After serving his first prison sentence, Clark Olofsson’s crimes quickly escalated. In the mid-`60s, the stylish criminal and an accomplice robbed a bicycle shop. After the crime, an officer was shot and killed by Olofsson’s collaborator, and a nationwide manhunt ensued, via History. While serving eight years in prison for that crime, Olofsson (pictured above later in life) met Jan-Erik Olsson, who would later rob a bank while he was on leave from prison. That’s when Olsson demanded that Olofsson be released from custody so that the felon could join him. From there, Stockholm Syndrome was born.
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Incredibly, not only those who were kidnapped developed feelings for Olofsson and Olsson. As the saga progressed, it was followed closely all over Sweden, with public sentiment firmly on the side of the criminals. Olsson was eventually captured, as History reports. Olofsson was acquitted, however, as he was only involved at Olsson’s request. From that point forward, Olofsson remained unreformed, serving sentences and escaping prison on several occasions for crimes like robbery, drunk driving, drug smuggling, and assault. In 2018, he was finally released from prison, and since then has kept a clean record. Olofsson has been married once, has six children, and is currently engaged to his fiancée, per the Swedish media outlets Expressen and Aftonbladet.
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