Word: ridgway
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...killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight." GARY LEON RIDGWAY, pleading guilty to strangling 48 women in the Green River murders...
PLEADED GUILTY. GARY RIDGWAY, 54, truck painter and longtime suspect in the notorious Green River killings; to strangling 48 women to death in the Seattle area in the 1980s, making him the deadliest convicted serial killer in U.S. history and ending a two-decade investigation by police; in Seattle. In exchange for his confession and information leading police to the remains of some of his victims, Ridgway was spared the death penalty and instead will be sentenced to life in prison without parole...
...probably more dangerous: Botox, short for botulinum toxin, a paralyzing poison, or natural human skin? As a physician, I have to ask myself if it is ethical to spend time and money on cosmetic, forever-young potions when disorders like obesity, hypertension and cancer plague our society. J. GREGORY RIDGWAY, D.O. Yuma, Ariz...
...mystery of the Green River Killer still has not been solved. The official Green River victims' list, from 1982 to '84, has 49 entries--45 names and four unidentified sets of remains. The DNA tests cleared the way for three of the charges; circumstantial evidence, the police claim, ties Ridgway to the murder of Cynthia Hinds. If Ridgway does get the death penalty, some wonder if the mystery will follow him to his grave...
...death penalty, and the prosecutor, Norm Maleng, has indicated that he is not interested in engaging in any plea bargaining. As sheriff, Reichert is torn between wanting to know the whole story and wanting to inflict the ultimate punishment. A cautious man, he makes the point that Ridgway is innocent until proved guilty. "I would love to have the opportunity to visit with him and learn the what, where, why, when, who and how for each case...but if anyone deserves to get the death penalty, it would be the person responsible for this series of murders...