Clifford Olson may have only weeks or even days left to live.
The convicted serial killer is currently serving a life sentence in a Quebec prison, but Vancouver radio station CKNW reports that the mother of one of Olson’s 11 victims says the infamous murderer has terminal cancer.
Sharon Rosenfeldt says she was informed by Corrections Canada that the 71-year-old Olson may have just days to live.
CKNW says Rosenfeldt has been told that Olson’s cancer has spread through his body, and that he has been moved from the Quebec prison where he was serving his life sentence to a hospital in Laval, Que.
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Olson confessed in 1982 to killing 11 B.C. children, after he was arrested on August 12, 1981. One of his victims was only nine-years-old. He was sentenced to 11 concurrent sentences of 25 years each, but under Canadian law he is eligible to apply for parole every two years.
Olson has reportedly never shown any remorse for his crime.
Olson is described as an ‘atypical’ serial killer in the sense that he targeted both boys and girls of varying ages.
His victims were Christine Weller, Colleen Marian Daignault, Daryn Todd Johnsrude, Sandra Wolfsteiner, Ada Anita Court, Simon Partington, Judy Kozma, Raymond King Jr, Sigrun Arnd, Terri Lyn Carson, and Louise Chartrand.
With files from The Canadian Press
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