Gary Ridgway

Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, is an infamous American serial killer who terrorized Washington State during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Gary Leon Ridgway, infamously known as the Green River Killer, was a notorious American serial killer who terrorized Washington State in the 1980s and 1990s. Convicted of 48 murders, he is believed to have killed at least 49 women, primarily targeting vulnerable individuals in the Seattle area. Ridgway’s gruesome crimes involved strangling his victims and disposing of their bodies along the Green River, near his residence. Although he initially evaded capture by passing multiple polygraph tests, he was eventually identified through DNA evidence. Ridgway’s case has been extensively covered in various books, documentaries, and TV shows, such as “The Killing Season,” “The Hunt for the Green River Killer,” and “Unsolved Mysteries.”