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{{Quote|I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight.|Gary Ridgway}}

'''Gary Leon Ridgway''' (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the '''Green River Killer''', convicted of 48 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, which made him the most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders until 2017, when [[Samuel Little]] was confirmed to have committed 50 murders.

'''Gary Leon Ridgway''' (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the '''Green River Killer''', convicted of 48 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, which made him the most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders until 2017, when [[Samuel Little]] was confirmed to have committed 60 murders.

He murdered numerous women and girls, most of whom were also alleged prostitutes, in Washington during 1982-1998, but its believe that the real span of killings of Gary Ridgway was 1970-2001 and its believe that he skilled more than 100 women or even more than 200 women, earning his nickname when the first five victims were found in the Green River. He strangled them, usually with his arm but sometimes using ligatures. After strangling the women, he would dump their bodies throughout forested and overgrown areas in King County, often returning to the dead bodies to have sexual intercourse with them.

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-'''Gary Leon Ridgway''' (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the '''Green River Killer''', convicted of 48 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, which made him the most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders until 2017, when [[Samuel Little]] was confirmed to have committed 50 murders.
+'''Gary Leon Ridgway''' (born February 18, 1949) is an American serial killer known as the '''Green River Killer''', convicted of 48 separate murders and confessed to nearly double that number. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, which made him the most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders until 2017, when [[Samuel Little]] was confirmed to have committed 60 murders.
 He murdered numerous women and girls, most of whom were also alleged prostitutes, in Washington during 1982-1998, but its believe that the real span of killings of Gary Ridgway was 1970-2001 and its believe that he skilled more than 100 women or even more than 200 women, earning his nickname when the first five victims were found in the Green River. He strangled them, usually with his arm but sometimes using ligatures. After strangling the women, he would dump their bodies throughout forested and overgrown areas in King County, often returning to the dead bodies to have sexual intercourse with them.