This is a rare, two page, handwritten letter from The Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. The letter is written on the front and back of one sheet of notebook paper. He has signed his name “Gary” at the end of the letter on page two. Ridgway has been known to not respond to many people who write to him, making his letters very rare and hard to find!
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Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949), known as the “Green River Killer,” is an American serial killer convicted of murdering 49 women, though he has confessed to killing more than 70 between 1982 and 1998 in Washington State. Ridgway primarily targeted vulnerable women, including sex workers, whom he strangled and left near the Green River.
Arrested in 2001 after DNA evidence linked him to several murders, Ridgway pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty and received 49 consecutive life sentences. His case remains one of the most prolific examples of serial homicide in U.S. history and has been extensively analyzed for its implications in behavioral profiling and forensic investigation.
