Biography: Gary Ridgway “Green River Killer” (2006)

A&E Biography: Gary Ridgway: Green River Killer (2006)

One of the most prolific serial killers in American criminal history, Gary Leon Ridgway a.k.a ‘The Green River Killer‘ for his propensity to dump the bodies of his victims in, near or around the Green River in the State of Washington, has been convicted of the murders of 48 prostitutes ... Ridgeway has confessed to at least double that number…

“He was a mild-mannered, church-going, bible-reading, ex-Navy man… but behind the strait-laced persona was one of the most prolific killers in history. Between 1982 and 2001, Gary Ridgway killed at least 48 women. The case had authorities so stumped that they even enlisted the help of Ted Bundy for insight into the killer’s motivations. But the real break came in 2001, when DNA evidence tied the mild-mannered Ridgway to seven of the slayings. BIOGRAPHY® probes his past and details the controversial events that followed his arrest, which ultimately led Ridgway to plead guilty to nearly 50 murders…..” nabolister