Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer

way had glasses and a mustache and for the most part he looked normal. His nickname was The Green River Killer because some of the bodies of his killing were fished out of the Green River in King County, Washington. The killings took place from the 1982 to 2001 (Newton, 2000, p.223). It is known that Ridgway had sexual intercourse with the prostitutes before he killed them. After a while, he would also have sex with them after they were dead. Another interesting fact is that sometimes, after Ridgway had sex with the already dead victims, he would put rocks in their vaginas (Philbin, 2011, p.199). Ridgway may have easily killed up to 90 women, but it will never be known because in videos, he says that he is not completely sure exactly how many

Gary Ridgway, or the Green River Killer, was born February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gary had not died yet. Ridgway grew up in a troublesome household where violent arguments between his parents was commonplace. Ridgway’s mother would embarrass and humiliate him in front of the entire family. Still a little kid, Gary had an I.Q. of 82, indicating low intelligence. In high school he was a very poor student and had to repeat a grade twice in order to graduate. At age 16 Gary took a large step in the wrong direction when he stabbed a six-year-old.

The Green River Killer Type of Trace Evidence Used: Paint Date of Case: 1982-1987 Location of Case: Seattle, Washington, U.S. Summary of Case: Gary Ridgway was suspected of being the Green River Killer. A microscopic search of his clothing showed that paint spheres on his clothes were identical to paint spheres on six of the victims. The paint was identified as Imron, a paint manufactured before 1984. On top of that, two of the victims related to Ridgway through DNA evidence. Ridgway confessed to the murders of 48 women to avoid the death penalty.

The first victim’s body was discovered on December 13, 1989, in the woods near Interstate 95 in Volusia County, Florida. The body was found naked and had been shot three times in the chest with a .22 caliber pistol. The victim was identified as Richard Mallory. Mallory was a 51-year-old, electronics shop owner who had been missing since November 30, 1989. He had a record of criminal rape and sexual violence. The Cadillac vehicle that Mallory drove was missing from the crime scene along with money and personal belongings. His abandoned Cadillac was discovered a couple of days later just outside of Daytona, Florida.

Gary Ridgeway, A.K.A, the Green River Killer, was one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S history. Over the course of two years in the 1980s nearly 50 lives were taken in the Seattle and Tacoma areas of Washington. This case was given this name because of the location of all of the bodies. Most of the bodies were dumped either in or around the Green River located in Washington. Upon discovery of these bodies, the king county sheriff department formed a task force to attempt to solve these murders. One of the interesting things the task force did was interview Ted Bundy to gain insight as to what the killer may be planning next. In 1982 and again in 2001, Gary Ridgeway, was arrested on charges that related to prostitution. This brought

Through 1980 and 1990, Ridgway was to have killed at the least 71 people. In an interview he said he killed so many that the lost count. Most of his victims were runaways or prostitutes whom he had picked up and strangled along Pacific Highway South. A majority of the murders took place in 1982-1984. A lot of the bodies were dumped along the Green River, in the wooded area, hence the name”Green River Killer.” He would always keep up with where he threw the bodies, because he would later return and have intercourse with their corpse. Sometimes he would leave the bodies in a posed, nude position. Out of all of the women Gary killed, only 4 are unidentified. Most of his bodies were left in Washington, but often to throw off the police, he would cross over into Oregon and leave a few there. He would contaminate the crime scenes by leaving gum and written material belonging to others. His murders would start by just driving along and picking up a woman, most of the time a prostitute. To make them feel more comfortable with him, he would show them a picture of his son that he carried in his wallet. He would lure them in, get them to have sex with him and then he would murder them. He would always strangle them. Never would he use anything but his hands. You could tell where the girls would struggle,because he would have bruises and claw marks on his arms. After

Gary Ridgeway an American serial killer who has made the U.S. panic in the start of the mid 1980’s and was sentenced in the year 2001. Ridgeway had an infatuation with prostitutes but still tried to live the Godly life he was trying to portray as well. He was undergoing various tribulations by killing the prostitutes after he had sexual intercourse with them it was an excitement to him. He always wanted to know what it would feel like to “kill someone” he once said and then chuckled right after.

Terror in Washington State beginning in 1972 through as late as 2001 one man committed more serial murders than any other American killer. The bodies of prostitutes as young as 16 years old began showing up along the Green River banks. Gary Leon Ridgway was 16 when his life of crime began but it wasn’t until age 22 he began to make a career of it. In the 1980s and through the 1990s the Green River Killer dominated the news and police. Former Sheriff David Reichert stayed on the case from the beginning. It wasn’t until 2001 with the help of well preserved DNA from the 80s that police were able to put a name on the monster and begin giving justice to the families of the victims. In between 1982 and 1984 Ridgway said he killed 42 women while

The Green River Killer Gary Ridgway is one of the most notorious and prolific serial killers in the United States, having killed 49 women from 1982 - 1998. He is commonly referred to as the ‘Green River Killer’ because his first four victims were found near the Green River in Washington. Each victim was strangled, often solely by Ridgeway’s hands which is an exhausting way to kill; additionally Ridgway was found guilty of rape and necrophilia (“Gary Leon Ridgway,” n.d.). As a child Ridgway often wet the bed: one of the factors in the homicidal triad; a series of three traits that serial killers often display in some capacity.

In the late sixties and seventies, a feared serial killer, Ted Bundy, disseminated terror throughout the United States. He was connected to at least thirty-six murders, although some believed he had committed more than one hundred murders. Bundy confessed to killing thirty women in seven states before his execution by electric chair on January 24, 1989. Ted Bundy appeared as a successful and an attractive gentleman, who seemed to have a lot going for him. Nevertheless, ingrained was the heart of a serial killer! Ted Bundy was a psychopath; proving that the lines between sanity and insanity are thin; however, in the case of Bundy, it was on the edge of non-existence.

The case study that this author is covering is one of the most notorious and worst crime of US history. This killer not only kills women; he rapes them, then he utilizes an item to kill his victims. This killer’s name is known throughout the country and the world as the Stocking Strangler which started in the 1970s. Law enforcement has appended the suspected serial killer; the accused’s name is Carlton Gary. Mr. Gary was found guilty of all charges, but however, they didn’t have DNA testing at the time

There is no doubt, that Ted Bundy was one of the worst serial killers ever to have been discovered. After learning about his story, it seems possible that Bundy’s career as a serial killer began when he was only fifteen years old. Ann Marie, the little girl that took piano lessons from Bundy’s great uncle, and also lived along his paper route went missing. He was never investigat-ed for the crime. There were also other troubling indicators in his youth, such as shoplifting, and looking at women through their bedroom windows at night. The video showed us that Ted Bundy was raised in a very hostile environment, yet he himself exhibited little to no hostility. He was not physically aggressive, and isolated himself from his peers at school.

Gary Ridgway fits the perfect profile of a common serial murder offender. Gary Ridgeway is referred to as the green river killer was born on February 18, 1949, in Utah. Many people viewed him as an ordinary person that worked as a truck painter for 30 years and was married three different times. Little did anyone know that since 1982 he began his killing spree of women’s until 2001 when he was captured. The “Green river killer” murdered about 75-80 young women’s that were runaway or prostitutes in route 99 in Washington. In his interview, Gary Ridgeway confessed the real reason why he killed only runaways and prostitutes "I picked prostitutes as my victims because I hate most prostitutes and I did not want to pay them for sex, I also picked

The police were very consumed by the Green River Case however, Ridgway was very cautious about getting caught. He would go to extreme lengths to cover up any detail that might be left behind. He made sure there was no one around when he approached the women. He would not pick up the prostitutes where they would work, rather he would drive by and “make eye contact with them and flash money at them.” They would follow, and he would pull off in an empty parking lot to get them alone. If Ridgeway saw any people, he would not go through with it, even when he needed to kill, the risk of getting caught was too high and he wouldn't take a chance. Most serial killers want the publics attention but Ridgeway was different. He even admitted he was angry

When Billy Dale Green was first tried and convicted of the capital murders of four members of an Arkansas family and sentenced to death in an Arkansas circuit court in 2004, the prosecution’s key witness was his son, Chad. Having pleaded guilty in return for a 20 year sentence, Chad testified that his father had smoked methamphetamine together before his father killed the couple and their two children, apparently as a result