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Dec 21, 2023 · Early Life. Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City. Raised near Seattle’s Pacific Highway, a deprived neighborhood near SeaTac airport, Ridgway was a poor student...
Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the second of Mary and Thomas Ridgway's three sons. His home life was somewhat troubled; relatives have described his mother as domineering and have said that, while young, he witnessed more than one violent argument between his parents.
Dec 21, 2023 · Gary Ridgway July 15, 1982: The body of Ridgway’s first victim is discovered In July 1982, children found the strangled body of Wendy Caulfield, 16, floating in Seattle’s Green River.
Feb 11, 2024 · This is the gruesome true story of Green River Killer Gary Ridgway. How Gary Ridgway Became The Green River Killer. Born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gary Ridgway had a seemingly happy and normal childhood. But then, at age 16, he stabbed a six-year-old boy — just to see how stabbing “worked.”
Oct 3, 2018 · As a teenager, Ridgway dabbled in violent crimes. His childhood activities checked every box of the Macdonald Triad, a set of behaviors allegedly linked to psychopaths and serial killers. According to the Seattle Times, Ridgway set fires, smothered a cat, and wet the bed.
Jun 24, 2019 · Childhood Years. Born Feb. 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ridgway was the middle son of Mary Rita Steinman and Thomas Newton Ridgway. From an early age, Ridgway was sexually attracted to his domineering mother. When he was 11, the family moved from Utah to Washington State.
Oct 26, 2022 · In King County, Wash., among the verdant evergreen forests outside of Seattle, Gary Ridgway, 33, was starting to enact violent fantasies toward women. In the summer of 1980, he was arrested on ...
