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Gary Ridgway
Gary Leon Ridgway is born -
Debra Estes, 15
Filed a report with the police stating a man in a blue and white pick-up truck who offered her a lift but then pulled a pistol and forced her to give him oral sex. -
Amina Agisheff, 36
First victim on record -
Wendy Coffield, 16
Second victim on record -
Opal Mills, 16, Cynthia Hinds, 17 and Marcia Chapman, 31
Bodies are discovered -
Carol Ann Christensen
The body is found with her head covered by a brown paper bag. When removed, a fish sits arranged on her neck. DNA traces on her body will eventually tie Ridgway to her killing. -
Carrie Rois, 15
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Ridgway takes a polygraph test and passes
He says later he passed it by simply relaxing. -
DNA matching
Detective Dave Reichert is informed that Ridgway’s DNA matches that found on the bodies of the Green River Killer -
Ridgway is arrested
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Conviction
Ridgway’s formally charged with the deaths of four women. -
Marie Malvar
She was found arguing with Gary, when police later question him, he persuades them he’s never met her. Her body will not be found till 2003. -
Court hearing
Ridgway avoids the death penalty by confessing to the murder of 48 women. -
Sentencing
Ridgway is sentenced to 48 life sentences with no possibility of parole. -
Another body found
Ridgway is charged with a 49th murder, that of 20 year old Rebecca Marrero in 1982, a mother who worked as a prostitute to support her family.