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Date of Birth
He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. -
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Married Claudia Kraig Barrows
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Married Marcia Lorene Brown
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Murders (49+)
He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders and later confessed to nearly twice that number. Most of his victims were prostitutes and other women in vulnerable situations, including underage runaways. -
Arrested for charges related to prostitution
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Gary Ridgway became a suspect in the "Green River Killings".
Because He was charged for a crime related to prostitution, Gary Ridgway also became a suspect in the Green River Killings, they gave it that name because the first five victims were found at the green river in Washington State. -
Ridgway Took and Passed a Polygraph Test.
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Police took hair and saliva samples of Ridgway.
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Married Judith Lorraine Lynch
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Date of Arrest
Ridgway was at the Kenworth Truck factory, where he worked as a spray painter, when police arrived to arrest him. Ridgway was arrested on suspicion of murder of four women nearly 20 years after first being identified as a potential suspect. -
Initial Charges
He was charged for murder of four women. -
Second Round of Charges
He was charged for the murder of three more people. He wasn't only a murderer, he also was a rapist -
King County Plea Agreement
Ridgway entered a guilty plea to 48 charges of aggravated first degree murder as part of a plea bargain, agreed to in June, that would spare him execution in exchange for his cooperation in locating the remains of his victims and providing other details. In his statement accompanying his guilty plea, Ridgway explained that all of his victims had been killed inside King County, Washington. -
Sentenced for 48 Life Terms
The court sentenced Ridgway to 48 life sentences with no possibility of parole and one life sentence, to be served consecutively. He was also sentenced to an additional 10 years for tampering with evidence for each of the 48 victims, adding 480 years to his 48 life sentences. -
Transferred to USP Florence, Colorado
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Transferred back to Washington State Penitentiary
He was transferred to be “easily accessible” for open murder investigations.
