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  • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Friday Feb 18, 1949

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    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    Friday Feb 18, 1949

    Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18, 1949, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the second of Mary and Thomas Ridgway's three sons.




  • Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    1962

    Ridgway suffers from health problems

    Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
    1962

    Ridgway had a bed-wetting problem until he was 13, and his mother would wash his genitals after every episode




  • 4424 South 188th Street, SeaTac, Washington 98188, United States
    Wednesday Jan 1, 1969

    Ridgway's Graduation and marriage

    4424 South 188th Street, SeaTac, Washington 98188, United States
    Wednesday Jan 1, 1969

    Ridgway graduated from Tyee High School in 1969 and married his 19-year-old high school girlfriend, Claudia Kraig.




  • Green River, Utah, United States
    1980

    Ridgway strangled a prostitute

    Green River, Utah, United States
    1980

    In 1980, Ridgway was arrested for allegedly choking a prostitute, but no charges were filed after he claimed that the woman had bit him.




  • Tacoma, Washington, United States
    2nd Millenium

    Ridgway killed a lot of girls in Washington

    Tacoma, Washington, United States
    2nd Millenium

    Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Ridgway is believed to have murdered at least 71 teenage girls and women near Seattle and Tacoma, Washington. In court statements, Ridgway later reported that he had killed so many that he lost count.




  • Green River, Utah, United States
    1982

    Ridgway was convicted of prostitution

    Green River, Utah, United States
    1982

    Ridgway was arrested in 1982 and 2001 on charges related to prostitution.




  • Utah, United States
    1988

    Ridgway married Judith

    Utah, United States
    1988

    Ridgway began dating Judith Mawson, who became his third wife in 1988.


  • U.S
    Wednesday Nov 5, 2003

    Gary Ridgway's confessions

    U.S
    Wednesday Nov 5, 2003

    On November 5, 2003, Ridgway entered a guilty plea to 48 charges of aggravated first degree murder as part of a plea bargain, agreed to in June, that would spare him execution in exchange for his cooperation in locating the remains of his victims and providing other details.


  • U.S
    Dec, 2003

    Ridgway's sentence

    U.S
    Dec, 2003

    On December 18, 2003, King County Superior Court Judge Richard Jones sentenced Ridgway to 48 life sentences with no possibility of parole and one life sentence, to be served consecutively. He was also sentenced to an additional 10 years for tampering with evidence for each of the 48 victims, adding 480 years to his 48 life sentences.


  • Washington, United States
    2004

    Ridgway was placed in solitary

    Washington, United States
    2004

    Ridgway was placed in solitary confinement at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla in January 2004.


  • Hudson County Prosecutor's Office - Newark Avenue, 595 Newark Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306, United States
    Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

    The Skull of the woman was discovered in King County

    Hudson County Prosecutor's Office - Newark Avenue, 595 Newark Ave, Jersey City, New Jersey 07306, United States
    Wednesday Nov 23, 2005

    On November 23, 2005, the Associated Press reported that a weekend hiker found the skull of one of the 48 women Ridgway admitted murdering in his 2003 plea bargain with King County prosecutors.


  • Florence Prison Central Building, 1111 E Butte Ave, Florence, Arizona 85132, United States
    Thursday May 14, 2015

    Ridgway transferred to the USP Florence prison

    Florence Prison Central Building, 1111 E Butte Ave, Florence, Arizona 85132, United States
    Thursday May 14, 2015

    On May 14, 2015, he was transferred to the USP Florence High, a high-security federal prison east of Cañon City, Colorado.


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