Bonus - 23 Creepy Facts About Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer

Ridgway’s slayings began in 1982, when young runaways and
prostitutes began disappearing from state Route 99 in south King
County, Washington. He brought many of them to his home and
strangled them, then left them in woodsy, remote sites. The first
few bodies turned up along the now-notorious Green River. Dubbed
the Green River Killer, Ridgway eluded the law until 2001, when
King County sheriff Dave Reichert, the first officer assigned to
the case in 1982, called a meeting to re-examine evidence using
newly developed DNA-testing technology. The analysis produced a
match between evidence from the victims and Ridgway, and he was
charged with four counts of aggravated murder in December 2001.
Ridgway eventually pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated
first-degree murder. Here are 23 creepy facts about this killer.
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