On a cool day in Salt Lake City Utah, Gary "Green River Killer" Ridgway was born. July 7th 1982 was a day that would start the change of history in forensic science, this was the day waitress Amina Agisheff would leave for work and never be found alive again. This event started a killing spree that stretched potentially 19 grueling years. The very next day Ridgway kills Wendy Coffield a runaway teen. About one month later Debra Estes reported a man in a blue and white pickup truck who offered the girl a lift but then brandished a pistol and forced her to pleasure him sexually.
The film “Murder by Number” also includes medical issues, including brain damage, as contributing to the violence of many serial killers. Some criminologists and psychiatrists believe that serial killers kill because of issues with their families. These issues include failure to properly bond with
November 2001, Gary was arrested as he was leaving his job. Now being linked to the murder of 48 women, although Gary believes he killed 61 to 71 women. Most of these were committed between 1982 and 1983, although he believes he killed one around 1985. Most of these women were prostitutes, and Gary believed they aren’t worth mentioning about since they’re dead. When Gary would meet these hookers, he’d begin by showing them pictures of his son to gain their trust.
Gary Ridgway was born on February 18th, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. As a child, he grew up in a troubled family and witnessed violent arguments between his parents. At the age of 16, he led another boy his age into the woods and stabbed him in the ribs "just to see what it felt like to kill someone" as Ridgway described why he did it, fortunately, the boy survived. The first murder of his was on July 7th, 1982, when a waitress named Amina Agisheff got out of work and was never seen again. The day after he took Amnina, Ridgway murders a runaway teen named Wendy Coffield.
Gary Ridgway’s first charge was on killing Wendy Coffield. She was sixteen years old, living with a foster family. She disappeared on July,1982, and found by two young boys, floating in the the water of the Green River. An autopsy confirmed she was strangled to her death. Debra Bonner was the next victim.
Today, there is nearly a total of three thousand serial killers and ten thousand victims of their violent rampage in the United States. Part of those ten thousand victims are the eight, casualties of Dayton Leroy Rogers, aka The Molalla Forest Killer. Although their deaths were unfair and tragic, Roger’s experience allowed for more information to be contributed to help solve and prevent future crimes. Born in Idaho on September 30, 1953 and quickly moved to Oregon, Rogers was enrolled into a life full of crime, already shooting cars with BB guns in the seventh grade. By the time he was nineteen his desire for crime was fulfilled when he reached over to kiss a girl on their second date, but “according to police reports, he stabbed her in
In 1910, Fish attacked Thomas Bedden in Wilmington, Delaware and in 1919, he stabbed an individual with an intellectual disability in Georgetown, Washington, D.C (Berry-Dee, 2011). On Tuesday, July 15th in 1924, Fish abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered Francis McDonnell who was just 8 years old at the time (Berry-Dee, 2011). This was the first of the three murders that Fish admitted to (and was later found guilty of committing). Fish’s second murder was that of 4 year old Billy Gaffney (Berry-Dee, 2011). The murder occurred on February 11th 1927, and it was this particular case that Fish was given the nickname “the boogeyman” by the media (Berry-Dee, 2011).
Throughout history there have been many cases in which defiant people commit horrendous acts that one cannot even fathom. Often times if these individuals perform acts in violation of moral laws and regulations, they are subject to confinement in a jail or prison. Of these non-obedient individuals are those who are known as serial killers, who murder innocent lives, due to their desire to receive relief. A famous example of a devious serial killer who raped, tortured, and fed the remnants of human flesh to his captives was Gary Heidnik. Like most criminals, his story is revolved around the achievement of a particular goal, which in his case was to create a ‘baby factory’ from the women he kidnapped.
Serial killers are vicious monsters. Monsters that deserve to go to jail. Monsters who had bad home lives as children and have had even harder adult lives. There is still no excuse. John Wayne Gacy eventually got the death sentence, even after he and his lawyers filed many lawsuits to stop it.
The four unidentified female bodies have now been identified •AminaAgisheff, 36. Last seen July 7, 1982, leaving Seattle apartment. Remains found April 18, 1984, near Highway 18 and Interstate 90. Kassee Ann Lee, 16. Last seen Aug. 28, 1982, at 11:30 a.m. at her south King County home by her husband.
There were more than 119 serial killers in the 70’s (The Decline of The Killer), some more infamous than others, one of these infamous killers is John Wayne Gacy, he was known for sodomizing young males between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one then killing them(Crime Museum). As a child Gacy experienced sexual assault and physical violence, he was bullied and had a heart condition which kept him from playing sports (The Famous People). Gacy struggled with his sexuality, his home life stayed abusive until he moved out and began to work, while making his own money Gacy bought a home, he met a fellow coworker and married her, after his first run in with the cops she divorced, Gacy then had a second divorce and it seemed to give him and feeling
“ I always wondered what it would be like to kill someone.” - Gary Ridgway, 1966. Gary Ridgway said the statement above, at age 17, as he walked away from a six year old boy he had just stabbed through the ribs (“Gary Ridgway : The Green River Killer”, Crime and Investigation). This is considerably his first ever attempt at harming another person, but surely not his last. Gary Ridgway, infamously known as the Green River Killer, was born on February 18, 1949.
Kennedy Palmer Ms.Stubenrauch Psychology, period 3 December 7, 201 Ed Gein Ed Gein -a serial killer known for exhuming corpses and his gruesome murders- was lead to a dark and violent lifestyle. The key factors that lead to his violent lifestyle were having an abusive, alcoholic father, being forced to believe all women were prostitutes (meaning sex was bad unless it was to have children), and being isolated from everything starting at a young age. From a young age, he developed a close bond with his mother. However, his bond soon became an obsession.
John Gacy is most notably known as a serial killer. In 1980 he was charged with the murder of thirty-three young men and sentenced to death (“John Wayne Gacy,” 2013). He became well known for the deviant sexual nature of his crimes (Morrison, 2004; Sullivan, 1984). While these seem like the acts of a crazed man, he was able to commit such a high number of murders by successfully integrating himself into society (Sullivan, 1984). He displayed emotional instability, and a personality characterized by conscientiousness.
In this paper I will be applying the psychological theories to serial killer Ed Gein. Ed Gein was a prolific serial killer in the 1950’s. He murdered and robbed graves for body parts to make furniture and clothing. He was apprehended in 1957, where he stood trial and was institutionalized. Edward Theodore “Ed” Gein was born August 27th, 1906 to George and Augusta Gein.
