Gary Ridgway Green River Killer

Green river killer
Background information
Gary Ridgway killings began in 1982. He target women only he went after runaways and prostitutes. He brought them to his house where he strangled them then left them in the river/woods where the police found their bodies. Gary Ridgway was born february 1894. He was convicted of 40 murders but as a plea deal he confessed to the murders and he was convicted of 49 murders. He is now serving life in jail.
Childhood
Gary Leon Ridgway was born february 19, 1949 in Salt Lake city Utah. He was the second child of Mary and Thomas Ridgway with two other brothers. His home life was described by his parents and his other relatives they described as troubled. His mother stated that he witness a lot of

navy at the age of 19 as well. He was sent out to vietnam were he saw heavy fighting and mass casualties. He worked aborde a supply ship supplying weapons and food to the U.S. forces. During this time in the Military Gary began to have frequent sexual intercourse with many of his coworkers. At the time he was on the boat and having sex with his coworkers he contacted gonorrhea because he did not use protection. While he was on the supply ship his wife was having an affair there marriage did not even make it threw the whole year. He married two other times after and they both ended in divorce because they all cheated in on each other both parties did. He second wife claimed Gary was abusive and very aggressive. During his second marriage Gary became a very religious man he went door to door proselytizing. He also read the bible out loud at his work wanting his wife and coworkers to follow his strict rules of the religion and his pastors teachings. While he was stilled married he was still having sex with coworkers and sex workers ( prostitutes). He wanted his second wife to have sex with him in very inappropriate places even where some of his bodies were found. His third wife said she left him due to him being really aggressive and she felt like her life was endangered. All his wifes say Gary was a sex addict he was demanding to have sex with them more than once a day. They stated that made them feel very uncomfortable and he kept

He would then take them to his house the woods or even in his car then he would rape them at one of theses locations. After raping them he would strangle them manually but after a while the women would but up a fight leaving marks cuts and bruises from them fighting back. After awhile he stopping strangling them manually and he used a rope or a cord which is known as ligatures. After killing them he would then dump the body in the river or in the woods after having sex with there dead bodies. The dead bodies he left in the woods he would leave them in odd positions as the investigation