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DNA Evidence That Unmasked the Green River Killer

How advanced forensic technology linked Gary Ridgway to 49 murders across two decades

A figure resembling Gary Ridgway sits at a police interrogation table, a DNA evidence kit placed prominently in front of him, symbolic of the breakthrough that led to his arrest as the Green River Killer.
BEVIS

Sagsdetaljer

Quick Facts

Klassifikation:

Serial killer
Familicide
Dna evidence
Unsolved case
Utah
Washington
Violence
Asphyxiation
Trial
Psychopathy
Forensic medicine
Mental illness
Crime scene
mordssag
justitssvigt
domstol
vidner
justitsmordet
hvidvaskning
mordsager
Sagsstatus
Løst
Sted
Washington State, USA (Green River area, King County)
Name
Gary Leon Ridgway
Geboren
18. Februar 1949
Beruf
Lkw-Lackierer