Serial killer Gary Ridgeway booked into King County Jail | FOX 13 Seattle
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, was back in King County Jail Monday morning after being moved from the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.
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the title made me think that at some point he had been released. I was like who TF let this dude out??!
Same!!!
Right. I'm like what?!
i presume its done purposely
When the Plague started they were letting people out of prison, and the parole board voted 5 to 4 to keep him in.
Not 9 to 0.
4 of the board members voted to let him out. He stayed in custody by ONE vote.
Demoncrats want to release people like him,he's already been one vote away from being free
Imagine getting arrested for something petty in king county and you end up seeing this dude 😭
Man. I was arrested for the first time in 19 years last month. I shared a cell for 36 hours with a guy that un-alived his child’s mother. Didn’t even know it until I got out. Knew he was facing 25-65 years. I thought it was for DUI manslaughter or the like because he was on a 10 day alcohol detox hold. Shook me up when I learned what he’d done. The guy was completely normal, 25 year old that you could’ve worked with or bee the son of a friend, ect.
how unlucky!!!
Lmao!
If you're a male you are safe.
Not really. You are very naive
Why is he still breathing?
At the time they were too cowardly to charge him with the death penalty as a punishment. Prosecutor allowed him to plead to murders they couldn’t prove thereby allowing for closure for the families of the other victims. Or that’s what they said. I watched the court proceedings, I don’t think there was a lot of what people would call closure.
Because it’s Washington. DUH 😂
Democrats.
Because dem voters and thier governor took the death penalty away .
He's alive
Death Penalty. NO MORE PLEA DEALS.
Can't. In April 2023, liberal Washington state officially abolished the death penalty.
God has not called him yet
@@luckynedpepper9030 Jay and Gavin don't believe in the DP ....
Can't be done with serial killers in most cases because they trade info for their life.
@@stoneneils tell that to bundy
Maybe he said he "remembered something" just so he can take a drive along the Green River and reminisce?
Ah yes like Henry Lee Lucas, free rides, burgers, cigarettes, etc…
Probably not, the terms of these deals usually just cover whatever crimes are included at that time, there's no guarantee that if more crimes come to light that the deal will remain.
Bingo
Well said!
Very likely. Serial killer Mikhail Popkov from time to time "recalls" his unknown victims in order to take a ride on a "vacation" to Irkutsk. Although Gary Ridgeway would hardly like new bodies to be discovered. But I think that is probably what happened now.
Ode to the death penalty
He is serving a death penalty . Locked up in 10 by 7 cell until he dies.
@@joesimons7387Not really. He gets three meals a day, education, tv, rec.
The death penalty doesn't reduce murder rates and only prolongs the anxiety and trauma of victim's families. In the US, states that still have and exercise the death penalty have higher murder rates on average than states that have long since abolished it. And though Washington had the death penalty at the time of Ridgeway's convictions and sentencing (they have since joined the growing number of states and vast majority of the world's countries in abolishing it) prosecutors agreed not to pursue it if Ridgeway cooperated in confessing to and supplying information on all his victims and helping to find their remains. In this way dozens of cases were closed and those families now know what happened to their loved ones. That is a far better outcome than satisfying your desire to kill. Ironic isn't it that your response to a killer is to indulge your own blood lust. Ironic and sick.
@alwa6954 legit comments but it should always be on the books for negotiations and extreme, solid cases IMO. Just a thought.
@alwa6954 I resemble your remark and raise you a fat Stat.
How bout the statistic of the female prison guard in Monroe. He was sitting on death row and should have died. Pretty sure that's what he wanted having graped n murder while being a 3 strike fellow. Blood lust, sure. Where do I throw the switch, and while we are at it, let's televise it. We in the state of Wa, green river killer etc voted for it. What happened to the democratic will of the people?
Moving prisons doesn't mean "re-arrested." How do you expect people to take your station seriously?
He didn’t move prisons he went to a county jail. That usually means you are being charged with a new crime
@@Larkin420 Ok, he went from a state pen to a county jail. That also does not mean "re-arrested."
@@j.collins231 ok I’m not going to argue with you because you don’t understand how this works you don’t go to county from prison for no reason
@@Larkin420 You're not going to argue because you aren't smart enough (which is evident in your lack of grammar and punctuation). You can't be arrested while you're in custody. They would have to let him go to then re-arrest him. The most they could do is give him additional charges, which again, does not mean "re-arrested."
You most certainly can be rearrested while in custody...now go sit down🤡
What a dishonor to the families of the victims that this man still breathes
Many of those families only know about the fate of their loved ones because prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death penalty in exchange for him cooperating in giving information and helping them find the remains of all his victims. He could only be charged in some of the murders in which there was evidence but they managed to close something like 90 cases due to doing this and those families have closure because of that. In about half of states (Washington state joining them last year) and the vast majority of all the world's countries there is no death penalty. The death penalty does not bring honor, it brings dishonor. The death penalty actually causes more anxiety and the continuation of trauma for victims' families. It is not a positive thing. Where there is no possibility of the death penalty, families find closure much sooner. And many studies show the death penalty does not reduce the murder rate. In the US, states that still have the death penalty actually have higher murder rates on average than states that have long since abolished it.
@@alwa6954THIS!!!!!! So well said.
It shows that we are all better than Gary Ridgeway. Let's not stoop to his level.
@@ericerickson21 no it doesn't
Tell that to the 90+ girls that took their last breath looking at his smiling face
Some misunderstanding by some people on this.
A 2023 bill SB5087 ended capital punishment in Washington state. While Ridgeway can be charged with additional murders he can never be sentenced to death.
Since he is already serving 49 life sentences there is nothing that will make him serve any longer.
Shows how Foundationally Primitive Liberal Government is. Always be Sure to Limit your Legal Options in order to Virtue Signal. 🫤
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Hell is for eternity
@@randysummerhays4168 Why do you believe Hell exists?
@@donmiller2908 I can read Don
Never did Trust Ned Flanders.
If he gets charged for a murder he didn't tell them about, it will void his plea deal and clear him for the death penalty.
Last April Inslee officially removed the death penalty from state laws. Ain’t that some shit
@@skeezix8156 Is that retroactive?
@@kenmore01 good question and all I could find online is that when it was a bill it would not be retroactive. Info is harder to find now that the internet is full of garbage
@@skeezix8156Yup internet garbage dump
@@skeezix8156there wouldnt need any outside mechanism, usually as part of a plea, the criminal agrees to describe their crimes. A major part of any plea agreement says that any lies or undisclosed crimes will void the agreement in the future. Now idk what this will accomplish other than maybe give some families closure.. maybe send him to supermax in florence, although i thought he was already locked up there
why is he alive?
Why not?
Good question
GOD has not called him yet
Liberals....that’s why
@@sopamarucha2388 LOL, the same wimp of a 'god' who was looking out for the 50+ human beings Ridgeway deleted?
I wonder if they found another victim.
Probably. He doesn’t even know how many he’s killed.
Just wild no remorse @@vallee7966
That's what I'm thinking too. Probably awaiting another charge of murder. Not sure.
That sounds very likely.
I was an MP in the Army at Ft. Lewis in 1985. There was a guy, a rapist, who was going around to various apartments along South Tacoma Way and that area of Tacoma. His MO was to attack women in the little launderettes that a lot of those apartments had. Well, a guy approached my then wife in our little laundry, and asked her for a rolling paper. He then followed my wife back to our apartment (several blind spots) and forced his way in. When she fought back, the apartment manager(who lived under us) heard the noise and shouted at my wife, asking her if she was alright. This scared him off. There was a Warrant Officer whose daughter was attacked and beaten badly enough to be hospitalized about this time. My ex did not tell me about this incident until years later, as she knew I would be pissed about the weed. .I have reached out to Tacoma PD several times asking for information about this case, if he had ever been caught, etc. No response any time I have contacted them/ Can you find out?
Why would you be pissed about the weed . Lame af
@@feliderf94 Because, A**hole, how could I bust somebody for doing what I allowed in my home? I got her to start smoking it, but when it was time to stop, it was time to stop.
@feliderf94 maybe his gf/wife was in AA at the time, and not really Sober. I'd be pissed if my 1 and only was getting high and almost got nabbed by an SK. WAAYYY more angry @ the SK, but sometimes ppl put themselves in unnecessary situations where they could be harmed. Sounds like LOVE.
@feliderf94 In those days possession on post could have gotten you serious charges for the spouse and possibly a disciplinary action for the service member. Smoke your weed so you don't get there rages bruh.
@@3264headtripwow....you've never smoked a day in your life have you!!!!???? What a disgusting thing to say!!!! What the EFF?!!
News is doing clickbait now... 🙄
Now, they been doing it for years
Fox does this all the time. I hate it when I fall for it.
. MSNBC is just as bad.
Yea I mean your choice to click and watch or not
@@Misty-gc6bq they won't let me post about MSNBC
One of my friends had a Kenworth that had a small plaque on the driver's door frame that indicated "painted by Gary Ridgeway". It always creeped me out.
That's absolutely disgusting and so crude especially for all of the women he murdered.
@@Katfancy40 Why? He painted the truck and from what I can tell, everybody that painted trucks had that plaque. Removing something like that over the feels can be more of a pain than it's worth.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade I didn't know that it was something that was just automatically done. It sounded like Kenworth was memorializing the trucks he painted. That would be a really fucked up thing to do and horrible. That's all.
Stop being so quick to bring empty news
Well, it IS Fox after all
The fact he's alive proves the justice system is garbage.
So basically you're saying he gets a free sight seeing trip to then get free McDonalds and tell lies for the fun of it all.
I believe he is the suspect in a case involving the mother of former NBA player Martell Webster, but has never been charged.
Yes he is suspected of her murder
@@akosua8779WOW😮
Dude has NOTHING to lose…..
So
Gary’s road trip! Hopefully this is him confessing to more, and finding more remains that maybe missing.
This happened back in the day when killers actually were sentenced for long terms!
Really now. What you say to he fact that he could have been charged with the death penalty but the tough on crime prosecutor wouldn’t and decided to go for life sentences and an agreement to plead guilty to other murders that couldn’t be proven. The guy is credited for something around 49 or so deaths but is suspected in something like 75. If the death penalty couldn’t be used against him why would such a punishment ever exist. It is now a moot point as it has been once again taken off of the books.
@@micbroc6435Sometimes though "we won't execute you" is the 1 and only bargaining chip left to use unless a killer decides to willingly take his secrets to the grave.
@@wizkaqueefa9003 the thing is on several of the cases there was strong evidence for conviction. And there quite a few cases they let slide even after he showed where the remains were located on some others.
@@wizkaqueefa9003 That's not using it consistently or justly though. If it's taken off the table for the worst of the worst like Ridgeway, then it's not right or just. Fun fact: Washington has never executed anyone who killed more than three people. If they're more prolific than that, there has always been a deal.
They still are. This killer will never be set free.
Umm ?? Yall acted like he was running free with that title
I hope the anti-death penalty folks are happy.
They're shouting their abortions.
It was a plea deal, genius
@@gonzowood1 He's not holding up his end of the bargain genius.
Fdjt. and FcouchV
He'd never have gotten it, serial killers make deals.
He was convicted of 49 counts of murder. Washington doesn’t have the death penalty. What is the point and why did it take so long?
49 life sentences already. theses new charges are just to let the victims families know the truth
Terrible journalism with that title.
FOX. It's a propaganda network anyway.
Man it’s like you just can’t trust those serial killers.
funny this comes up as Reichert is running for governor...
He's being charged for another murder
Of who?
@@davidtilley6016 they aren't saying but bringing him to the police station is a new charge probably from a cold case
Why was he even free in the first place? Why isn't he in prison for life, nor did he receive capital punishment?
100% NON STORY.
What a terrible misleading title from that news channel, he wasn't "re-arrested" he was simply moved to the jail for them to hold him.
Pretty dumb isn’t it?
I still have a hard time believing this dude is one of the most notorious killers in history. He doesn't seem intelligent enough.
He has a lot more victims than what was reported.
You must ask yourself why is he being moved like this? Also this is only people we know of he murdered. They say there are many many more. But there cases will never be solved.😮
@@LonGin-gp2cr He’s not being moved. He is being processed at the jail for new charges of women he murdered in the past. Everyone is processed at the jail for charges new or old.
New evidence must have come to light. I’ve read the book, pretty unbelievable that a person could commit that many murders. There is no telling how many unsolved murders there are, in that state alone.
If he is already in the can. I’d prefer they got someone that still hasn’t been caught…
They like wasting our tax dollars and they are good at it
It matters. Justice matters. And to the victims families, it matters.
In addition to what River Dawg said, there the "Process of elimination" to clear the crime Ridgeway did, so we can determine whether or not someone else WAS "working" back then, as well.
Would you feel differently Sean, if your family member, child or loved one, disappeared in the Seattle area, at the time that Ridgeway was killing women, and he didn't take credit? There are many families still trying to find their missing and or murdered loved ones, and I would bet, that just because a suspect is in prison, they shouldn't try to find the truth....for the family, friends and loved ones of missing women and girls, so they can finally know what happened, and find a way to start healing. They will never heal till they know. The thing about serial killers, is they never give up all of their victims, they keep some of them, just so they can relive the moment they took their lives. Ridgeway put many of the bodies in places, where he drove by them on the way to, and from work, so he could fanaticize and relive his evil power. I lived just down the road from 2 houses that Gary lived in, and remember the terror of him, and Bundy, and Kenneth Bianci who was arrested for murdering college students, and pretended to have multiple personalities....and finding out he and his cousin, were the hillside stranglers in California too! Every missing person and their families deserve closure, the police deserve closure of cases, the community needs to know, and move forward. I guess you aren't from around here. And I would point, that if Ridgeway killed others, him being caught and denying it, helps no one. Police have to keep working cases, families still see an empty place at the dinner table, and women will still be afraid to go out at night, or to even help a stranger.
Sorry this is a waste.
This can be done without all the pomp and circumstance.
He is not getting out and you can’t get blood from a turnip.
All his victims have been dead and gone a long time. This will only serve a self righteous ego.
He’s done.
Now….if they are trying to get him executed…never mind.
He’ll just sit on death row for about 15 years.
Gary Ridgeway couldn't spell the word CAT even if you spotted him the C and the T
Why is he still alive?
They’ve either have another DNA match to a Jane Doe, or they’ve discovered the remains of a missing person who disappeared during his reign of terror and have linked him to the death
If they can prove a new case then he should definitely get the DP
Clickbait. It sounded as if Ridgway had been out of custody. Shame on you.
Honestly,the “news” reporters and producers who thought this was a story should go back to selling fruit
His co-workers referred to him as Green River Gary, for years before he was arrested. Cops couldn't put together, that there was a murder every time Gary missed a day at work.
Maybe they wanted to get him in a spot that would be much easier to escape from. You never know, and I don't put anything past anybody.
Clickbait title…😂
This man should never see the light of day again.
What a waste of money. He’s already serving life in prison…
Its to find info for the families. Closure.
@@stoneneils it’s a waste of millions of taxpayers dollars. He’s already in prison until he dies, there’s no reason to bring charges. What “closure” is the family going to get lol
@@kingrama2727 The family of a new victim is going to find out what happened and where their body is. Grow up.
@@stoneneils what do you mean find out what happened. We already know and after 40+ years its doubtful he remembers where the body is or if there is anything left. Again this is a waste of taxpayer resources. This would be like charging Ted buddy with another murder when he was executed 35 years ago…
@@1-0-v6d louder to what. It’s not like the family doesn’t know what happened. It’s not like the dude hasn’t been in prison for the last 20 years and is never getting out. Dragging him to court and going through these proceedings is a waste of tax payer money. I swear some of you have zero common sense
Something about the headline just seems off….
Gary murdered my childhood friend Andrea Childers. It always incites me when I hear his name or see his face.
Disgusting that he is still alive
How? Isnt he already locked up for dozens of lifetimes?
Yes, something like 49, and I don't think they run concurrently, so he'd be out of prison in something like 7 or 8 centuries.
He told them he's transgender, so he's getting moved to the women's prison.
For God's sake just shut up man
LOL!
He will never get out What a waste on money
Shout out to Jackson Beard (RIP) and Dave Reichert (vote for him), both formerly of King County Sheriffs Dept., for leading the investigation that caught this psycho.
Thanks Nathan! Wow, you are working so diligently on this case. I commend you for your commitment to gather all the information and present your ideas on the possible connections. Keep up the great work!!! 🤗💯👍🙏
He is prolly going to take them to more body sites
Worst plea deal EVER!!!
Poor journalism! He wasn't "re-arrested". Going for the sensationlism again, huh?
@@dehsa38 he is being charged with a murder that he did not account for in the past. Technically he is being arrested not re-arrested. He murdered more women thn than 49 women he has been in prison for. Everyone knows that.
I wouldn't be surprised if he escapes and materializes in Springfield or innocently creeping around at Mar a Lago and is quietly arrested .
“Fox reader has near heart attack over bogus captioning.”
Spinner he looks the same as the day he got caught. RIP to the victims ❤
I imagine more victims have been discovered.
All these comments are just bizarre. Quit speculating use logic and quit making up conspiracy theories. Wow
Good, there are victims & families out there that still need information & some closure.
He is no good to anyone dead. ( except tax payers )
They can't handle this while keeping him incarcerated in prison?
Are they going to charge him with more?
They found video of him jaywalking in downtown Seattle 15 years ago, and just had to collect the fine.
they said years ago that if they found another one of his victims that he would receive the death penalty
Won't happen now, that was when WA still had the death penalty. And that was probably true at the time, the deal just covered whatever crimes were covered by the deal, not any that came to light later on or were committed later on.
My friend and i walked from the scary remote outdoor closed greyhound bus station the bus dropped us off at to a full of homeless people safe indoor trailways bus station just before midnight. My friend saw a man standing in the dark in a vest. He asked him to help us go to the open trailways bus station to wait to be picked up by our friend. He talked with my friend who has asperger syndrome and even showed my friend his walther ppk pistol. He told my friend the way he hated women and my friend even held his gun while they walked about how he was in the navy. When we made it to the indoor well lit trailways bus station we saw out the window he met a girl and bear hugged her and carried her to his camper pickup parked just in front of the bus station a ways. He hugged her all the way to the passenger side. I noticed her legs and hands twitching very strangely as he tucked her into the seat. Then he turned on his lights and drove away. I never knew there was a serial killer but he used his real name and i thought he might have been that girls uncle or something. I believe he killed that girl now and saw him on the news when he turned himself in.
Great we are arresting people who are already in prison. While we let the ones who should be in there with him go.
misleading clickbait title. he's already in jail, been in. downvote.
Yes but for new crimes that they are going to charge him with they get booked into the county jail with venue. They can’t arraigned him on new charges in Walla Walla
@@URKlewless Say "transfered" not "booked", like he was on the streets. If you don't understand then i guess you don't understand.
@@URKlewless New crime new charge this is not rocket science
This just in: Um...no details. Thanks for watching.
What a waste of time and money. Focus on the criminals who have not been prosecuted yet.
Looks like the usual suspect!
Define per capita.
@jeepguy4499 here you are again calling white trash ppl the usual suspects. Statistically speaking violent crime in the US are committed more often by heavily melanated ppl , and the worst serial killer in American history was a black dude , Look him up. and stop the BS
@jeepguy4499 fun fact - the worst serial killer in American history was a guy named Samuel little. Look him up.
Daaaamn. He's still kicking
Are you kidding me this is why we are in so much debt I mean please explain why you are spending all this taxpayer money on someone who is in PRISON already for 48 murders?
Cant think of a better way to spend taxes.
Waste of money. He’s already in prison for life
Aurora Ave residents putting free gary signs in their yard
They probably found something that violated his plea deal.
Ugh CLICKBAIT NO NEWS
Even though it is only to another cell I hate that he gets a free trip across the state - he should be shackled to a wall for the rest of his life ! - I am sure he was riding in comfort, getting fed,having any medical needs taken care of - our justice system doesn't give any justice to victims or their families
He more than likely is just saying he did all those murders, since he figures he is never getting out anyway.
He can say he did it all he liked, but if there isn't any evidence, they probably won't accept it. He's not getting out of prison and there is no death penalty in WA, so as long as none of those unknown murders are in some place like Idaho that does have capital punishment, there really isn't anything other than attention for him to claim ones he didn't do. That being said, he's done so many that he may well not know how many he isn't yet convicted of murdering.
This man is the symbol of ALL Americans.
He got transferred to county so he could go to court and save the prison from having to drive him there and back thats all.
how was he not dealt with in prison like Dahmer
I bet he's real worried about that. Might get a year or two added on to the life without the possibility of parole sentence.
Damn Nia Wong dominated that segment. Like a robot
Looks like some more remains were found.
Don get too down on yourselves. At least you're not GARY RIDGEWAY.
Prayers for the victims families
One of the effects of DEI that really is starting to bother me is news presenters that deliver a story in a tone that is completely unsuited to the nature of what she's telling the audience about. The phraseology was weird enough and kind of trivialising but I don't think she wrote it but the female presenter in the studio described the kind of things Gary Ridgeway did to 48 individuals and their families like she was describing a traffic jam or something, or even an "exciting" movie premiere and then the male presenter can't just change the tone immediately without it sounding weird and highlighting her weird tone by contrast so has to continue in the same upbeat tone. It's really jarring.
He hasn’t been executed? Why are they wasting taxpayer money on court cases when this guy is never getting out? Do the investigation of the cases and just say it was him if the evidence points that way. A drawn out trial would just waste everyone’s time. The families of the victims will know it was him. It’s not like they’ll get some money or anything. They’ll just get nothing and more pain in their hearts. 😢
Pointless to even post it until you actually know something 😂😶🌫️
He lived right across the street from where i grew up in the late 90's
The title made me furious. Ibthought they had let him out at some point. Wouldn't surprise me, DOJ is backwards these days.
If he gets booked on a murder he didn't tell them about it. It will void his plea deal, and he will be available for the death penalty
Nope. WA got rid of the DP
He said he doesn't remember how many victims he murdered.
@ghostladydarkling3250 is there one in Oregon probably not the feds would have to pick it up bc the d.p. is law in all 50 states In federal cases
"Alex, I will take weak castrated prosecutors for $1."