GARY RIDGWAY
Gary Ridgway
Birth name: Gary Leon Ridgway
Alias(es): Green River Killer
Born: February 18, 1949
Salt Lake City, Utah
Penalty: Life
Killings
Number of victims: 71
Span of killings: 1982 through 1998
Country: United States
State(s): Washington
Date apprehended: November 30, 2001
Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the Green River Killer, is
one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30,
2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was
arrested for the murders of seven women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green
River Killer". Four murders were linked to him through DNA and three through
paint he used at his job. Two years later he pleaded guilty to 48 counts of
aggravated murder, although the estimates run much higher. Ridgway has been
married three times and has one son. He carried his son's photo in his wallet to
lure most of his victims into his pickup truck.
Gary Ridgway
Birth name: Gary Leon Ridgway
Alias(es): Green River Killer
Born: February 18, 1949
Salt Lake City, Utah
Penalty: Life
Killings
Number of victims: 71
Span of killings: 1982 through 1998
Country: United States
State(s): Washington
Date apprehended: November 30, 2001
Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the Green River Killer, is
one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30,
2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was
arrested for the murders of seven women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green
River Killer". Four murders were linked to him through DNA and three through
paint he used at his job. Two years later he pleaded guilty to 48 counts of
aggravated murder, although the estimates run much higher. Ridgway has been
married three times and has one son. He carried his son's photo in his wallet to
lure most of his victims into his pickup truck.