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Judith Ridgway Analysis

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The wife of the famous serial killer spoke out in an interview. Judith Mawson met Gary and instantly felt a connection (Weisensee Egan). She trusted him very deeply and thought of him as a good, polite man who treated her really well. They had a happy fourteen year marriage. When the police came and informed her that her husband was a serial killer, she could not believe it. She was in denial for two years, until the moment Gary Ridgway confessed to the killings (Weisensee Egan). Those two years, Ridgeway fed her lies, saying he was an innocent man and she believed him (Weisensee Egan). He was a well equipped liar, even the police said he was very convincing. Judith felt like a complete fool, and even questioned whether she herself had been

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