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- 1. Law and psychology Green River Killer CaseDone by Santhosh Veeramani, Law Student, VIT University, Chennai
- 2. Introductio n Gary Leon Ridgway Numerous women and girls in Washington State were murdered during the 1980s and 1990s. The press gave the killer the nickname of “Green River Killer” after the first five victims were found in the Green River before his identity was known. On November 30, 2001, as Gary Ridgway was leaving the Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton, Washington, he was arrested for the murders of four women whose cases were linked to him through DNA evidence.
- 3. Ridgway is believed to have murdered at least 71 women. The victims were believed to be either prostitute s or runaways picked up along Pacific Highway South
- 4. The victims were believed to be either prostitutes or runaways picked up along Pacific Highway South In the early 1980s, the King County Sheriff's Office formed the Green River Task Force to investigate the murders. Ridgway was arrested in 1982 and 2001 on charges related to prostitution. He became a suspect in 1983 in the Green River killings.
- 5. Ridgway talked to and tried to make his victims comfortable before he committed the murders. In his own words, "I would talk to her... and get her mind off of the, sex, anything she was nervous about. And think, you know, she thinks, 'Oh, this guy cares'... which I didn't. I just want to, uh, get her in the vehicle and eventually kill her." Later in a statement Ridgway said that murdering young women was his "career".
- 6. Psychological Factors Violent argument between his parents. As a young child, Ridgway was tested with an IQ of 82, signifying below average intelligence. He received mostly D's. He didn't graduate from Tyee High School until he was 20. He wet the bed up until the age of 14. When his mother found out about the incidents, she would have him march naked all the way into the bathroom. There, she would bathe him. When he was 16, he stabbed a six-year-old boy, who survived the attack. He had led the boy into the woods and then stabbed him through the ribs into his liver.
- 7. Psychological factors Didn't go with the intentions of killing someone No racial preference in his choice of victims Had a prior criminal history of assault and rape Had nonviolent encounters with prostitutes also Outdoorsman, recreational fisherman and hunter. Very meticulous person at work and at home. Ridgway told several girlfriends he applied to become a policeman, but was turned down or failed the entrance exam. Divorced twice Low self-esteem
- 8. Psychological factors He had become religious during his second marriage love-hate relationship with prostitutes lusts and religious beliefs
- 10. On December 18, 2003, King County Superior Court Judge Richard Jones 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
- 11. • As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women, he was spared the death penalty and received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
- 12. THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the Green River Killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders and later confessed to nearly twice that number. As part of his plea bargain, an additionalconviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the most prolific American serial killer in history according to confirmed murders. He murdered numerous women and girls in Washington State during the 1980s and 1990s.[1] Most of his victims were alleged to be prostitutes and other women in vulnerable situations, including underage runaways. The press gave him his nickname after the first five victims were found in the Green River before his identity was known.[2] He strangled the women, usually by hand but sometimes using ligatures. After strangling them, he would dump their bodies in forested and overgrown areas in King County, often returning to the dead bodies to have sexual intercourse with them.
- Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ridgway is believed to have murdered at least 71 women (according to Ridgway, in an interview withSheriff Reichert in 2001) near Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. His court statements later reported that he had killed so many, he lost count. A majority of the murders occurred between 1982 and 1984. The victims were believed to be either prostitutes or runaways picked up along Pacific Highway South (International Blvd. 99), whom he strangled. Most of their bodies were dumped in wooded areas around the Green River, except for two confirmed and another two suspected victims found in the Portland, Oregon area. The bodies were often left in clusters, sometimes posed, usually nude. He would sometimes return to the victims' bodies and have sexual intercourse with them. Because most of the bodies were not discovered until only the skeletons remained, three victims are still unidentified. Ridgway occasionally contaminated the dump sites with gum, cigarettes, and written materials belonging to others, and he even transported a few victims' remains across state lines into Oregon to confuse the police.
- Ridgway began each murder by picking up a woman, usually a prostitute. He sometimes showed the woman a picture of his son, to trick her into trusting him. After raping her, Ridgway strangled her from behind. He initially strangled them manually. However, many victims inflicted wounds and bruises on his arm while trying to defend themselves. He killed most victims in his home, his truck, or a secluded area.[3] In the early 1980s, the King County Sheriff's Office formed the Green River Task Force to investigate the murders who periodically interviewed incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy from 1984. Bundy offered his opinions on the psychology, motivations, and behavior of the killer; he suggested that the killer was revisiting the dump sites to have sexual relations with his victims, which turned out to be true, and if police found a fresh grave, they should stake it out and wait for him to come back.[10] ] Ridgway was arrested in 1982 and 2001 on charges related to prostitution. He became a suspect in 1983 in the Green River killings.
- His mother once broke a plate over his father's head. His mother was a domineering woman. His father had an open hatred for prostitutes. Ridgway was close to his mother not his father. His mother is portrayed as being very dominant. His first wife said his mother ran their lives. He did very poorly in school and his classmates described him as being quiet and largely forgettable.
- He accused both of his first two wives of prostituting themselves and spoke of them in degrading ways He frequently complained about their presence( prostitutes) in his neighborhood, but he also took advantage of their services regularly.
- He had become religious during his second marriage, proselytizing door-to-door, reading the Bible aloud at work and at home, and insisting that his wife follow the strict teachings of their church pastor He frequently complained about their presence in his neighborhood, but he also took advantage of their services regularly. Ridgway himself admitted to having a fixation with prostitutes, with whom he had a love-hate relationship It has been speculated that Ridgway was torn between his uncontrollable lusts and his staunch religious beliefs
- His lawyers, led by Anthony Savage, were closing a plea bargain that would spare him the death penalty in return for his confession to a number of the Green River murders.