The image on the right has been age-progressed to 25 years.
The image on the right has been age-progressed to 25 years.
Name: Alexander Sol Olive
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: November 09, 1985
Location Last Seen: South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, California
Date of Birth: May 16, 1981
Age: 4 years old
Race: Black/White
Gender: Male
Height: 4'0"
Weight: 35 lbs.
Hair Color: Red/Auburn
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Salaam Alexander Roberson
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Birthmark on his left calf, Small scar on the right corner of his mouth, Scars around both of his ankles
Dentals: Not Available
Fingerprints: Not Available
DNA: Available
Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Alexander was initially abducted by his noncustodial father, Ulysses H. Roberson, on November 9, 1985 in South Lake Tahoe, CA. Olive's mother, Rosemary Olive, went to see her son in December 1985, to have Roberson scream at her, then punch and kick her repeatedly when she asked where Alexander was.
Rosemary later won a court order from a San Francisco judge ordering Roberson to return Alexander, but the boy was nowhere to be found. Roberson was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and served a year in the El Dorado County Jail for beating Olive. He returned to Washington and was later arrested and convicted of rape and child beating charges.
Murder charges were filed against Roberson in October 2001 after authorities submitted new witness testimony and DNA evidence. Police say the evidence confirms their long-held suspicions that Roberson beat the little boy to death and then hid the body, all because he had soiled his pants.
Without a body, prosecutors didn't believe there was enough evidence for a murder charge. But then, FBI crime lab tests for DNA revealed that Alexander's blood was on some clothes found in Roberson's van. A witness said she was with Roberson when Alexander was beaten to death, then loaded into the van and dumped at a remote location -- a two or three-hour drive from South Lake Tahoe.
Ulysses Roberson was found guilty of second-degree murder in December 2009. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The boy's body has never been found.
Agency Name: South Lake Tahoe Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Detective Jake Herminghaus
Agency Phone Number: (530) 542-6100
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 86060045
NamUs Case Number: 6461
NCIC Case Number: M-663230139
NCMEC Case Number: 603385
NamUs
NCMEC
CA DOJ
The Sacramento Bee
Added: 1/10/06; Last Updated: 11-13-2021 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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