Gary Ridgway

Background History Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was raised in the McMicken Heights in SeaTac, Washington by both of his parents. Growing up Ridgway saw a lot of violence and arguments between his parents. Growing up, his mother noticed that he was constantly wetting the bed. After cleaning him up, she would embarrass him in front of family members. As a young boy, he sort of developed a sexual attraction towards his mom because she would always wear

caused Jack the Ripper to become a serial killer. Gary Ridgway is America’s most notorious serial killer (Hickey, 2010), he “holds the record for the most serial murder convictions in the history of the United States” (Hickey, 2010:24). Ridgway is responsible for the deaths of 48 women (Hickey, 2010). Like Jack the Ripper, Ridgway selected prostitutes as his intended victims (Paley, 1995). The social learning theory may offer an explanation for why Ridgway, and the Ripper, may have become serial killers

Gary Ridgway aka The Green River Killer was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, on an ordinary day with ordinary late winter weather. The top story in the Salt Lake Telegram was “Utah Fire Marshal Measure Advances in Senate Action.” Nothing extraordinary that would indicated that the second of three sons born to Mary and Thomas Ridgway would become the United States most prolific serial killer. His older brother Gregory (born in 1948) was described by high school friends as the popular

breathe, someone else is taking their last. From the year 1982 to 2001, as many as 48 women lost their lives to a monster. Gary Ridgway, better known as the Green River Killer, took advantage of their innocence and vulnerability and would become one of the most infamous serial killers in history. Background: Born February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Gary Leon Ridgway was a poor student who went to Vietnam shortly after high school. When he came back he got a job painting trucks for 30 years

Gary Ridgway, or the Green River Killer, was born February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gary had not died yet. Ridgway grew up in a troublesome household where violent arguments between his parents was commonplace. Ridgway’s mother would embarrass and humiliate him in front of the entire family. Still a little kid, Gary had an I.Q. of 82, indicating low intelligence. In high school he was a very poor student and had to repeat a grade twice in order to graduate. At age 16 Gary took a large

“Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway Elizabeth Sabie Florida International University “Green River Killer” Gary Leon Ridgway In the summer of 1982, while playing in the woods, children found the body of a young teen was floating in the Green River in King County, Washington. Sixteen year old Wendy Lee Coffield was found strangled with her own panties and tossed into the river like a piece of refuse. Her murder sparked an investigation that spanned three decades. Coffield 's body

The infamous “Green River Killer” otherwise known as Gary Ridgway was one of the more interesting cases that I had come across while researching criminals to choose as a topic, mainly because there was so much media coverage regarding this case. Gary was convicted of killing at least forty eight plus people, and had confessed to killing more than seventy people; I can only really wonder what could cause him to commit such atrocious crimes, which is what led me to choosing him as my topic of interest

Gary Ridgway was born on February 18,1949, in Salt Lake City,Utah. He was the middle son. He had a troubled life at home. He witnessed his parents constantly arguing violently. Ridgway felt anger toward his mother and would think about killing her. Also, he was sexually attracted to her. When he was 16, he stabbed a 6 year old boy. However he survived. Ridgway joined the U.S Navy and was sent to Vietnam. He had sexual intercourse with many of the sex workers and contracted an STD. He married three

The united states have had many violent, brutal, and deranged serial killers which have shaped what we know about murder today, some of the most twisted may have been Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H Holmes, as well as Gary Ridgway, AKA The Green River Killer. While both of them are similar in many aspects, in some ways they are worlds apart. H. H Holmes was born Herman Webster Mudgett in Gilmanton New Hampshire to parents Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price. Holmes was the third

There are many serial killers in the world I chosen one particular case for my topic The Green River Killer. Gary Leon Ridgway 's was an associate worker at the Kenworth Truck Company; when the authorities seized him at work on December 1, 2001 to inform him he was the leading suspect in the nation 's largest case of some unsolved murders. The investigators already knew that Mr. Ridgway have been questioned by the law enforcement about fifth teen years ago in regard to the Green River killings that