Clifford Olson is. I have not gone into what I'vebeen doing here since I came to the Kingston Penitentiary in February of In a short summation of my profile one must remember that it is my story, written by me alone.
Birthplace: St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, V. Turn-on's: Being with someone I love, Jesus Christ, music, sexy women, champagne, sports, reading, philosophizing, writing, poetry, drawing, studying, learning law, being able to preach the message of God, having faith, hope and love, talking politics. Turn-off's: Being hurt by people you love, lies and deceitfulness, swearing, obnoxious people, drugs, procrastination, people who are proud, selfish and rude, injustice, grudges.
Favorite Sports: Boxing, track and field, skiing, softball, hockey, swimming, skating, horse racing, tennis and soccer. Hobbies: Writing, poetry, drawing, model air-planes, reading, watching movies, going to the beach and writing personal reflections and essays.
Favorite T. Favorite Fruits: Bing cherries, bananas, strawberries, cantaloupe, peaches, blueberries, grapes.
Favorite Candies: Fudge, toffee, Crispy Crunch bars, pop corn. Favorite Desserts: Banana cream pie, ice-cream, milk shakes, oatmeal cookies. Favorite Sandwich: Lettuce and tomato, club house. Favorite Breakfasts: Bacon and eggs turned over, cream of wheat, puff wheat.
Favorite Foods: Filet mignon steak medium, pork chops, meat loaf, corn on the cob, cottage cheese, peas, I like all vegetables except asparagus and spinach, chocolate milk, coffee with cream and sugar. Favorite Miscellaneous: Cream of corn soup, coca cola, jelly beans, candies of all kinds.
Marguerita: Salted rim, tequila, triple sec, lime juice. Tom Collins: Gin, Lemon Juice, soda. Ideal Woman: Sensitive, to be treated with respect, as an equal. A Christian woman. To have truly a good woman you have to believe she is more precious than all the gems in the world. She has to be truthful and trustful and must be able to satisfy my needs. She has to be a very kind individual who is also sympathetic, tender, warm, gentle, tolerant, good tempered, confident, very charitable and a humanitarian and most of all have all the love of God.
Favorite Pastime: Reminiscing on past experiences and events, listening to rock and roll and country music from the years and reading and studying the bible.
The Best Thing About Sex Is: The whole joy of sex with love is that there are no rules, so long as you enjoy it, and the choice is practically unlimited. Uninhibited partners will tell each other about their fantasies try free-associating just before orgasm if you are shy. Really communicting partners look for them and put them on the menu unannounced, there is no more complete communication.
Women probably differ sexually more than men. Never assume that you don't need to relearn for each person. Planning and thinking about sex to come is part of love, so is lying together in complete luxury afterwards. You don't get high quality sex without love and feedback. Feedback means that perfect mixture of stop and go, tough and tender, exertion and affection.
There are only two guidelines in good sex. Don't do anything you don't really enjoy and find out your partners needs and don't balk them if you can help it. The bed is the right place to play all the games you ever will want to play. This is essential to a full, enterprising and healthy immature view of sex between committed people. Take off your shell along with your clothes. A womans greatest assest after her beauty is her natural perfume. It comes from her hair, skin, breats, armpits, and genitals.
The smell and feel of a man's skin probably has more to do with sexual attraction than any other single feature. We must learn to use the whole of our skin surface, our feelings of identity, aggression and so on, and how to express them in bed. We must find out someone elses needs and your own will prove to be rewarding, interesting, and educational when it comes to finding out what love is all about.
Sex should be wholly satisfying, like between two affectionate people from which they emerge unanxious, rewarded and ready for more. All rights reserved, no part of this Profile of a Serial Killer by Clifford Robert Olson may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the writer Clifford Robert Olson.
The Olson case is one of the most significant cases in Canadian legal history. It raised questions not raised before, and helped to shape an ongoing movement regarding the rights of victims.
Where And When? November - July Olson has been described as having dull-normal intelligence and the emotional maturity of a child. He was known to police and acquaintances as a habitual criminal from age His crimes included theft, armed robbery, forgery, break and entry, auto theft and escaping custody. Although arrested on sexual offenses several times, Olson somehow managed to keep such crimes absent from his record.
Olson's life consisted of prison sentences, starting at age He was in and out of prison regularly for the next 25 years, until his arrest in He was a notorious inmate in the s, known for manipulating the system, writing countless letters to politicians complaining of conditions and buggering young inmates against their will.
Olson was also known as a 'rat' in prison. He would readily point the finger at fellow inmates if it would be beneficial to himself. Because of this, Olson was a marked man. He was regularly attacked by other inmates, and was even stabbed 7 times in by a fellow prisoner at Prince Albert's Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
It was necessary for Olson to be moved from prison to prison in order to keep him from being murdered. During one such move, Olson met B. He befriended Marcoux and learned the grisly details of his crimes. Then, forever the con man, Olson 'ratted' out Marcoux, showing officials letters and drawings his new 'friend' had produced outlining his sordid deeds.
Olson got what he wanted. He was recognized by authorities for his assistance in convicting Marcoux and even received a commendation. Olson gained something else too; a love for child pornography and violence. He spent thousands of hours pursuing his new interests, expounded by hearing of and visualizing Marcoux's crimes. As soon as he was released in , Olson left British Columbia for a stint in the Maritimes.
There he became wanted on charges of child pornography, but was never arrested on those counts. The reason was simple; by the time Olson was located, he was back in a B. This time for rape. The east coast police dropped their charges, thinking Olson would receive justice on the west coast. They were wrong. The rape charge stemmed from a New Year's Day incident in Olson was accused of sexually assaulting a 16 year old girl and arrested on January 8.
His lawyer, along with self-proclaimed jailhouse lawyer Olson, fought until Olson was awarded bail on April 8, Little did they know that they had released a man who killed a 12 year old girl in the fall of the previous year. She was one of many to follow. The Murders: Christine Weller disappeared on November 17, She was heading to the run-down motel in Surrey, B.
Christine Weller was a street wise tomboy who did not have the benefit of expert parenting. She had run away before, and her parents disregarded her absence for over a week before police were contacted. When Christine's ravaged body was finally found on Christmas Day, it was revealed that she had been stabbed 19 times. Police interviewed many persons about the disappearance. Among them was the motel manager from where Christine lived. He was asked about three individuals that lived in the area.
On the list of names was Clifford Olson. The rape Olson was arrested for, only one week after Christine Weller's body was found made police more suspicious, yet Olson was not questioned about the deceased girl. Olson's second victim was murdered 8 days after his release from prison in April, Colleen Daignault, 13, was coerced into taking a ride in Olson's car. He used what was to become a common ploy with his victims.
The killer offered the girl a job, promising substantial renumeration. He then offered her a drink containing some drug that rendered her unable to move effectively. Olson then drove Colleen to a secluded location, where he raped, then murdered her. Olson's victim was different. Daryn Johnsrude did not fit the pattern that Clifford Olson was establishing. He was 16, around the right age, but was male.
Serial killers generally adhere to a routine or M. Clifford Olson proved that he was not picky. No one was safe. This 'change' also made things more confusing for investigators, who didn't yet realize that they were dealing with a serial murderer. They were treating many of the cases as potential runaways. Olson's sixth victim changed all that.
Simon Partington was only nine years old when he disappeared on July 2, This left no doubt as to the question of whether Lower Mainland children were being abducted. The case generated much publicity and brought it to the forefront with numerous media reports. Meanwhile, the police let their man slip through their fingers on two occasions. A week after Daryn Johnsrude's disappearance, Olson was arrested for shoplifting.
On July 7, five days after the Partington kidnapping, Olson was charged with an indecent assault on a 16 year old girl, but was released.
July was a prolific month for the killer. Olson claimed six victims during that time period. Among them was 14 year old Judy Kozma. Olson went to a new height of perversion and psychotic behaviour when he telephoned the home of the Kozma family landlord, then played a tape of Judy's cries and agony.
He also called her closest friends, threatening that they would be next. By July 28, police were beginning to feel sure that they had their man. An officer set up a meeting with Olson, under the guise that he wanted to use him as an informant. By that time, three bodies had been discovered. Olson agreed to work with police and asked what they would like information on. When he was told that the officer wanted information about the Lower Mainland Missing Children case, Olson seemed eager to help.
The officer would later recount that he believed Olson wanted to be caught when he offered to find the locations of nine victims. He also said that he would need to receive money for his efforts.
This was the last time the two met. Olson now knew that he was likely under surveillance. Even though this was true; police were in fact watching Olson's movements, he managed to kill again only 2 days later. Louise Chartrand was coincidentally murdered on the same day that the R. July had been a busy month for Clifford Olson. He had driven over 10 km in rented cars cruising for his victims. Because of this, he had accrued huge debts with rental car companies.
In an effort to raise funds to pay them the money owed, Olson broke into at least two homes in early August. Olson was finally arrested on August 12, , when officers who had been followed his car trailed him to a deserted area.
Olson had two young women in the vehicle with him. When he ordered one of them out of the car, and to leave the area, police, who had been listening from bushes nearby had seen enough. They arrested Clifford Olson for drunk driving and took him to jail. Trial And Outcome: Clifford Olson's case started out with little physical evidence against him. Police had his address book, with Judy Kozma's address written by her own hand.
This however, was not enough to convict him of multiple homicides. A break came when a witness, who had spent time socializing with Olson, put him with Judy on the night of her murder.
Police charged Olson with her killing. Soon after, bodies began to appear. Olson was charged with ten counts of murder. In court, Olson entered a plea of 'not guilty' to all charges.
The judge then broke the bad news to jurors that they would have to be sequestered for the duration of the trial because of the attention it was receiving in the press.
Olson, forever the legal disturber, came to court the next day and reversed his pleas. A weepy Clifford Olson plead guilty to 10 charges of first-degree murder. At that time, the prosecutor introduced an eleventh charge, to which Olson also plead guilty. He received life in prison, with a recommendation from the judge that he never be granted parole in his lifetime.
This however, was far from the end of the story. In fact, his notoriety was such that it often led to changes in Canadian law. Among the changes: restrictions on early parole for murderers and the eventual elimination of the "faint hope clause," the denial of federal pensions to certain prisoners and increased time between parole hearings for multiple murderers.
His case also spurred on the victims' rights movement and the creation of a police tracking system for violent crimes. It was Christmas Day when the body of year-old Christine Weller was found, strangled and stabbed. The young girl from Surrey, B.
He reportedly lured them with the promise of a job, and then plied them with alcohol and drugs. He tortured them, sexually assaulted them, killed them and then dumped their bodies.
Olson became a suspect early in the police investigation. He had been a juvenile delinquent and had spent all but five years of his adult life in prison. His fellow inmates had tried to kill him. However, police later claimed they didn't have enough resources to keep tabs on him as he drove thousands of kilometres around B. Olson's arrest on Aug. Before he pleaded guilty in , Olson struck a notorious cash-for-bodies deal with police.
The deal angered many of the victims' families, who felt Olson had profited from their tragic losses. Olson was sentenced to life in prison, but being behind bars didn't stop his ability to terrorize.
That's how Gary Rosenfeldt, who died in , once described what happened to his family. After his stepson's death, the Rosenfeldts launched a group called Victims of Violence. A few years later, in , Olson wrote a letter to Rosenfeldt describing Johnsrude's ordeal. Olson also wrote book manuscripts, and was allowed to make a series of videotapes in prison. In them, he described what he did to his victims, including driving nails into their heads and asking them how it felt. In , while testifying at an inquest into an inmate suicide at Kingston Penitentiary, Olson said God had forgiven him for his murders.
In August , after serving 15 years of his sentence, Olson appeared in a Surrey courtroom asking for an early parole hearing. However, in those days, Olson had a right to apply for an early parole hearing under Sec.
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