Clifford Robert Olson (January 1, 1940 - September 30, 2011) is a Canadian serial killer who was convicted by the court of killing 11 children and adolescents in the early 1980s. He was serving a life sentence.
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| Nickname | Beast from british columbia |
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| Number of victims | eleven |
| Kill period | November 17, 1980 - July 30, 1981 |
| Date of arrest | August 12, 1981 |
| Punishment | Life imprisonment |
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Short Biography
Clifford Olson was born in British Columbia . Since childhood, often got into the police, was a bully at school. As an adult, he already had several criminal convictions for fraud, armed robbery and sexual violence. During arrests and imprisonment in prison, he began to cooperate with the police, collected data on other criminals and was released ahead of schedule for this.
Crimes and Investigations
In 1980, children began to disappear around Vancouver . In November 1980, 12-year-old Christina Weller disappeared from her home, who was found dead with signs of torture and sexual abuse only a month later. In April of the following year, 13-year-old Colleen Dane disappeared, and a week later, 16-year-old Darren Jonesrad. Both were found dead in May of that year with signs of torture. Just two weeks after the killings, 16-year-old Sandra Wulfsteiner disappeared, and in June 13-year-old Ada Kort did not return home. The local police began a search, but instead of these missing children in the lake, they found the body of 14-year-old Judy Kozma, who had disappeared even earlier.
In the list of suspects compiled by the police, taking into account his previous convictions, Olson also appeared, but no arrests were made. But even as a suspect, Olson managed to kill four more children in the last week of July of that year. There could have been even more killings if the police had not stopped Olson to check when he picked up two women on the highway. Among the things in his car, Judy Kozma's notebook was found, and the suspicion fell directly on Olson. When he was accused of several other murders, Olson decided to come to an agreement with the police and exchange the data on the deceased children with the money that the police had to pay his wife. Having set the price at 10 thousand dollars per body, Olson noted the burial places of his victims.
Court and conclusion
For 11 murders, Clifford Olson was sentenced to 11 life sentences. Despite this, over the next several years, he continued to appeal and even mocked the relatives of his victims, sending them letters from prison describing the suffering of their children. In 2011, a new scandal erupted around Olson, when it became known that even in custody he continued to receive state pension. On September 30, 2011, Clifford Olson died of cancer in a Laval prison in Quebec .