Serial Killer admits to 48 Murders #onthisday #greenriverkiller #garyridgeway
47Ridgway’s escaping the Death Penalty was seen by many as a miscarriage of justice but the prosecutors believed his confessions (and possible future confessions) would help give closure to the families of the otherwise missing women...
The murders took place throughout the 1980s and 1990s with the most prolific time being between 1982 and 1984….
Ridgway occasionally contaminated the dump sites with gum, cigarettes, and written materials belonging to others, and he even transported a few victims' remains across state lines into Oregon to confuse the police…
Ridgway was arrested in 1982 and 2001 on charges related to prostitution. He became a suspect in the Green River killings in 1983. In 1984, Ridgway passed a polygraph test... On April 7, 1987, police took hair and saliva samples from Ridgway these would later be the samples used in 2001 to tie him to the murders…
Judith Mawson, became his third wife in 1988. Of his 49 known victims, only three were killed after he married Mawson. Mawson told a local television reporter, "I feel I have saved lives ... by being his wife and making him happy."...
Gary Ridgway is still alive and at 74 years old, is serving out his life sentences. There is no possibility of parole. Because of the likelihood that a victim's family member might be in prison with him he is reportedly kept in solitary conferment for up to 23 hours a day (But that was from an article in 2019 and the authors were not certain)....
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