1. Olsen in 1981 What he looked like….. At this time in his killing career he “peaked” as of summer http://www.lfpress.com/news/canada/2011/09/21/18721181.html Around the time he married Joan Hale in 1980, it's believed Olson committed the first of a string of murders that would horrify Canada by killing Christine Anne Weller, 12, who'd been strangled and stabbed. Soon, the child-murderer sired his own child, Clifford Olson III, who was born in 1981. In a 10-month period between November 1980 and Sept. 17, 1981, Olson strangled, stabbed, hammered, bludgeoned and raped a succession of children and young people in B.C.'s lower mainland. He'd lure them with drugs and alcohol or promises of work, or pick them up hitchhiking. In May 1981, he was arrested for assaulting a five-year-old girl but was freed due to lack of evidence. In July 1981, Olson used rocks to cave in the head of Raymond King, 15, whose body was tossed from a hiking trail over a steep cliff. For the killer, that July was his dubious high water mark, the month he claimed six of his victims. It was also that month that Olson's name came up for the first time, at a law enforcement conference, just as police assured a terrified lower mainland they had several suspects possibly linked to a growing string of savage killings. Chris Burgess, spokesman for the missing youths' families, called for military involvement and a 24-hour-a-day computer deployment to crack the case. "There's nothing going on in this country that's nearly as important as this," said Burgess in August 1981. His downfall began on Aug. 12, 1981, with his arrest for attempting to abduct two girls. After being charged in July with first-degree murder for raping and strangling Judy Kozma, 15, Olson confessed to the other murders. On Jan. 14, 1982, Olson was sentenced to 11 concurrent 25-year sentences for murdering eight girls and three boys aged nine to 18 years. Clouding that conviction was the infamous "cash for bodies" deal earlier offered Olson for revealing the locations of his victims' corpses. At $10,000 a body, it came to total of $100,000, with Olson insisting the 11th was "a freebie." Because he was incarcerated, the cash went into a trust fund for his wife and son -- and national outrage ensued. Families of his victims fought to reclaim the money, with Gary Rosenfeldt, stepfather of murdered Daryn Johnsrude, 16, leading the charge. In August 1986, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Olson's family could keep the money. "This decision gives an open invitation to murderers and other criminals to set up a trust fund to benefit from their crimes... the people of Canada won't stand for this," said Rosenfeldt, who headed the Victims of Violence advocacy group. Rosenfeldt was also highly critical of the police investigation into the serial murders, which he called unco-ordinated and sloppy. The National Parole Service stated the killer should have been returned to prison early in 1980 when he made an unauthorized trip to Alberta. Jan. 1, 1940 - Clifford Robert Olson is born in Vancouver. Dec. 25, 1980 - The body of Christine Anne Weller, 12, is found along the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C. She was abducted in November. May 2, 1981 - The bludgeoned body of Daryn Todd Johnsrude, 16, is found. He went missing in April during a visit from Saskatchewan. May 15, 1981 - Olson marries his wife, Joan. May 19, 1981 - Olson picks up a hitchhiking Sandra Lynn Wolfsteiner, 16. June 1981 - Ada Anita Court, 13, vanishes after babysitting. Court caught a bus to meet her boyfriend and was never seen again. July 1981 - Olson kills six of his victims. Simon Patrick Partington, 9, goes missing while riding his bike. Olson fed Judy Elizabeth Kozma, 14, alcohol and pills before killing her. Olson lured Raymond Lawrence King, 15, with the promise of work before bludgeoning his head with rocks. A German foreign exchange student, Sigrun Charlotte Arndt, 18, is killed. He gave Terri Lyn Carson, 15, a lift before strangling her. Olson's last known victim was Louise Marie Chartrand, 17. Sept. 17, 1981 - The skeletal remains of Colleen Marian Daignault, 13, are located in a forest. She was picked up by Olson in April while waiting for a bus. Late 1981 - Police give Olson's wife, Joan, $10,000 for each body he helps them recover. She is paid $100,000 for 11 bodies - Olson has said the 11th body was a "freebie." Jan. 1982 - In a surprising move, Olson pleads guilty to the murders of 11 youths. Jan. 14, 1982 - Olson is sentenced to 11 concurrent 25-year sentences for the murders of 11 young people - eight girls and three boys - between the ages of nine and 18 in B.C. Dec. 15, 1989 - Olson gives two hours of testimony at an inquest into the suicide of a fellow prisoner at Kingston Penitentiary and says he has been forgiven by God for the murders. "As far as I'm concerned, they're before God today. I've asked for forgiveness, I've been forgiven, and that's the end of it." Dec. 1990 - Prison officials launch an investigation after Olson is found with illegal drugs while in isolated custody at the Kingston Penetentiary. He was charged with possession of eight grams of hashish. On his way to an internal hearing, Olson scuffled with prison guards. May 1991 - Olson is placed in a special cell at the Kingston Penitentiary to "ensure he's free from threat or provocation when there's movement around him," warden Tom Epp said. Oct. 8, 1992 - During a routine X-ray, Olson is caught hiding a key for handcuffs and leg irons in his lower bowel. A prison source said Olson may have hidden the key knowing he was going to the Hotel Dieu Hospital and "was just waiting for the right chance." Nov. 19, 1992 - Olson has his telephone privileges at the Kingston penitentiary terminated due to "telephone abuse." Dec. 1, 1992 - A wooden broomhandle is found in Olson's Kingston Penitentiary cell after the killer boasted he planned to escape. Dec. 6, 1992 - Olson is moved to the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. He said his new prison was "like a five-star hotel compared to the rat hole of Kingston Pen." Dec. 13, 1994 - Olson asks a judge to allow him to mix with other inmates, despite knowing it could get him killed. "I realize what could happen if I associate with certain inmates - look what happened to Jeffrey Dahmer," he told the judge. Dahmer, who confessed to killing and sometimes cannibalizing 17 young men and boys, was killed in a Wisconsin prison in Nov. 1994. Sept. 10, 1994 - Kim Werbecky, Olson's only surviving victim, meets with RCMP and B.C. Crown attorney and demands to know why Olson's sex charges were dropped. She was allegedly raped by Olson early in 1981, but the charges were dropped after authorities said her story had some inconsistancies. Olson went on to murder several more. A spokesman for Werbecky told the media authorities gave "vague" answers. Werbecky did not want to be interviewed by the media. May 1995 - Olson is denied access to the media by the Corrections Canada. "We don't want to give a soapbox to these people," Jacques Belanger, a spokesman for the federal prison system, said. Three other convicts are also denied media access. April 1996 - Olson is told by a Saskatchewan judge to stop pestering the courts after Olson appealed his transfer from Kingston Penitentiary to the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert in 1992. He contended the transfer was illegal because the wrong paperwork was used, but told the court he's changed his mind and wants to remain in Prince Albert. March 1996 - Olson reveals he has registered a copyright on a television series titled Motivational Sexual Homicide Patterns of Serial Child Killer Clifford Robert Olson. He made about a dozen tapes. He was given permission to use a video camera in prison, but a judge ruled later the same year Olson shouldn't have been given access to the camera. Sept. 1996 - Olson sends obscene pictures and a letter to Toronto MP John Nunziata to show he's allowed porn in prison. It is also discovered he was sending adult magazines to maximum-security prisoners in Edmonton. March 11, 1997 - Olson asks for early parole after serving 15 of his 25-year sentence. He is denied. June 1997 - Olson is moved from a Saskatchewan prison to a Quebec facility. Ste-Anne-des-Plaines, 50 km north of Montreal. Aug. 18, 1998 - Olson begins his first parole board hearing. June 9, 1999 - In a letter supposedly mailed on this date to American authorities, Olson swears: "I have been contacted by the following students who are from... Kabul in Afghanistan. They have all been living here in Montreal, Canada, and then went to the United States as students in the University of Florida... In their letters they state that all belong to the fundamentalist Muslim and some group called al-Qaida in Afghanistan and that some of them will be coming to Canada and then the United States to take some pilot training on jets... They talk in these letters about these guys going to do some kind of terrorism with a (sic) air plane in New York state." Sept. 2000 - Where Shadows Linger: The Untold Story of the RCMP's Olson Murders Investigation, a book by two retired senior RCMP officers, claims Olson should have been caught long before he was. Jan. 2001 - It's revealed Olson is buying one-cent stamps, then using a typewriter to alter the value of each stamp, then selling them to other inmates. Feb. 2001 - Olson, along with more than 2,000 other inmates including Paul Bernardo, are forced to submit DNA for a national databank. Aug. 21, 2001 - Jurors in a National Parole Board hearing took 17 minutes to decide Olson would not be allowed to go free. July 2006 - Olson has a parole hearing, but 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. May 2008 - A MySpace page appears for Olson, including photos of him in prison, personal essays and news stories. The Correctional Service of Canada launched an investigation, noting offenders do not have access to the Internet in jail. March 2010 - Olson tells Toronto Sun columnist Peter Worthington he receives about $1,200 in Old Age Security each month. The controversy that followed saw the government cancel pensions for prisoners serving two years or more. Sept. 2010 - Olson sends Prime Minister Stephen Harper his Old Age Security cheque. The cheque was returned to sender. Nov. 29, 2010 - Olson denied parole for a third time. He said it would be his last hearing. Jan. 1, 2011 - 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. Sept. 2011 - Olson is moved to a Quebec hospital for cancer treatments. Families of his victims receive phone calls from the Correctional Service of Canada saying he is dying. Sept. 30, 2011 - The 'Beast of B.C.' finally dies. http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/21/timeline-for-killer-clifford-olson