The question of is Gary Ridgway still alive a topic of ongoing debate and speculation. Gary Ridgway is alive and currently in prison.
Ridgway is currently serving his sentence at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington. He is in a high-security prison and is unlikely to be released. He is 73 years old and still alive as of 2023.
Ridgway was arrested in 2001 after DNA evidence linked him to the Green River killings, a string of murders that had plagued the Seattle area for nearly two decades.
He pleaded guilty to 49 murders he was charged with and was given multiple life sentences without the possibility of parole.
The judge imposed a sentence of 48 life sentences on Gary, as well as an additional 480 years in prison for tampering with evidence. This means he will spend the remainder of his life in prison and only be permitted visits from his legal team and immediate family.
According to an article by Jill McCabe Johnson, Gary spends 23 hours a day alone in isolation. Penny Wood, an author who has written about Gary’s third wife, attempted to request an interview with him for an update on her book, but he refused.
His story is depicted in the Netflix show “Catching Killers,” which details the challenges and ultimate success of the law enforcement team responsible for his capture. Despite having a low IQ, Ridgway was able to evade detection for many years by carefully planning out his murders.
Who is Gary Ridgway?
Gary Ridgway, also known as the “Green River Killer,” is a notorious American serial killer who was active in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was convicted of 49 murders and later confessed to many more, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.
Gary Ridgway is alleged to have targeted s*x workers and other women who were in vulnerable situations, such as underage runaways, as his victims.
He was dubbed the “Green River Killer” by the media after discovering the first five victims in the Green River before his identity was revealed.
He primarily used manual strangulation to kill his victims but sometimes used ligatures. After murdering them, he would discard their bodies in forested and overgrown areas in King County and would sometimes return to the bodies for s*xual purposes.
