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    Gary Ridgway Background

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    Background History Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised in the McMicken Heights in SeaTac, Washington by both of his parents. Growing up Ridgway saw a lot of violence and arguments between his parents. Growing up, his mother noticed that he was constantly wetting the bed. After cleaning him up, she would embarrass him in front of family members. As a young boy, he sort of developed a sexual attraction towards his mom because she would always wear

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    Gary Ridgway Theory

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    caused Jack the Ripper to become a serial killer. Gary Ridgway is America’s most notorious serial killer (Hickey, 2010), he “holds the record for the most serial murder convictions in the history of the United States” (Hickey, 2010:24). Ridgway is responsible for the deaths of 48 women (Hickey, 2010). Like Jack the Ripper, Ridgway selected prostitutes as his intended victims (Paley, 1995). The social learning theory may offer an explanation for why Ridgway, and the Ripper, may have become serial killers

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    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

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    breathe, someone else is taking their last. From the year 1982 to 2001, as many as 48 women lost their lives to a monster. Gary Ridgway, better known as the Green River Killer, took advantage of their innocence and vulnerability and would become one of the most infamous serial killers in history. 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

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    “Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway Elizabeth Sabie Florida International University “Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway In the summer of 1982, while playing in the woods, children found the body of a young teen was floating in the Green River in King County, Washington. Sixteen year old Wendy Lee Coffield was found strangled with her own panties and tossed into the river like a piece of refuse. Her murder sparked an investigation that spanned three decades. Coffield 's body

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    The infamous “Green River Killer” otherwise known as Gary Ridgway was one of the more interesting cases that I had come across while researching criminals to choose as a topic, mainly because there was so much media coverage regarding this case. Gary was convicted of killing at least forty eight plus people, and had confessed to killing more than seventy people; I can only really wonder what could cause him to commit such atrocious crimes, which is what led me to choosing him as my topic of interest

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    Gary Ridgway was born on February 18,1949, in Salt Lake City,Utah. He was the middle son. He had a troubled life at home. He witnessed his parents constantly arguing violently. Ridgway felt anger toward his mother and would think about killing her. Also, he was sexually attracted to her. When he was 16, he stabbed a 6 year old boy. However he survived. Ridgway joined the U.S Navy and was sent to Vietnam. He had sexual intercourse with many of the sex workers and contracted an STD. He married three

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    The united states have had many violent, brutal, and deranged serial killers which have shaped what we know about murder today, some of the most twisted may have been Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H Holmes, as well as Gary Ridgway, AKA The Green River Killer. While both of them are similar in many aspects, in some ways they are worlds apart. H. H Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett in Gilmanton New Hampshire to parents Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price. Holmes was the third

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    What's A Serial Killer?

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    There are many serial killers in the world I chosen one particular case for my topic The Green River Killer. Gary Leon Ridgway 's was an associate worker at the Kenworth Truck Company; when the authorities seized him at work on December 1, 2001 to inform him he was the leading suspect in the nation 's largest case of some unsolved murders. The investigators already knew that Mr. Ridgway have been questioned by the law enforcement about fifth teen years ago in regard to the Green River killings that

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    The MO could be changed throughout the time of the killings. Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgway are two serial killers with some similarity in their style but different MO’s. Known as the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway is responsible for at least 49 murders in Washington state before he was caught in 2001.Between 1982 and 1998, he picked up young women many of them were said to be alleged prostitutes or runaways. Gary Ridgway would usually pick up his victims along the South Pacific Highway in Seattle

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