Olson was born on Januray 1st 1940 in Vancouver B.C. Besides being known as a petty, chronic offender, he was a serial killer who killed 2 children as well as 9 youths in the early 80's.
On November 17, 1980, Olson abducted 12 year old Christine Weller in Surrey, British Columbia. She was found on Christmas day, strangled with a belt and stabbed repeatedly. On April 16, 1981, Colleen Marian Daignault, 13, vanished. In the 5 month period before her body was found, Olson had abducted Daryn Todd Johnsrude, 16, smashed the boy's head in with a hammer and tossed him into a ditch. In May 1981, Olson got married. Just four days after his wedding, on May 19, Olson abducted and murdered 16-year-old Sandra Wolfsteiner. The following month he killed Ada Court, 13. Olson claimed six victims in in July 1981: Simon Partington, 9, abducted and strangled on the second day of the month; Judy Kozma, 14, who Olson raped and strangled a week later. Raymond King Jr., 15, whom Olson abducted on July 23 and bludgeoned to death; Sigrun Arnd, an 18-year old German tourist, whom Olson raped and battered to death with a hammer the following day; and Terri Lyn Carson, 15, whom Olson raped and strangled.
Olson had now killed 2 children and 8 youths. Because the victims were of both sexes and varying ages, and only three bodies had been found with the other seven missing children tentatively listed as probable runaways. Louise Chartrand, 17, whom Olson battered to death with a hammer on July 30, burying her corpse in a shallow grave.
Because of his lengthy criminal record, Olson became the prime suspect. He was questioned, but there was not enough evidence to hold him. However, on August 12, Olson was arrested for attempting to abduct two girls.
Marc Lepine
In 1989, Marc Lepine walked into the Ecole Polytechnique and went on a 10-minute shooting rampage. He murdered 14 women and injured 13 others before killing himself. A suicide note found later said that feminists had ruined his life.
This link below is a CBC radio call with Professor Elliott Leyton from the department of Anthropology who now is giving lectures at the College of Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Ottawa.
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According to James Alan Fox and Jack Levin, there are three types of serial killers. There are ‘Thrill-motivated killers”; “Mission-oriented killers” and “Expedience-directed killers”. Thrill-motivated killers are composed of sexual sadists and the dominance killer. Mission-oriented killers are not as common and are composed of either reformist or visionary killers. Expedience-directed serial killers are motivated by either profit or protection.
Thrill killing is a nickname for a kind of premeditated murder committed by a sane criminal who is motivated by the sheer excitement of the act. They are the most common type of serial killer and consist of two types: the sexual sadist and the dominance killer. Sadism is the sexual pleasure or gratification in the infliction of pain and suffering upon another person. Medically it is considered to be a paraphilia. The word is derived from the name of the Marquis de Sade. Patrick Kearney, known as the “Freeway Killer” was known a serial killer that would gain a sense of dominance from killing his victims. The feeling of dominance was important to Kearney because as a child and a teen he was shy, could not fight for himself and was small in size. This lead to being bullied by his peers.
Mission-Oriented killers, believe that their acts of murder are justified. They have convinced themselves that they have a mission to rid society of a certain type of element whether it is prostitutes; homosexuals; children, or drug addicts. With Mission-Oriented killers it is not necessarily a type of person that society generally finds unpleasant, however, as the serial killer may have a delusion that society doesn't want a certain type of person, when in fact they really do. Mission-Oriented killers are composed of two sub-types: reformist and visionary. Reformist killers want to rid the world of evil. Contrary to popular opinion, serial killers are rarely insane or motivated by hallucinations and/or voices in their head. Many claim to be, usually as a way of trying to get acquitted by reason of insanity.
The third and final type of serial killer is the Expedience-directed serial killer. This killer composes two sub-types: profit-driven and the protection-driven. The profit-driven is motivated by monetary gains and/or materials. The protection-driven killer is the type of killer who kills in order to commit another crime such as a robbery.
Typology for Mass Murderers
Mass murder is the killing of three, four, or more persons at roughly the same place within a short period of time. There is presumably no "cooling-off" period, which means there is usually not a high level of preconceived planning (at least in terms of escape). There may or may not be some mental fantasy re-enacted, and the crime is basically committed out of strong passions or emotions. Motives vary, but a common one is revenge (not against the victims). Others include the need for fame and recognition. Still others may be ideologically or politically motivated. Often, a suicide note or other documents are left behind to explain the murderer's motivation. If captured, a mass murderer will usually show no remorse or regret, expressing a casual attitude that the victims "just happened" to get in the way, or that "people die; get over it." It is the perfect example of what Freudians call displacement -- taking out your anger and frustration on someone who is NOT the cause of your anger or frustration.
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