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Nov 4, 2013 · Sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, Ridgway pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2003, in an open-ended plea agreement that has seen him plead guilty to 49 murders so far. At the time ...
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Here are photos of the 46 identified women and girls the Green River Killer has been convicted of killing. A decade after striking a plea deal in the Green River killings, Gary Ridgway has been ...
biological evidence from several victims to the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory (WSPCL) for DNA typing. This time a profile was developed: it matched Gary Leon Ridgway. B. RIDGWAY: GENERAL BACKGROUND Gary Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949. When he was eleven, Ridgway and his family moved to King County, Washington.
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- 1982-86: A Decision About Evidence
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In July 1982, the body of Ridgway’s first known victim was pulled from the Green River in suburban Seattle, a pair of blue jeans knotted around her neck. Embedded in the denim used to strangle 16-year-old runaway Wendy Lee Coffield were the tiny spheres of spray paint that would take more than two decades to detect. After four more bodies were foun...
By 1987, Ridgway’s penchant for prostitutes and past brushes with known victims and other tips were enough to help investigators geta warrant to searchhis home, vehicles and workplace. In an affidavit, investigators wrote that they wanted to compare trace evidence collected from various dumpsites that might be tied to Ridgway, including green polye...
By the early 1990s, when a new wave of bodies and bones were found, the Green River Task Force had already disbanded. But a smaller group of detectives who feared the killer was still at work quietly kept the probe alive. They focused on a prime suspect: Ridgway. In November 1992, detectives formally requested that the crime lab compare hairs colle...
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In this undated King County Prosecutor's Office handout photo, investigators search for the remains of one of Green River killer Gary Leon Ridgway... Gary Leon Ridgeway View of a bridge across the Green River near Seattle, Washington, where the bodies of 34 murdered women have been discovered, January 12th 1986.
Gary Leon Ridgway is famous for admitting to the most serial killings. He is linked to the deaths of 48 young women; most were strangled to death around Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. It took nearly 20 years for Ridgway to be caught and brought to justice. He committed the majority of his murders between 1982 and 1984, during which time the ...
Nov 6, 2003 · Green River Killer. November 6, 2003 / 7:09 AM EST / CBS News. AP. Gary Leon Ridgway is seen in this 1982 King County Sheriff's booking mugshot, left, and an undated King County Sheriff's booking ...
