Personal Narrative: The Green River Killer

“ahhhhhh! ” I heard a scream as i ran downstairs, my eyes began to tremble as i cried “ mom , Dad!” my hands began shaking as i walked up to the men in the mysterious mask. I asked the man “ you did this!” as I screamed “ I will kill you bastard!” I went in for a punch he blocked me and cut my hand, as blood flowed from my hands i screamed “ Ahhhhhhhhhh!” The men handed me the knife and he jumped out of the window. “ Mom, Dad are you okay?” I asked them, “ the diamond dragon!” said Mom. A cold wind blew out of the window, my Mom’s head dropped to the ground, and that was all I remembered. I was only 17, my little sister who was 4 at the time didn't know anything that happened. I was blamed for my parents murder. They took away the only thing

The National Geographic film, A Portrait of a Killer, examines the types of stress that living beings can endure, and how it can thus affect the rest of their bodies. Severe chronic stress can lead even lead to the destruction of brain cells. Dr. Robert Sapolsky is a neurobiologist of Stanford University who has been researching stress for over thirty years. In order to study stress and its implications upon nonhumans, he went to Africa to study baboons. This species has only three hours of stress caused by eating, and the rest of their daily routine is consumed by about nine hours of free time. Much like Western society, baboons socially stress out one another, as they have social hierarchies to regulate how them interact with one another.

I, Detective Wilde, am being assigned the opportunity of a lifetime! Solving the murder of Richard Webster is what's going to determine whether I receive a spotlight in the newspaper. Business has been slow lately so this will help pick it up. Ahead of the interrogation, I gathered data on the victim and each of the suspects. Some background research shows that the Webster Network of co-workers are troubled: Richard, a class A jerk, Hugh, a broken businessman, Rita, in a troublesome relationship, H.T., a misanthrope, Dee, too loyal, Del, a sloth and victim’s cousin, Justin, once jailed for computer hacking. I am going to tactfully style my questions so they will be spouting a fountain of truth. According to my calculations, everyone who is

Anyone who values the lives of other humans so little that he or she is willing and make the decision to kill, is the true scum of the Earth. They deserve no fame and no recognition for what they did. Now putting their faces on the news does have it benefits too, letting everyone know that there will be punishment, and his or her face can be a target at the gun range. So both sides have some good points, but I believe Sheriff John Hanlin is right when he didn’t put the name and face up of the Oregon shooter, he believes that keeping the identity hidden will help cut down on his or her glorification. Instead we should promote heroes and put them in the newspapers. The Oregon shooting saw one such example when army veteran, Chris Mintz, charged the shooter and was shoot seven times

In the summer of 1982, one of the nation’s worst and deadliest serial killers would start a killing spree that would last for almost 2 decades. This killer was known as the “Green River Killer,” but his real name was Gary Leon Ridgway. Ridgeway would murder numerous women in and around the Seattle, Washington area during the 1980s and the 1990s. When he was captured in 2001, Ridgway had admitted to killing 48 plus women. (Rule, 2004) Though, it is still believed that there are other victims that have not been identified. In the following, I will describe who Ridgway is, how he committed his crimes, what makes him unique, and how he was finally caught. I will also describe the mistakes the

On my way into high school, I began to flourish mentally. I already knew who I was as a person and who I wanted to become. My environment, although it was negative, is what truly turned me into the person I remain today and the person I happen to be. The America we live in today still has some growing up to do. My eyes began to open the in the summer of 2012.My family decided to take a trip to Florida in the middle or racial mayhem. The Trayvon Martin case ravaged Florida and it seemed like every television channel and radio station was broadcasting some part of it. Street posts clasped in “Justice for Trayvon” posters and calls for George Zimmerman, his killer, to be jailed for racial profiling him and murdering the 17 year old. My child like

A murderer was a role I never expected to play. It was for last years Key Club’s annual charity dinner for the Pediatric Trauma Program or the Eliminate Project. I’ve been apart of the dinner for my years as Key Club’s freshman representative, club representative, Vice President, and now President. The first year, I was astounded by the work. Although I didn’t do much in comparison to others, I helped plan food and train servers, which helped the event. The following years, my job was the same: to run acts and cover any possible. When I was club representative, the dinner went smoothly and my efforts helped earn money. My vice presidency was when I was a murderer for our murder mystery dinner. During this dinner, there were numerous mishaps.

Background: Born February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gary Leon Ridgway was a poor student who went to Vietnam shortly after high school. When he came back he got a job painting trucks for 30 years (Tikkanen). He married three times and had a son. Though having a whole wife and being a very “God-fearing” man, Ridgway was a frequent customer of prostitutes (Tikkanen). In 1980 Ridgway was indicted for allegedly choking a prostitute. Charges were not filed since he claimed she had bit him. He was arrested two years later for solicitation. He is believed to have started his killing spree shortly thereafter (Tikkanen). His first victim was a 16 year old girl that left her foster home in July 1982. They found her body a week later, in the Green River. Ridgway raped and killed over 40 women during the next two years. They were all either prostitutes or runaways. Most of his victims were found near or in the river, giving him the nickname, The Green River Killer (Tikkanen).

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

My full name is Samantha Taylor Miller, I am a criminal justice major. I am from Little Falls, New York. I currently live in North Hall with my roommate, who is also my close friend from high school. Although Little Falls is only about thirty minutes from UC, I am glad I chose to live on campus because I have met so many new people as a result of living in the resident's hall.

“I remember I was waiting anxiously on a windy Friday 13th at about 2 or 3 to enter the Museum of Death, but since it was their Grand Opening there was a lot of people, as you would expect. As Shannon, my mom and I were waiting in line, we saw people that you would typically be the murderer or a serial killer in a scary, movie but we didn’t think much of it because it was a museum about death, what else was I supposed to expect.”

It was a cold night on May 16th. The air was crisp as winter leaves. I can remember the gunfire as if the bullet was just shot. The man that shot the bullet was filled with greed and power and was just a little over 6 feet tall; that was the man that killed my parents on that cold night.

Sometime between July 8, 1982 and July 15, 1982, Gary premediated and carried out his first murder. He strangled a young runaway named Wendy Lee Coffield to death and placed her body in the Green River. His first five victims were all dumped in the Green River once he had killed them. This is where “Green River Killer” comes from. Between 1982 and 1983, Gary murdered 34 identifiable women (Associated Counsel for the Accused, 2003, p. 8-13). The police, his family, and the community had no idea he was the culprit behind all the

I have started a number of programs that were established to create a safe and supportive school for all students. One program I developed was called, “Justice Needs a Hero.” A student I was teaching confided in me that he was the victim of a hate crime in the school locker room. I was so outraged I had to do something to try to provide a safe outlet for this young man who was beaten and emotionally scarred to once again, feel safe in our school. Together the two of us found other students who felt the same way he did in our school, district and the surrounding schools. I put together a day of activities, information and a community/school support team that could assist these students in navigating their way through our schools and difficult

Mrs. Maloney giggled. But thankfully she was not heard by the police in the next room.