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Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer
Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, is a serial killer from Washington who committed an estimated amount of murders ranging between 48-90 female prostitutes or runaways throughout the 1980’s - 1990’s. He lived a fairly normal life with a wife and son, as a truck painter with a military background. He came off to many people as a good natured man, easy to talk too, and religious. He would constantly read the bible at work and evangelized throughout his hometown. Some of his interest and hobbies included hunting, fishing, working in the yard, chopping wood, and getting away with his wife in their RV.
However some nights for Gary Ridgway, consisted of driving down the Pacific Highway South (State Route 99) and picking-up female

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