Olson

Clifford Olson - The Beast of BC

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    Clifford Olson - The Beast of BC

  • Christine Weller is found dead

    Christine Weller is found dead
    Christine Anne Weller's body was found along the Fraser River in British Columbia. She was abducted in November and killed by Olson.
  • Daryn Johnsrude is found dead

    Daryn Johnsrude is found dead
    The bludgeoned and mutilated body of Daryn Todd Johnsrude is found by police. He disappeared from Saskatchewan in April.
  • Ada Anita Court vanishes

    Ada Anita Court vanishes
    Ada Anita Court disappears after visiting her boyfriend. She is killed by Olson.
  • Olson kills 6 victims

    Olson kills 6 victims
    Simon Patrick Partington, Judy Elizabeth Kozma, Raymond Lawrence King, Sigrun Charlotte Arndt, Terri Lyn Carson, Louise Marie Chartrand are all killed by Olson
  • Remains of Colleen Daignault are found

    Remains of Colleen Daignault are found
    Colleen Marian Daignault was located in a forest. She was picked up and killed by Olson in April
  • Olson's wife is paid

    Police give Olson's wife, Joan, $10,000 for each body he helps them recover. She is paid $100,000 for 11 bodies .
  • Olson is sentenced to life

    Olson is sentenced with 11 25 year jail sentences. He was charged with murdering 11 people, 8 girls and 3 boys. All of his victims were between the age of 9 and 18 and were located in British Columbia.
  • Olson pleads guilty

    Clifford Olson pleads guilty to all charges
  • Olson is investigated for suicide

    Olson denies convincing a fellow inmate to commit suicide.
  • Olson found with drugs

    Olson is found with illegal drugs while in isolation in his jail.
  • Olson caught with keys

    Olson was caught with keys and leg irons which he put in his lower bowel. This was found using x-rays.
  • Olson found with Broomstick

    A wooden broomstick is found in Olson's cell. He was trying to escape using it.
  • Olson requests to be with other inmates

    Olson asks a judge to allow him to mix with other inmates and remove himself from solitary confinement.
  • Olson denied media access

    Courts rule that Olson should not be allowed to access media. He could potenially have a bad affect on the populace.
  • Olson sends mail to the Prime Minister

    Olson sends obscene content through the mail to the Prime Minister. He also requests parole and is denied.
  • Olson is denied parole

    Jurors in a National Parole Board hearing took 17 minutes to decide Olson would not be allowed to go free.
  • Olson again denied parole

    It's ruled he cannot go free because he is a high risk to escape and re-offend and that he displayed narcissistic, psychopathic and sexually sadistic tendencies.
  • Bill C-31 comes into affect

    The government's amended Bill C-31 came into effect, meaning elderly convicts can no longer collect old-age security benefits from the feds while they are in prison. This is as Olson was seen collecting old age pension while he was in jail.