The Clifford Robert Olson Jr. & William George Bonin Project

 

Rate of ricicvidism - incurable -- admits he would continue to kill if not stopped.  He had access to vehicle and the anonymity of the highways

 

Made hid the bodies. No Remorse. 

 

• At least 11 Murders, admitted to 50-100 more

 

• Over his career he compiled 83 convictions: “obstructing justice; possession of stolen property; possession of firearms; forgery; false pretenses; fraud; parole violations.

 

• At age 18, Olson was incarcerated at Borstal Correctional Center in Burnaby in July, 1957, for B&E and theft.

 

• He escaped from the Borstal facility, stole a power boat, was caught and sent to Haney Correctional Centre.

 

• Between 1957 and 1968 he escaped seven times. In the meanwhile, he was paroled in 1959 and 1972, but had the privilege revoked due chronic criminal behaviour.

 

• By age 41 years old he was continuously incarcerated except for 4 free years of his adult life. (Kerr).

 

• It is alleged that Olson was stabbed seven times in Prince Albert Penitentiary for informing on two convicts.

 

 

• He used his personal charm to persuade the Saskatchewan Criminal Compensation Board to award him $3,500 for “his unusual degree of moral and physical courage.”

 

• Later-on, once incarcerated for life, he manages to finesse $100,000 from the correctional services for disclosing where bodies were hidden. This was the subject of a law suit. See York University Document.

 

 

• The consensus is that Olson is a pathalogical liar.  He claims to have killed 50-100 individuals in seven states: Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, New York, Louisiana, Florida. 

 

• Is it possible that he is being truthfulful?   Journalist Peter Worthington uncovers information into the psyche of Olson. Worthington states the he researched many serial killers, experts cannot truly verify a case where a serial killer develops psychopathic serial killer behaviours  at the age of  40's. 

 

•  it is noted that "Between 1957 and 1980, Olson was out of prison for only three periods of any length — 1964, 1972-73, 1978.   It is possibly his first "kill" was in 1964, then probably in 1972-73, and almost certainly in 1978. (Worthington, 2011).

 

•  According to Ian Mulgrew of  Post Media News, Forensic Psychiatrist Stanley Semrau upon testifying before a parole board summarized  that Olson killed for sport or fun.  It would appear that he was  able to carry out the act of killing without malice.  He has a certain levity about what he is doing http://www.oacas.org/news/11/oct/01killer.pdf.

 

• Once Olson  made arrangements for $100,000  in exchange for leading the police to the bodies of his victims to be awarded to his wife and son, Olson pleaded guilty to his crimes for the first time.  "He dabbed away tears as he confessed publicly."

 

 

• In August 1997, after serving 15 years of his sentence, Olson requested early parole under the "faint hope clause."

 

• The  prison psychiatrists  testified that Olson showed no remorse for the murders, has since claimed to have committed anywherefrom 80 to 200 murders, and would be likely to kill again."   It is alleged that Olson confided that he would kill again if he was set free.    (Mulgrew, 2011).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources:

Kerr, B. J. (n.d). Clifford olson jr. <Crimelibrary>: criminal minds and methods. Retrieved from http://www.crime

library.com/seria l_killers/predators/olson/2.html

 

Mccamus, j. D. (n.d). New constructive trust and the olsen case 165.Recovery of the indirect profitsOf wrongful killing: the new Constructive trust and the olson case.  Retrieved from https://apps.osgoode.yorku.ca/osgmedia.nsf/0/91C80E9257399412852571BF00591332/$FILE/Recovery%20of%20the%20Indirect%20Profits%20of%20Wrongful%20Killing.pdf

 

 

 

 

Mulgrew, I. (2011, October 1).  Clifford Olson, the 'Beast of B.C.' serial child-killer. Post Media News. Retrieved from http://www.oacas.org/news/11/oct/01killer.pdf.

 

 

Worthington, P. (2012, October 03). Part 2 of 3: Part 1 of 3: Sneak peek at Peter Worthington's 'Predator: The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Clifford Olson.’ Toronto Sun. Canoe Sun Media. http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/30/sneak-peek-at-peter-worthingtons-predator-the-life-and-crimes-of-serial-killer-clifford-olson

 

Worthington, P. (2012, September 30). Part 2 of 3: Olson's victim rendered helpless. Toronto Sun. Canoe Sun. QMI Agency. Retrieved from http://http://www.torontosun.com/2012/09/30/olsons-victim-rendered-helpless

 

Worthington, P. (2012, October 03). Part 3 of 3: What drove Clifford Olson to kill? Toronto Sun. Canoe Sun Media. QMI Agency. Retrieved from http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/03/ part-3-of-3-what-drove-clifford-olson-to-kill.