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The
Search for the Green River Killer by Carlton Smith,
Tomas Guillen
This reckoning of the deaths of almost 50 women in Seattle
is distressing not only for the gruesomeness of the crimes
but also for reasons probably not intended by Smith and Guillen,
who reported on the murders for the Seattle Times.
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A high-school
friend of Gary Ridgway's in the mid 1960s, Terry Rochelle, recalled
going to school dances with Ridgway and his older brother, Greg
. Greg was active in school but Gary "was the one that was
always just the opposite ... he wasn't someone that would really
stand out." Ridgway had a mischievous streak, "The guy
in class that's going to always be in trouble, that'd be Gary. Not
a bad guy, just always in trouble. All he had to do was open his
mouth and he'd be in trouble." In school.
A former
girlfriend said Ridgway viewed prostitutes as "things"
to be used.
"Girlfriend
A," told police Ridgway took her to a campground near Cle Elum,
where he tied her to wooden stakes driven into the ground while
he used nylon rope to tie her wrists and ankles to the stakes. She
later was released.
At a "Parents
without Partners" dance on Christmas Eve 1981, he sat down next
to his girlfriend, "Girlfriend B, " very upset about something.
He said he nearly killed a woman. She asked him to repeat what he
said. He couldn't believe it himself, but he'd almost killed a woman.
She said he repeated this several times. Before Ridgway could elaborate,
other people sat down at their table. Ridgway never mentioned the
incident again.
Copyright Kari Sable Burns 1994-2006
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Green
River Discussion List -- A list to discuss the nations most
prolific, unsolved serial killings from the early 1980's in Washington's
SeaTac area. Currently, Gary Ridgway is detained and awaiting trial
for the murder.
Serial
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River Killer or Not?
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Crime Scenes
Civil
Suit
Gary
Leon Ridgway
Growing Up
Wives &
Lovers
His Homes & Vehicles
Job History
Hobbies
Law Enforcement Relationship
Ex-wife Helps Detectives
The
Arrest
Civil
Suit
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