Gary Ridgway
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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Gary Ridgway
"The Green River Killer"
childhood
- His father was a bus driver & was gone a lot
- His mother was physically and mentally abusive
- Tortured animals
- Tried to commit first murder at 14
Precursors
- He killed multiple animals
- Tried committing murder at 14
- Admitted to killing his first victim as a young teen
Adult life
- Enlisted into navy at 18
- Married Claudia Barrows shortly after high school
- Applied for a job as a police officer but was denied
- Married Marcia Winslow- gave birth to son in 1975
- Married Judith Mawson in 1988
victims
- Ridgway strangled the majority of his victims
- Span of murders: 1982-1998
mental disorder
- Prosecutors concluded that Ridgway was not mentally ill
- When asked about being mentally ill Ridgway said,
- "I used to have a problem with killing women."
- "I dont know if it was an illness, or just, uh, I wanted to kill."
Behavior
- No one ever suspected him to be a serial killer.
- He was never a loner.
- Kept a steady job for 30 years.
trial
- Made a plea bargain to avoid death penalty.
- When families of the victims spoke Ridgway got emotional
- and apologized.
charges
- Charged for the murder of 49 women
- Life sentence without the chance of parole
where is he now
- Serving his sentence at the Washington State Penitentiary
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- "I killed so many women, I have a hard time keeping them straight."
- Ridgway wrote in a letter to the court
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- "I had the perfect husband... But he was the perfect murderer."
