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Research Paper On Gary Ridgway

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The Green River Killer

“I want to prove there are 80 bodies out there, or 85 or whatever (kokomo news).” Found to be one of the most notorious serial killers in the past couple decades, The Green River Killer had most of the world fooled by his friendly personality. With a total of forty-nine bodies already found, with a claim that an forty bodies are still out there. If it wasn’t for the use of DNA, there is a very high chance that Gary Ridgway would still be out killing today. The evolution of DNA testing, subsequently put away the green river killer. Gary Ridgway never had a normal childhood. Born in the year 1949 in the city of Utah, he had been quickly moved to Seattle Washington with his parents. Mary and Tom Ridgway were never the …show more content…

Gary evolved from a boy obsessed with sexual fantasies, to a teenager who was obsessing over what it would feel like to kill. This obsession first started when he was hunting, and fell in love with the feeling of a kill. Soon the thrill of killing animals wasn’t enough, and he wanted to move on to more aggressive kills. Gary Claims that he has had vivid recollections of drowning a young boy in a lake near his house. Coincidently, public records show of two young boys who had drowned in the lake that same year (Maria Shields).
At about the age of sixteen, is when we learn of Gary’s first confirmed attempt to kill. The year was 1966 (, when Gary led a six year old boy into the woods. The boy remembers being stabbed in the side several times, and looking up at Ridgway asking, “Why did you kill me?” The only real answer that Ridgway gave; was to shrug his shoulders, throw his head back and laugh, and respond by saying, he just wanted to know what it felt like (Seattle Post). The six year old boy survived after a the foot long incision to his liver …show more content…

Dave had been on the task of tracking Ridgway down the longest out of the members. He had been on the trail for about 21 years. One of his goals, was to was to find comparisons between serial killers. His main motive was to figure out what characteristics they had in common. His research led him to believe mst serial killers had; a sad and pathetic lifestyle, they were unassuming kinds of characters, cunning hunters, and craved control. Reichert took Bundy up on his offer to help however; instead of helping to catch Gary, he took the detectives on a wild goose chase, by using methods he had when he was killing (Sarah Kershaw). The task force had been disbanded in 1998, however had been quickly reassembled when Reichert took office as Sheriff

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