Cliff Olson:
On November 17, 1980, 12-year-old Christine Weller of Surrey, British Columbia was abducted. She was found on Christmas Day, strangled with a belt and stabbed repeatedly. On April 16, 1981, Colleen Marian Daignault, 13, vanished. It was five months before her body was found. By then, Daryn Todd Johnsrude, 16, had also been abducted and killed. 16-year-old Sandra Wolfsteiner was murdered on May 19 and 13-year-old Ada Court in April.
Six victims follow in quick succession in July 1981: Simon Partington, 9, abducted, raped and strangled on the second day of the month; Judy Kozma, 14, raped and strangled a week later; Raymond King Jr., 15, abducted on July 23, raped and bludgeoned to death; Sigrun Arnd, an 18-year old German tourist, raped and bludgeoned the following day; Terri Lyn Carson, 15, raped and strangled; Louise Chartrand, age 17, the last victim identified, died on July 30.
Olson was an atypical serial killer in that he targeted both boys and girls. His victims were also of varying ages.
Olson, who had an extensive criminal history, was arrested on August 12 on suspicion of attempts to abduct two girls. He reached a controversial deal with authorities, agreeing to confess to the 11 murders and show police where the bodies of those not recovered were buried, in return for which he wanted $10,000 paid to his wife for each victim; the agreement made, his wife received $100,000 after Olson cooperated with police. In January 1982, Olson pleaded guilty to 11 counts of murder and was given 11 concurrent life sentences to be served in Canada's super-maximum security Special Handling Unit in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec, which houses many of the country's most dangerous criminals...
