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Jan 4, 2024 · How DNA and an obituary helped ID a victim of the Green River killer - Alaska Public Media. By. David Gutman, The Seattle Times. - January 4, 2024. Washington homicide victim Lori Anne...
Jan 23, 2024 · DNA testing recently helped investigators confirm that they belonged to Tammie Liles, who was 16 when she disappeared from Seattle in 1983 and was identified as a victim in 1988 after a separate...
- 1982-86: A Decision About Evidence
- 1987-90: ‘We Should Have Done It’
- A Rejected Request
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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Dec 22, 2023 · Natalie Akane Newcomb. December 22, 2023 / 1:38 pm. Using modern DNA technology, Lori Anne Razpotnik's remains were identified in 2023, four decades after she was a victim of Gary Ridgway, the...
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Jan 2, 2024 · Puget Sound. How DNA and an obituary helped ID a victim of the Green River killer. Jan. 2, 2024 at 6:00 am Updated Jan. 2, 2024 at 7:00 am. By. David Gutman. Seattle Times staff reporter....
- David Gutman
Dec 22, 2023 · For decades, human remains tied to the ‘Green River killer’ were known only as Bones 17. Now, DNA testing has revealed a name
Dec 20, 2023 · The University of North Texas completed a DNA comparison, confirming the remains were Ms. Razpotnik’s. Before Ms. Razpotnik, the most recent Green River Killer victim to be identified was...
