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The Green River Killer

 

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UPDATE!

11/05/03
Gary Ridgeway had admitted to killing dozens of women in the Pacific Northwest, a confession that gives him more murder convictions than any other serial killer in U.S. history.
"I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight.  I wanted to kill as many women as I thought were prostitutes as I possibly could.", Rideway said in a statement read in court today.

Crime Stoppers

The TV show, Crime Stoppers, aired a segment on the Green River Killer and presented a picture of the killer obtained from a prostitute who had been left for dead.  Thousands of tips arrived for weeks but none helped the police located the Green River Killer.  Oddly though, two of the tips assisted the police in solving the murders of two totally unrelated killings...

Ages of the Green River Killer Victims

The youngest of the Green River victims was 13 years old.  The oldest was 36 and was the only one that was not a known prostitute.  Most victims were between 19 and 24.  Three were between 16 and 18.

UPDATE!

On June 29, 2001, the Green River Task Force was reformed.  The King County sheriff's office hopes to use new technologies such as DNA testing and blood type analysis to solve the crimes.
On December 5, 2001, 54-year old Gary Ridgeway was arrested and charged with 7 murder counts.  DNA evidence linked him to at least 3 of the murders - Opal Mills, Marcia Chapman, and Cynthia Hinds. Ridgeway was taken into custody as he left his job at the Kentworth Truck Co. in Renton.  The DNA evidence arose from an earlier questioning of Ridgeway, who has been considered one of the top 5 suspects since 1984, when he was given a piece of gauze to chew on during a 1987 interview.  The gauze has been preserved all these years until technology arose that could be used to extract the DNA.
In 2003, four more bodies were found leading many to believe that Ridgeway is providing additional details on the crimes.

Reader's Comment on Possible Related Murder

Has anyone made any connection to the Independence Avenue prostitutes who were found in pieces in the river. One of them was my cousin. The only physical evidence I know of against the man who went to prison for this crime was items of the women's clothing. My opinion was their clothes could have been found anywhere and this is not a proof of guilt. There was quite a history of these murders written up in chronological order in the Kansas City Star Newspaper at the time her body and the body of two others were found. The last she spoke with anyone, she was calling home to ask for a ride. She then said, "Never mind. I see someone I know." She was never see alive again.

MORE FROM OUR READERS

I recently received the following from Lisa A. Wilson, author of Don't Just Sit There.

A woman contacted me over 3 months ago with information that was sifted through and researched further. This data came up with one definite link of her ex-husband and Ridgeway possibly knowing each other and their connection to MARIA MALVAR. I am sending you that info, with the hope that you may be able to help bring this to light. I have already sent this to America's Most Wanted, the FBI in Seattle, the Green River Task Force, and many members of the media.

NEW INFORMATION ON GREEN RIVER KILLER THIS MAY PROVE TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT: Like the incident in Vancouver, police are now and have been ignoring the new tips that were sent to their office about a man who should be a 'person of interest' in the matter of the investigation of the Green River Killer. Are they going to look at this data in 5 or 10 years and realize that there was some very significant information handed to them, but they had never investigated it further? Why is it that the woman who contacted me over 3 months ago has never been given even 5 minutes of time from detectives about the Green River Killer? She has been trying to get the Task Force to look at her ex-husband since 1988 when she was finally able to leave him. She was told many times by Tom Jensen, who heads the TF that "if his name was not on the computer print-out sheet, they were not going to look at him". Does the killer have to be a felon with a previous record? Did the Task Force treat Gary Ridgway's wife & ex-wife in the same manner? Probably not...he was already in police custody when they came forward with all of the information about his very strange HABITS. Did the police in Vancouver treat the family members of the missing women like 'dirt' , that they were 'looney' or had 'mental problems'? I certainly KNOW that I do not have any, but they will not even listen to me and have 'insinuated' that I was calling on a daily basis...which I was not. I do have my telephone records that will prove this. The Task Force has mishandled evidence and not picked up other meaningful pieces of the puzzle. WHY? I seriously believe that when this is all over, there WILL be another lawsuit in Seattle, like the one that is being put together right now in Vancouver, about not investigating THIS matter properly. My letter has been sent to many important people, including several members of the media, and I ask that you read this VERY carefully. In the message below is the DEFINITE LINK that connects this suspect to not only one of the missing women on the Green River Killer List, but there is also the possibility of him knowing and associating with Gary Ridgway, the man that is in police custody but only charged with murder for 4 of the 49 women who made it onto the OFFICIAL list. Since 1982, there have been approximately 150 missing or murdered women. There was at least one time when bodies had been found, that a witness spoke of 2 men being in that area, and they were seen leaving together in a pick-up truck. Could this suspect have been that other man? Why won't the Task Force even READ the information that was sent to them over 3 months ago? I KNOW that they have not looked at the information, otherwise they would have been actively pursuing this man...the LINK is right in front of their noses.

DEFINITE CONNECTION TO MARIE-JANE MOLINA MALVAR: There is one very strong connection, but apparently the police may not have handled the evidence properly (or never collected it). I will tell you my source's name to make this explanation easier - this link may also prove that he knows Gary Ridgway. The first part of this is probably already known by you. I will make it as brief as possible. Maria Malvar was last seen on 4-30-83 by her boyfriend/pimp getting into a vehicle, which sped away from the area very quickly. The b/p thought that something might be wrong and followed, but soon lost them and apparently went home. When she did not return that evening, he and the girl's father went looking for the vehicle. They found it sitting in front of Gary Ridgway's home, decided to park nearby and called the police to the scene. They arrived at the house, briefly questioned Ridgway and he said that he had not been with the girl. It has also been said that another man was at Ridgway's home at the time of the questioning....could the other man possibly be our suspect? On 5-27-83, Patricia and her husband were at the Sea Tac Airport to see off his mother & father at Gate B-4. Before getting out of their vehicle, her husband had pulled out a wallet that looked like hers. He then extracted some cards, holding them in his hand. Patricia saw an I.D. card and assumed that it was hers. She grabbed it out of the stack in his hand, and wondered what he would be doing with HER license. She now had it, glanced down at the front and saw that it was NOT hers. The picture was of a medium complexion girl, in her 20's with long dark hair. She noticed that there were 4 NAMES on the license, but only caught part of the last name MAL ___. He snatched it back from her, then the baby started to fuss in her arms. He gave the BABY the card to play with. They proceeded to pile out of the vehicle and entered the airport terminal. After saying their "goodbyes" to his parents, and getting ready to leave, he went to get the card from the baby. It was not in it's little hand. He FRANTICALLY searched around on the floor, and asked Patricia what happened to it. She said that she did not know, while he was searching the floor. They were then told to leave, because the gates were about to be closed to that terminal, so there was no time to continue looking for it. Later that afternoon, an employee found the license and reported such to the police. The license was for a Marie-Jane Molina Malvar. There are police records of the finding on that day, and another letter dated 2-8-85 about even "walking with him to see where it was located", but the license HAD NOT been picked up as evidence and was disposed of by the airport almost two years later. It also appears that the log book for that particular day is nowhere to be found, or they could prove that Patricia and her husband HAD been there. I have in my possession copies of all 5 police reports. The question here is: If the last known place that Maria Malvar was seen had been in Gary Ridgway's vehicle on 4-30-83, how did Patricia's husband happen to be in possession of the license that was found at the airport on 5-27-83? Was he the 'other man' at Gary Ridgway's home the night the police questioned him, or was he also involved in her disappearance. Patricia KNEW that there had been 4 names on the license...HOW, if she had not seen it? All newspaper articles that I had found about Ms. Malvar either called her Marie or Maria, NEVER was there any articles with all 4 names in it.

 

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