Gary Ridgway

Gary Leon Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. On November 30, 2001, as he was leaving a Renton, Washington factory where he worked, he was arrested for the murders of four women whose deaths were attributed to the "Green River Killer". Four murders were linked to him through DNA; three more could be traced through paint he used at his job. Two years later he pled guilty to 48 counts of aggravated murder, although he says he killed 71. Ridgway has been married three times and has one son. He carried his son's photo in his wallet to lure most of his victims into his pickup truck.