The Green River Killer was originally listed as killing from 1982-1985.
Below are the Artists sketches that were composed during the killing spree. Compare those to Ridgway & another prime suspect, you judge for yourself.
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Early 1980's |
2002 |
1989 |
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Police Sketches |
Gary L Ridgway |
William Stevens |
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If Gary Ridgway acted alone in the killings of all of these women, then why doesn't he look like any of the police sketches done during the main active years of the Green River Killer, or does he? Is there more than one person involved in this? Did they act alone or did they work as a group or in a conspiracy to commit more than 125 Murders?
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On Wednesday, Nov 5, 2003, Gary L Ridgway admitted to killing 48 women by pleading Guilty to 48 counts of Murder in the 1st Degree.
My heart & prayers go out to the families that lost loved ones because of him.
I also feel sorry that they are being short changed with them thinking the Killer has been caught, as I believe that more than one person has been involved in all of this & they did not act separately in doing all of these killings..
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These are the women Ridgway admitted killing: |
These women were listed as Victims of the Green River Killer but Ridgway did not admit guilt to killing: |
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In a statement to the Court on Nov 5, 2003, Gary Ridgway said:
"I killed the forty-eight women listed in the State's second amended information.
In most cases, when I murdered these women, I did not know their names. Most of the time, I killed them the first time I met them and I do not have a good memory for their faces. I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight.
I killed them all in King County. I killed most of them in my house near Military Road, and I killed a lot of them in my truck, not far from where I picked them up. I killed some of them outside. I remember leaving each woman's body in the place where she was found.
I agree that each of the murders I committed was part of a "common scheme or plan." The plan was: I wanted to kill as many women I thought were prostitutes as I possibly could.
I picked prostitutes as my victims because I hate most prostitutes and I did not want to pay them for sex. I also picked prostitutes as victims because they were easy to pick up without being noticed. I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught.
Another part of my plan was where I put the bodies of these women. Most of the time I took the women's jewelry and their clothes to get rid of any evidence and make them harder to identify. I placed most of the bodies in groups which I call "clusters." I did this because I wanted to keep track of all the women I killed. I liked to drive by the "clusters" around the county and think about the women I placed there. I usually used a landmark to remember a "cluster" and the women I placed there. Sometimes I killed and dumped a woman, intending to start a new "cluster," and never returned because I thought I might get caught putting more women there."
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