An unidentified black female, possibly bearing the first name Michelle, was a possible victim of Ridgway. We strive for accuracy and fairness. He was also sentenced to an additional 10 years for tampering with evidence for each of the 48 victims, adding 480 years to his 48 life sentences.[23]. Some have speculated that Ridgway was torn between his lusts and his staunch religious beliefs. Jane Doe B-10, discovered on March 21, 1984, is currently unidentified. He frequently complained about their presence in his neighborhood, but he also took advantage of their services regularly. [27], At the time of Ridgway's December 18, 2003 sentencing, authorities had been able to find at least 48 sets of remains, including victims not originally attributed to the Green River Killer. His first two marriages resulted in divorce because of infidelities by both partners. In his statement accompanying his guilty plea, Ridgway explained that he had killed all of his victims inside King County, Washington, and that he had transported and dumped the remains of the two women near Portland to confuse the police.[12]. [14], Ridgway was arrested in 1982 and 2001 on charges related to prostitution. "[7], Ridgway was placed in solitary confinement at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla in January 2004.
Ridgway was arrested on suspicion of murdering four women nearly 20 years earlier after first being identified as a potential suspect, when DNA evidence conclusively linked semen left in the victims to the saliva swab taken by the police. The analysis produced a match between evidence from the victims and Ridgway, and he was charged with four counts of aggravated murder in December 2001. Serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [5] When he was 16, he stabbed a six-year-old boy who survived the attack. Facing the prospect of execution, Ridgway made a deal with investigators to revealed where he'd hidden the bodies of several of the young women who'd never been found while also agreeing to plead guilty to any future cases where his confession could be substantiated by evidence. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Though he married three times and was fanatical about religion, Ridgway was a frequent customer of prostitutes. He was executed in May 2019. [13] Also contributing to the investigation was John E. Douglas, who developed a profile of the suspect.

[7] Because most of the bodies were not discovered until only the skeletons remained, three victims are still unidentified. The press gave him his nickname after the first five victims were found in the Green River before his identity was known. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. [21], On November 5, 2003, Ridgway entered a guilty plea to 48 charges of aggravated first degree murder as part of a plea bargain, agreed to in June, that would spare him execution in exchange for his cooperation in locating the remains of his victims and providing other details. The victims were believed to be either sex workers or runaways, whom he picked up along Pacific Highway South. In addition, he agreed to reveal the location of undiscovered bodies. [32], Before Ridgway's confession, authorities had attributed 49 murders to the Green River Killer. Omissions? [18], Early in August 2003, Seattle television news reported that Ridgway had been moved from a maximum security cell at King County Jail to an Airway Heights Minimum-Medium Security Level Tank.

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