Devon Stuart Olson
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Sacramento, California, USA
- Date of birth
- 1958
- Age at first offence
- 28
- Characteristics
- robbery, armed robbery, alcohol, drug addict, history of mental illness, to avoid arrest, fugitive
- Victim profile
- Koy Ien Saechao, 48, and Choy Fow Salee, 40
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- April 22, 1986
- Years active
- 1986
- Date of arrest
- December 27, 2000
- Status
-
Unknown
Background
Devon Stuart Olson was a transient. Texas authorities arrested California parolee Devon Stuart Olson. After his arrest, Olson subsequently confessed to crimes in Texas, California and Arkansas, including the 1986 murders of a couple near Sacramento.
California Corrections officials said they understood Olson confessed to 10 murders. Police in all three states investigated Olson’s statements.
The offence
On April 22, 1986, Olson provided details about the shootings of Koy Ien Saechao, 48, and Choy Fow Salee, 40, both of Yuba City. Saechao and Salee were found shot to death in the front seat of their car on the shoulder of state Highway 99 just north of Sacramento. The couple was shot through the driver’s side window, and 15 bullet casings were found near the car.
Sacramento detectives may travel to Big Spring, Texas, to interview Olson about those murders and two unrelated slayings. Sacramento police spokesman Sam Somers said:
"We're looking at more than one homicide. He's putting out (details of) another one that may be in the city and he's put out a third one that may be with the (Sacramento County) sheriff's department."
Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. James Lewis said his department had been unable to match Olson’s statements to any unsolved deaths.
Investigation
Big Spring detectives interviewed Olson about the 1986 murders and crimes he said he committed in southern Texas and Arkansas. Big Spring Police Chief Lonnie Smith said Olson was unable to provide specific locations for the southern Texas and Arkansas crimes.
Arrest
Olson had been in custody since December 27, when he was arrested for beating another man with a baseball bat at a Big Spring residence, Smith said.
Trial
Olson had a prior conviction stemming from bashing another transient in the head with a camp ax in 1992 near Portola in the eastern Sierra Nevada. He served a three-year prison term after pleading guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. He was paroled in 1994.
Sentencing
Olson was sent back to prison on a parole violation in 1997 and was paroled again on April 27, 1998.
Appeals
A warrant for Olson’s arrest was issued May 8, 1998, after he failed to report to his parole officer. He had been missing ever since, said Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Heimerich.
Outcome
Sgt. Smith declined to comment on California Corrections officials’ understanding that Olson confessed to 10 murders or to characterize the crimes involved.
Other details
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