Clifford Olson
- Category : Passions-Criminal-Perpetrator-Homicide-serial
- Type : R
- Profile : 2/4 - Hermit / Opportunist
- Definition : None
- Incarnation Cross : RAX Tension 4
Biography
Canadian homicide perpetrator. From the age of 17, he spent most of his time in jail for breaking-and-entering, theft, forgery, armed robbery, false pretences and escape. In 11/17/1980, when he performed his first murder, he became a serial killer, going on a spree that lasted until his arrest in August 1981, during which time he beat or strangled 11 people, mostly young boys and girls.
He killed his second victim 12/25/1980. On 1/1/1981, he was arrested for rape and sodomy, but was released a short time later. On 4/16/1981, he bludgeoned a girl, age 13 to death; on 4/21, he beat a boy, age 16, to death; on 5/19, he bludgeoned another young girl, age 16 to death; in June, he strangled a girl, age 13; on 7/2, he killed a nine-year-old boy. On 7/7, he assaulted and killed a girl, 16; on 7/9, he strangled a girl, 14; during 7/21-31,four more boys and girls, ages 15-18. He was finally arrested 8/12/1981. His trial resulted in a lifetime prison sentence..
The victims had been given drug-laced soda when he picked them up. He wrote a book in jail and made a deal, quite legally, with the government for the payment of $10,000 for information on each missing child. He made $100,000 which he put into a fund for his family.
He died after a brief unspecified illness in early October 2011 at a hospital in Ste.-Anne-des-Plaines, Canada near the penitentiary where he was serving his sentences for his crimes.