Who is Gary Ridgway?

Gary Leon Ridgway is an American serial killer who has claimed to have taken the lives of more than 70 women by choking them to death. Gary Ridgway was born on 18th February 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He started murdering young women in 1982 and has been convicted of the murder of 48. The crimes were committed after careful planning, leaving behind no evidence for police to suspect Ridgway. Instead, he often misled the search team by planting false clues. He specifically chose prostitutes as his victims for the reason that police would not pursue cases of such women and thereby he will remain safe. After his arrest, he made a deal with the investigators by pleading guilty of 48 murders and helped the authorities locate some of the missing bodies of the victims. He also agreed to admit more murders for which evidence could be found. In December 2003, he received a sentence of life in prison. When another body was found in 2011, Ridgway got another life sentence. In 2013, during a media interview, he confessed to having killed as many as 70 women.

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