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It's mentioned in this article that he had a terrible mother. He actually had two terrible parents. His father was controlling and very violent. Some neighbors witnessed the beatings are were horrified, even though corporal punishment was common back then. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FCC8:AD08:EC00:346F:8017:60CD:DA07 (talk) 05:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Okay where it says, "The DNA samples collected in 1987 were later subjected to a DNA analysis," I feel that is incorrect. In 1987 they would not have collected "DNA samples" since we didn't have that technology then. Simply, "The samples collected in 1987 were later subjected to a DNA analysis," would suffice. That said, I'm changing it. If I'm wrong, fine. Just please provide a source that states the samples taken were for DNA as the sentence implies. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 22:14, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
86.18.80.97 (talk) 16:51, 10 December 2011 (UTC) Should this article mention the fact that he is an inspiration for buffalo bill in silence of the lambs?[reply]
It's a bit odd that the article for Americans most prolific serial killer doesn't have a single image. 202.171.168.178 (talk) 12:28, 18 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I think we should add he is the most prolific American serial killer to the lead. or something interesting like that. Cuz 49 is a lot of people. And I thought they said serial killers do not hunt outside of their ethnic group?--Inayity (talk) 14:46, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
There are many police departments that correctly preserved DNA prior to 1995. It's actually how they're currently able to solve cold cases.
Ted Bundy and Rodney Alcala are both believed to have murdered over 100 females. Bundy and Alcala were also more intelligent than Ridgway. If they had the DNA testing back when Ridgway was killing that we have today, he would have been caught early on. 108.31.41.5 (talk) 09:54, 27 April 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.31.41.5 (talk) 09:31, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
The article says:
yet this person is not named in the list of spouses. (Or she may be under a different name, but this is undocumented.) Co149 (talk) 01:32, 13 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
An anonymous poster indicated two years ago that Ridgeway was ruled out as the murderer of Rose Marie Kurran, A.K.A. "Curran." I'm unable to find any such reference, despite an extensive search for a source. Activist (talk) 11:27, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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The article stated: "Roughly around 2005, Ridgway made more pleas with the Federal government and was transferred to Airway Heights where he was put in a minimum-medium security tank." I have removed this entry for a number of reasons:
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47.137.185.148: I have no particular problem with your last edit, but in response to your edit summary: If you again remove a link from this or another article as "dead" without even attempting to find an archived copy of the URL at archive.org, I will indeed revert it (without discussion on the Talk page). Also, it sounds as if you may be relying on original research rather than published sources for at least some of your edits, and are strongly cautioned about doing so. General Ization Talk 03:21, 17 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Inhttps://www.youtube.com/embed/AwOJ4_-1Uq0?start=255 he mentions, "I killed a lot of birds...one cat...shot BBs at dogs"
I believe that all of the citations within this article stand to strong evidence and reason. But i do think that the opening paragraph is one that needs to showcase a lot more proven information with citations. i just think that the information given within the first few paragraphs need to be backed up and made sure that they are valid. Haileylfox (talk) 02:06, 17 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The page states he had "sexual intercourse with" the bodies of his victims, and that he "had a love/hate relationship" with prostitutes. The former statement indicates a shared participatory act rather than corpse violation or assault. The latter is offensive imagination and nonsense. Calling any feelings he had for a group he murdered in large quantity "love" perpetuates glib misconception at best -- and lethal misogyny at worst.
Not everyone can edit this page, but anyone can read it. I can't imagine how many people would access it in the time it would take to raise this concern via the 'talk' or message boards, but it's easy to imagine the results of spreading this way of thinking. Please revise your standards to make it clear dead women don't have sex with their murderers and wanting to pay prostitutes AND murder them isn't loving and hating them.
Marie Casey Stevens (talk) 13:01, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
indicates a shared participatory act. It just describes an act--anything beyond that you are reading into it. As for the "love-hate relationship" phrasing, it conveys Ridgway's simultaneous attraction and repulsion to prostitutes. Again, I'd suggest that your read here is overly sensitive, but if you think there is better language (that retains the current succinctness), it can be changed. Despite your assertion that
Not everyone can edit this page, Wikipedia is, in fact, the encyclopedia anyone can edit; calling upon others to make edits you could just make yourself won't result in much. Grandpallama (talk) 15:40, 21 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Due to an early transcription error by a member of the investigative team, Kasee's name is found with two spellings: Kase and Kasee. I'm Kasee's brother and this error is a painful reminder of the runaround my mother got as she pursued justice for her daughter over many (many) years, prior to Gary's confession. As perhaps the most definitive reporting on the subject, this Wikipedia article will likely be the go-to source for details on the case for years to come. It is, therefore, important to Kasee's family that the article spell her name correctly.
Of course, an impassioned plea from surviving relatives is not a bonafide source… so I'm coming to you all ask how I might verify (to the extent possible) the correct spelling and (perhaps) protect the spelling from being changed going forward.
For whatever it's worth, my quick and documented argument in favor of Kasee's name goes something like this: that while the Seattle Times article [1] repeatedly writes Kasee's name as "Kase", they also establish that Marilyn Harrison was her mother and Tony Lee was her husband. In the King's Co marriage records, Kasee's marriage to Anthony (Tony) Craig Lee is recorded and her name is written as "Kasee Woods" [2] and [3]. And in Marilyn Harrison's obituary, Kasee is referenced as having preceded Marilyn in death… and her name is, once again, written as "Kasee" [4].
Please advise as to how best document the correct spelling of my sister's name. — Silus Grok (talk) 23:26, 11 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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The article introduction states that Ridgway was "initially convicted of 48 murders". A conviction is a verdict, and Ridgway pled guilty before trial, so for the benefit of lay persons, wouldn't it be more accurate to say that he "initially pled guilty?" Matuko (talk) 09:12, 24 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Source for "In 2003, Philadelphia power electronics duo Deathpile released G.R., a concept album about Ridgway and his murders." in section 7.5 (Popular Culture -> In Music)
https://web.archive.org/web/20131225192807/http://destroyedhuman.blogspot.ie/2013/05/whos-laughing-now-decade-of-deathpiles.html Eramne (talk) 21:15, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Though Detectives Keppel and Reichert visited with Bundy in prison, per Bundy's request, they were NOT given any information of value which they did not already know. Bundy referred to the killer as The Riverman. All of the information given to Reichert and Keppel was already known to them; however, they did leave the file with Bundy. The file was removed from Bundy's possession the following day as he was found pleasuring himself to the contents. Finally, the underlying reason for the detectives agreeing to Bundy's request for a meeting was to gain insight into Bundy's mind and possibly get more information about his victims. It is often claimed that Bundy "helped" with the case, but this is categorically untrue, and source of consternation to law enforcement involved in the case. (Source: Sherriff Dave Reichert, RET,and Dr. Bill Haglund, Chief Death Investigator, King County Medical Examiner's Office during this time).
The identifying DNA was collected from the first victim in 1982, and a piece of gauze chewed by Ridgway in 1987 was collected and stored for hopeful advances in forensic technology. (Dr. Haglund, as well as reported in the NY Times). 63.239.193.130 (talk) 01:45, 4 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Michelle Ellis, who is a Black female, went missing on August 2, 1978. On December 11, 1980, two years and four months after her disappearance, Ellis's parents got a phone call from someone who said "This is Michelle." The caller then hung up and never called back. It hasn't been verified that the caller was in fact Ellis. She has never been heard from again; her case remains unsolved. Strangely, the Unidentified Black Female, who is one of Ridgway’s suspected victims, disappeared at the same day as Michelle Ellis called. "Michelle" was the possible name of a woman who was last seen in 1980. She may be a victim of the Green River killings. Although Michelle Ellis was from Indianapolis, Indiana, and the Unidentified Black Female disappeared from Seattle, Washington, and had possible ties to New York, it is very possible that Michelle Ellis could have travelled from different states like Washington (where the unidentified Black female and Gary Ridgway were from) (I’m aware that Ridgway was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but most of his killings took place in Washington). I will give the links to the websites I paraphrased from (I put this paragraph mostly in my own words, I wasn’t copyrighting) to show the comparison and similarities between Michelle Ellis and the unidentified Black female, there are some vague/slightly noticeable similarities. If there is a person who is interested in true crime or would like to help see if these two cases are related, that would be helpful. Maybe someone will solve these two cold cases References and the Photos are in these links: https://charleyproject.org/case/michelle-ellis https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Michelle Gatorbearratica (talk) 23:07, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can someone please edit this to whatever it's supposed to be? 2607:FEA8:A940:2470:C1F:46D6:400E:629E (talk) 01:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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This is a very minor edit. There is a typo about Tammy Liles' identification year. While the wiki says 1998, the cited source states it was actually 1988. The correct line this should be changed to is "Liles remained unidentified until 1988 and Girdner until October 2009." SimsGuy67 (talk) 03:19, 22 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Popular Culture>Movies>His lack of intelligence is mentioned in the 2023 film “Killers”. 2603:6081:55F0:630:2528:448:40D6:DB6 (talk) 00:00, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
so i noticed no one bothered to add the identity of jane doe b-17 which is lori anne razpotnik who was identified by parabon nanolabs today https://unidentified-awareness.fandom.com/wiki/Lori_Anne_Razpotnik 72.2.243.103 (talk) 00:03, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]