On November 05, 2003, Gary Leon Ridgway aka “Green River Killer” pleaded guilty of murdering 48 women, between the years 1982 to 1998. The man was arrested in 2001 and in a statement described killing as his career. One more sad story in American history!
Gary Ridgway
Born in 1949, Ridgway worked for most of his life as a painter. People who know him describe him as active, social and content with his life. He used to read Bible while at work, visited his son Mathew (by second wife) once in a week, was funny, but a little different. He was found involved with prostitutes from an early age. Some colleagues do recall of the instances when the Green River Killer would tell them filthy jokes and fix them up with prostitutes.
Ridgway was arrested while trying to pickup a decoy prostitute, working for the sheriff’s department. He was arrested in 2001 and sentenced to 90 days jail. Within weeks of his arrest, investigations took a new turn and gathered new evidence that found him guilty of murdering four women. The Green River Killer was in the suspicion list for long time. In 1985 he passed the lie detector test and the police gave him clean chit, following the lack of evidence.
The 48 victims he pleaded guilty of killing were: Wendy Lee Coffield, Gisele Ann Lovvorn, Debra Lynn Bonner, Marcia Fay Chapman, Opal Charmaine Mills, Terry Rene Milligan, Mary Bridget Meehan, Debra Lorraine Estes, Linda Jane Rule, Denise Darcel Bush, Shawnda Leea Summers, Shirley Marie Sherrill, Colleen Renee Brockman, Alma Ann Smith, Delores LaVerne Williams, Gail Lynn Mathews, Andrea M. Childers, Sandra Kay Gabbert, Kimi-Kai Pitsor, Marie M. Malvar, Carol Ann Christensen, Martina Theresa Authorlee, Cheryl Lee Wims, Yvonne Shelly Antosh, Carrie A. Rois, Constance Elizabeth Naon, Kelly Marie Ware, Tina Marie Thompson, April Dawn Buttram, Debbie May Abernathy, Tracy Ann Winston, Maureen Sue Feeney, Mary Sue Bello, Pammy Avent, Delise Louise Plager, Kimberly L. Nelson, Lisa Yates, Mary Exzetta West, Cindy Anne Smith, Patricia Michelle Barczak, Roberta Joseph Hayes, Marta Reeves, Patricia Yellowrobe and four other unidentified women.
The buzz in the town is that Jeff Jensen, whose father Tom Jensen spend 20 years hunting down the Green River Killer, is going to release a graphic novel about the serial killer. The Seattle Times reported that Jensen Jr. talked over his phone and said, “There have been a lot of books written about the Green River killer, and I wanted this to be a little special.” So let us wait and see how things will be put by Mr. Jensen.
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