Matthew Ridgway Biography
Matthew Ridgway is an American national best known as the son of Gary Ridgway, alias Green River Killer, an American serial killer. He was initially convicted of 48 separate murders. As part of his plea bargain, another conviction was added, bringing the total number of convictions to 49, making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history according to confirmed murders.
Matthew Ridgway Age
Matthew is 46 years as of 2021, he was born in September 1975, in the United States. He celebrates his birthday in the month of September.
Matthew Ridgway Height and Weight
Ridgway appears to be quite tall if his photos, relative to his surroundings, are anything to go by. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Matthew Ridgway Education
Details regarding his educational background including the schools he attended are not available. We will update this section once the details become available.
Matthew Ridgway Family
Matthew was born to parents Gary Ridgway and his second wife Marcia Lorene Brown. He is the only child of his parents. His father married his mum in 173 and divorced in 1981.
Mathew’s dad married his third wife Judith Lorraine Lynch in 1988 and this marriage did not work out as they ended up divorcing in 2002. His father’s first wife was laudia Kraig Barrows whom he wedded in 1970 and divorced in 1972.
Matthew Ridgway Father
Gary Leon Ridgway born 18 February 1949 is an American serial killer. He was first convicted of 48 separate murders, but another conviction was added, summing up the total number of convictions to 49; thus making him the second most prolific serial killer in United States history.
Ridgway killed numerous teenage girls and women in the state of Washington during the 1980s and 1990s. Most of his victims were alleged to be sex workers and other women in vulnerable circumstances, including underage runaways. He was given the name Green River Killer, by the press after the first five victims were found in the Green River.
He strangled his victims, usually by hand but sometimes using ligatures. After strangling them, he would throw their bodies into forested and overgrown areas in King County, often returning to the bodies to have sex with them.
He was arrested on November 30, 2001, as he was leaving the Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton. He was arrested for the murders of four women whose cases were linked to him through DNA profiling evidence. As part of a plea bargain wherein he agreed to disclose the locations of still-missing women, he was spared the death penalty and received a sentence of life imprisonment without parole.
During an interview, Matthew Ridgway shared that he remembers his father as a relaxed man who never yelled and who took him camping, taught him to play baseball, and always showed up for school concerts and soccer practices.
Matthew Ridgway Wife
Mathew has not gone public with his relationship, it is not publicly known whether he is married or in a relationship. His partner’s information will be updated as soon as the information is available.
Matthew Ridgway Net Worth
Matthew has an estimated net worth of $5 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. Through his various sources of income, Matthew has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Matthew Ridgway Career
Matthew’s career or line of the profession has not been revealed. We will update this section onc the information is available.
Matthew Ridgway and Green River Killings
Gary’s slayings began in 1982, when young runaways and prostitutes began disappearing from state Route 99 in South King County, Washington.
He brought many of them to his home and strangled them, then left them in remote sites. The first few bodies were discovered along the now-notorious Green River.
Dubbed the Green River Killer, Gary hid from the law until 2001, when King County sheriff Dave Reichert, the first officer assigned to the case in 1982, called a meeting to re-examine evidence using newly developed DNA-testing technology.
The analysis produced a match between evidence from the victims and Ridgway, and he was charged with four counts of aggravated murder in December 2001. Gary eventually pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated first-degree murder.
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