Gary Gon Ridgway Green River Killer

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Register to read the introduction… He was the middle of 3 sons and grew up in a middle class neighborhood in town outside Seattle called SeaTac. He was a dutiful son and close to his mother. His father was a bus driver who often complained about prostitutes on his route. Gary was a chronic bed wetter into his late teens and has said he remembers his mother would often bathe him when she found out. He said she would also humiliate him in front of family and friends. He had expressed strong sexual fantasies about his mother along with intense hatred. He was described as having a severe Oedipus complex which could explain his hatred for women. At age 16 Gary acted on one of his homicidal tendencies. He lured a 6 year old boy into the woods and stabbed him. He said he ‘just wanted to know what it would feel like.’ He admitted to dabbling in arson and once suffocated a cat. He was a ‘D’ student with an IQ of 82 and barely made it through high school. His friends from school said he was the type to always be in trouble. Not really acting up but they said all he had to do was open his mouth and he would be in trouble. Neighbors described his third marriage as great, they were always together and …show more content…
He dated and married 3 times. He raised his son every other weekend. He held the same job for almost 30 years. He did not show anything to lead to this confession but his co workers said they were not comfortable around him and felt as if something were a bit “off”, they even nicknamed him “Green River Gary.” He did apologize in court but I believe his apology was for himself getting caught and not being able to kill again. Ridgway was brought into court February 7, 2011 on a 49th charge. 20-year-old Rebecca "Becky" Marrero was killed in 1982 and Ridgway admitted to killing her. He is spared any further trials that may grant the death penalty due to stipulations in his current sentence. The plea he agreed to in 2003 took the death penalty off the table in exchange for a guilty verdict read aloud in court and the identification of where the bodies were buried .Two of the original 48 victims were in Oregon and would have carried capital punishment. The plea agreement was agreed upon with the victims’ families and they were also able to stand in court and give their statements. He is currently incarcerated in Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla,

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