Gary Ridgway's Serial Killer
Gary Ridgway
Gary Ridgway was once thought of as “country’s deadliest convicted serial killer.” Ridgway was born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. he was married three times to three different women. Him and his second wife had a son named Matthew. Ridgway claims he murdered at least 80 women, yet he was only charged with 48 separate counts of murder.
Growing up life wasn't so easy for Ridgway. Ridgway had two brothers, Gregory Lean and Thomas Edward. Even though in a normal household the brothers are usually the issue to all the problems it wasn’t like that in Ridgway’s home. His mother repeatedly humiliated him in front of the rest of the family. His mother was described very aggressive when it came to the men in her life, so there is no …show more content…
He soon joined the Navy. Once he was back he had contracted an STD from all the prostitutes he was sleeping with. As you can tell Ridgway’s and Claudia’s marriage did not last very long, but do not worry because he had another wife Marcia Winslow. It was said that Ridgway would want to have sex with Marcia in public places, that was later discovered to be the crime scenes.
Gary Ridgway had a specific way of killing his victims. He would get a female prostitute or a runaway bring them to a ghost location, and come up behind them choking them until death. After he was done he dumped their bodies by the green river lake, this giving him the name “The Green River Killer.” Since the police could not do a DNA match at the time it was difficult for them to catch Ridgway, giving Ridgway time to think about how to play smart. Ridgway was brought to the police station, for prostitution related charges, and put through interrogation. The police then did a polygraph test (lie detector test) and ridgway passed. Soon in 2001 the new advancement in technology was able to match Ridgways DNA to the semen in the crime
Gary Ridgway was once thought of as “country’s deadliest convicted serial killer.” Ridgway was born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. he was married three times to three different women. Him and his second wife had a son named Matthew. Ridgway claims he murdered at least 80 women, yet he was only charged with 48 separate counts of murder.
Growing up life wasn't so easy for Ridgway. Ridgway had two brothers, Gregory Lean and Thomas Edward. Even though in a normal household the brothers are usually the issue to all the problems it wasn’t like that in Ridgway’s home. His mother repeatedly humiliated him in front of the rest of the family. His mother was described very aggressive when it came to the men in her life, so there is no …show more content…
He soon joined the Navy. Once he was back he had contracted an STD from all the prostitutes he was sleeping with. As you can tell Ridgway’s and Claudia’s marriage did not last very long, but do not worry because he had another wife Marcia Winslow. It was said that Ridgway would want to have sex with Marcia in public places, that was later discovered to be the crime scenes.
Gary Ridgway had a specific way of killing his victims. He would get a female prostitute or a runaway bring them to a ghost location, and come up behind them choking them until death. After he was done he dumped their bodies by the green river lake, this giving him the name “The Green River Killer.” Since the police could not do a DNA match at the time it was difficult for them to catch Ridgway, giving Ridgway time to think about how to play smart. Ridgway was brought to the police station, for prostitution related charges, and put through interrogation. The police then did a polygraph test (lie detector test) and ridgway passed. Soon in 2001 the new advancement in technology was able to match Ridgways DNA to the semen in the crime