The Clifford Robert Olson Jr. & William George Bonin Project
How Was Bonin Caught.
How Olson Was Caught.
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Clifford Olson was arrested on Aug. 13, 1981. He would later be charged with nine counts of murder in a Burnaby court.
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August 12, 1981Mounties became aware of how he was luring children.
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In late May 1981, Olson was arrested for impaired driving and for contributing to juvenile delinquency. He crashed his car with his 16-year-old female passenger in Agassiz, Valley, Vancouver.
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Aug. 12, 1981: Olson is arrested by the RCMP on Vancouver Island. Olson, paid a sentimental visit to the Old B.C. 102 year old Penitentiary when opened to the public before closing down in 1981. with thousands of other sightseers for a prison tour, unaware there was a Canada-wide warrant out for his arrest.
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A former guard recognized by one of these former guards. He was quickly arrested by the New Westminster city police. Olson had last been in the B.C. Pen serving four years and nine months for a variety of offenses including theft, forgery and false pretences. His nostalgic return to the Old B.C. Pen cost Olson another month in the Matsqui before his sentence finally expired
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(Kerr)
In May 1981 police arrested a 17-year-old thief, named William Ray Pugh.
Pugh tells police that he had been along for the ride when Bonin killed Harry Turner. In an attempt to save his own skin, Pugh told authorities that he had accepted a ride home from a man who had boasted of the Freeway Killings. Police began looking for William Bonin based on Pugh's allegations. (Kerr)
Police placed Bonin under surveillance nine days after the victim #20: Steven Wells (18- years old) was killed on June 2 June 1980.
The police trailed him to a deserted parking lot in time to interrupt the sexual assault on Harold T. Police found a length of white nylon cord and three knives in the van. (Gribben, Crimelibrary)
Bonin: Sentenced to death in the gas chamber
Bonin was executed: February 23, 1996,
Place: San Quentin State Prison, California, USA
Age at death: 49
Method of Death: Execution by lethal injection in California.
(Gribben nd.,Crimelibrary, Blanco, nd., Murderpedia)
"History of California’s use of capital punishmentLegal executions in California were authorized under the Criminal Practices Act of 1851. On February 14, 1872, capital punishment was incorporated into the Penal Code,"
Source:
California depatment of corrections and rehabil- itation (nd). Corrections chapter 8 McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Retrieved from http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/007337993x/566442/bohm5_CalifStateSup_ch08.doc
Accomplice #1: Vernon Robert Butts (committed suicide while at LA Co. Jail)
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Accomplice #2: Gregory Matthew Miley (CDC# C42801; First degree murder- 25 yrs to life)
Accomplice #3: James Michael Munro (CDC# C44535; Second degree murder - 15 yrs to life)
Accomplice #4: William Ray Pugh (CDC# C53164; Voluntary manslaughter - 6 yrs)
(Blanco, nd., Murderpedia)
Note: Both surviving co-defendants were also co-defendants in some of the Los Angeles murder cases in order to curry favour with the courts.
Bonin's Last Words:
"That I feel the death penalty is not an answer to the problems at hand. That I feel it sends the wrong message to the youth of the country. Young people act as they see other people acting instead of as people tell them to act. And I would suggest that when a person has a thought of doing anything serious against the law, that before they did, that they should go to a quiet place and think about it seriously." retrieved from Internet Sources: California Department of Corrections (Executions)..
Criminal penalty: Life imprisonment (In the interveining years, Olson filed many requests for parole
Olson died: September 30, 2011, Laval, Quebec, Canada
Age at death: 71
Cause of Death: Terminal Cancer.
Place: Transferred from Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines prison for treatment at a hospital in Laval, Que. Hagar & Fletcher National Post, Sept 2011).
1992: Handcuff key was discovered hidden in his rectum during a visit to hospital, Olson was moved into a special handling unit, then the super maximum facility "Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines prison in Laval, Quebec until his death. (Mulgrew, 2011).
Clifford Olson - Words:
"When asked his opinion about psychiatrists who examined him, albeit superficially, Olson was scathing: "They're all goofs — they're the ones who need treatment, not me. They only know what I tell them." (Worthington, 2011).
Source:
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 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-
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Punishment:
Sentence For Bonin
& Accomplices
Punishment: Sentence
Apprehension
