Why was the Green River Killer transferred to a King County jail?
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- Loved ones of victims killed by Gary Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, expressed dismay and concern at the news that he was suddenly transferred from the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla to the King County jail in Seattle on Monday.
Ridgway, 75, is currently serving 49 consecutive life sentences for murder. King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office spokesperson Casey McNerthney said Ridgway was booked into the King County jail at 10:42 a.m. Monday on an “institutional hold” by the King County Sheriff’s Office.
While confirmed to be housed at the King County jail, the King County Sheriff's Office would not specify why Ridgway was transported across Washington state, marking his first time in Seattle in 21 years.
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Michelle Esteban
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How is this monster still living?
We elect stupid governors and stupid judges.
Bc Insleez repealed the DP in the m mid '90s
@GS-zc4sk because it was wasted court costs going through the motions of denying any DP sentencing charges after Maleng gave Ridgeway the plea deal. DP had a moratorium, but legally the court sentencing for each DP case had to go through the motions each time to get the DP overturned based on the moratorium.
So this was the one time Inslee actually saved us money (this is all documented since 2003).
There is no more DP in WA because Dave Reichert effed up this investigation so badly that Maleng had to work a plea deal and after that no other criminal could meet standards for DP since Ridgeway didn't.
Also, LOL Inslee didn't do anything to the DP in the 90s. We had the DP up to mid 2000s until the moratorium started.
Reichert met with family members of the victims to let them know they could either seek DP or they could take it off of the table in exchange for more victims being found and laid to rest. The families ultimately decided that those whose loved ones had not yet been discovered deserved to have them brought home.
@Kn1ghtsWhoSayNi false. Maleng was the prosecutor who talked to the families and made that deal. Cops cant make binding deals with accused.
We live in a toon world where this guy is still alive on our tax dollars, prancing him around memory lane across the meadowy paths where he buried his victims while offenders in other countries die 30 days after their death sentence hearing. We are not on the sacred timeline
Well, they offered him life without parole so that he’d tell them (the authorities) where some of the bodies that they hadn’t yet found were. It was worth it to the many of the victims’ families to let the SOB live if they could recover their loved ones for a proper funeral.
Secondly, you may remember that some years back Gov. Ryan of Illinois declared a moratorium on the carrying out of executions of death row inmates because 13 (!) of them had been positively exonerated by DNA evidence and had to be released. The governor was a Republican by the way.
The fact that this happened should make any intelligent person wonder about the number of factually innocent people who have been wrongly put to death.
Life without parole keeps us safe AND stops the government from killing people who just might be innocent.
Keep voting liberal
He's sitting in King county jail in 2024 thinking "this economy is trash, the food was better 23 years ago"
He is into Led Zeppelin reruns and ranch dressing like other WA residents.
@@markpreston6930 Ummmmm....What?🤨
@@markpreston6930Led Zeppelin is a rock band: not a tv show. So it would be replays, not reruns
There's been some remains found in August so it could be another charge
I was wondering about this as well.
@@maryjanesnow probably med. treatment up the hill, Swedish. Prostate cancer, 76 years old.
Who cares??
Seriously? How about a victims family
I'll bet part of his transfer is that he gets to go out on searches with the police to point out more remains. Just a few hours outside is heaven to these guys locked up in solitary.
That was all done when he was first arrested.
@@InTheDeepBlueSeaIt took twenty years to find him. In that time he committed many crimes. It would be strange if he did not hold back info on other crimes.
He's out to campaign for Turd Ferguson against Dave Reichert who put him away.
And Insleez kept this dude alive.
My thoughts exactly. Just to rattle Reichert. Why else?
Inslee has the hots for him.
Reichert didn't put Ridgeway away. Reichert FAILED to test the paint on the scarf of GR's 1st victim, thus allowing Ridgeway to murder many more.
Reichert should share a cell with RIdgeway.
You leave my name out of this.
The question remains. Why is he still alive?
How is that plea deal still in effect? The state gave him life in exchange for a full confession so he could avoid the death penalty; any additional bodies found or evidence he didn't give would have annulled the agreement and he would have the death penalty again. But the death penalty is now banned in Washington, so what does the state have to enforce the deal now?
Simple, he just has to say he forgot. Can't prove he didn't.
What death penalty? you forget you are in CA North?
WA residents can pat themselves on the back for allowing Insleez into office. He repealed the DP in the '90s
The appellate process in America is extensive, especially when death penalty is involved. It actually costs much more to house inmates sentenced to death than it does to house them for life.
Maybe they'll give him more time
He raped and murdered my friends sister. She was 17 or 18 yrs old. Opal Mills. It's dna from her that's got him in the conviction. Her brother Garrett misses her so much Can't really blame her she had such a bad. ITS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU KNOW WHO ONE WAS MURDERED. changes your whole view🤪😆😮
I remember her face and name from that list
She had a good brother. I hope she's at rest
My friend was murdered he was shot to death in front of the car
Kinda sus at the end of ur text
Hope this is going to DeniseBranch.. yes, it is very different when someone you know or family are the victims. I don’t understand why people are so ignorant saying “why does it mater if he gives information about his victim now” it’s call letting the families put there loved one’s to rest, having someone to blame. I understand this bc I’m am a victim (survivor) of a serial killer. I’m the one that caught him. I have to live with knowing all his victims before me. I feel like if I had meet this killer earlier I might have saved the two girls killed before me. Anyway I hope people stop and think about other peoples feeling, this is NOT a Joke
It just doesn't help to speculate and in the long run just muddies the waters. The facts will emerge. It's interesting to know that he is in King County.
Ridgeway is a decoy (the shiny object) to direct attention away from something or someone. The only one to authorize the move would come from the top, whatever the reasons big or small is all the excuse to make it seem legit. So, what is it that the politician(s) do not want the people to get wind of, even the media mouthpiece knows they're beating on the pots and pans, create some noise, and hope they draw attention away from whatever is brewing in the state's highest office. Arraignment, indictment, medical, and any other legal matters doesn't require Ridgeway to be brought back to King County.
Well they just found the remains of that 15 year old Lori Anne Razpotnik back in December 2023 , I wonder if this has something to do with this and if there is others! So many questions !
It’s so odd that he's being transfered during the race for Govenor of the State of Washington. Hmmmm 🤔
You think he's running? He's got my vote!
@@dorkusjones2752 Dave Reichart? I don’t know what he has to brag about when it took over thirty years to catch GR. Jeez. 😶🌫️
Not a coincidence...
I commented "who's up for reelection" when this was announced
@@RUclipsr5775-it took over 20 years. Ridgeway began killing in 1981/1982 and he was initially arrested in 2001
No death penalty, no real justice.
WA voted for Insleez, the tool that removed the DP
@@GS-zc4sk
The last execution was in 2010. It was considered "cruel and unusual punishment" by the State Supreme Court.
In April 2023, Governor Jay Inslee signed SB5087 which formally abolished capital punishment in Washington State and removed provisions for capital punishment from state law.
The plea deal to Gary Ridgeway was made by the prosecutor at the request of the victims families.
They wanted their loved ones remains back for closure. Ridgeway has been cooperating with detectives ever since. For months after being captured they would take him out to all his dump sites. He drew several maps as well.
He has been saying all along that there is still at least 25 more unknown victims.
These are women who were never reported as missing.
My friend and I unknowingly met him while traveling from AustinTX to Hardisty Alberta. He even showed my friend his walther ppk pistol and said he was in naval intelligence. He told us his name. He walked us from the greyhound bus stop to the trailways bus stop in Seattle. He was wearing a vest over his pistol and hiding in the shadows at the closed bustop. The greyhound bus had dropped us off there in the middle of the night and it was closed. We were going to visit a friend in Tacoma but got back on fast and went to Seattle because the other bus stop was closed too and two guys were getting ready to rob us. We asked him for directions to a pay phone to call our friend. At the open trailways bus stop he helped us get to it was crowded with crazy homeless and a young pretty girl on the sidewalk in front. I watched him through the window of the bus station as he bear hugged her and lifted her off the ground and spin around and hug her all the way to his camper truck parked right next to the window. He seemed to be like an uncle of hers I had figured someone she knew While he was putting her in the seat though she was twitching very strangely and she immediately fell over asleep.They drove off. We didnt know there was serial killer lurking in Seattle bus stops and was surprised to see him on the news years later after he turned himself in.
I hope you've given this info to the Police Investigators. It might come in helpful, especially for the Victim & her Family. Thanks😮😢😮
Gary is dying and found out Jesus is going to judge him soon, so he is revealing even more heinous crimes from before...
At least he's revealing right? Lots of serial killers don't reveal anything.
Unreal that this could have continued for so long.
What a twisted turd.
Ted Bundy would send police on wild goose chases also.
Perhaps if petitioned the courts for a so-called "gender reassessment" he could be transferred to a women's facility and score a "confirmed" 50?
3:42 😂
Thank you. Watching from Alaska.
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Usual suspects, ⚪️ men over 30 years old are almost 60 percent of the offender list. Wouldn't let them watch my kids on TV
Michelle thankyou for reporting!!
What if they need him take them to a specific area in order to find more of his victims before he dies?
Let's hope this is not a political stunt.
Thats scary bob Ferguson may let him off for being a good soldier
Thank Insleez for axeing the DP
Gary Ridgeway for Kamala
Either Bundy & Ridgeway were *WELL* acquainted, or there is some cultural link between WA & UT that produces these monsters, Three states actually spring to mind - WA, UT & FL. It's kind of odd, is all.
I think it’s a Cracker Jack thing
Look up Dave McGowan's Programmed to Kill book and podcasts, there is definitely a link between a lot of these guys.
Bundy killed in all 3 states! FL finally put an end to him.
It's not a geographic thing. They're from all over. Just for some reason the ones from those states got the most media attention. Gacy was a Chicago guy, Ramirez was all over the place, D'Angelo was a Cali guy. Don't even want to contemplate how many of them were over the road trucker types who just wreaked havoc all over the place.
Ask Gary why he's here
Who is running for Washington State Governor... Could that be it 😮...
OK Cork Soaker did you go to school to be ignorant or just born that way
It’s Seattle/ King Co, they are probably going to release him like they do all the criminals
Give it a break.
After they arrest the victims families.
@@erpthompsonqueen9130NO!
Exactly
Silence of the Lambs. It could be a sign they have a new serial killer on their hands.
The reason he didn't get the death penalty was because he made a deal with prosecutors that he'd show them where bodies were. He said he couldn't remember all of them.
One of my friends saw him. I have a friend who works at the king county jail.
Here's a question for the JUSTICE SYSTEM,
WHY WAS HE ALIVE?
It's amazing that he was never charged for any of his murders that happened in Oregon. Especially since they collected remains from Oregon.
Ferguson probably wanted to meet him. Plus Gary desperately wanted a field trip. Aa concrete wall 24/7 gets boring.
He was a horrible Uber driver.
@@jongallant6054
If there was less than one star ratings, this guy's the reason.
@@GS-zc4skunfortunately Uber wasn’t founded until 2008…and Ridgeway was initially arrested in 2001 and sentenced in 2003
Wow, he looks like a worn out junkie, looks really sick spaced out. No new charges here they brought him here for his last days, or a few weeks.
Interesting that Reichert declined to comment
...also, kinda messed up that the victims & families are learning about this by a journalist runnin around stirrin up shit... Am I wrong???
Maybe there hopi,g someone will takecare of him closer to home. Amen😊 karmas coming.
Oh sorry about that Gary I don't know how those other cell doors got open and the men were able to get to you must have been an electronic glitch in the malfunctioning of the cell doors
The only logical thing is he’s gonna be used to find bodies.
If so he’s probably negotiating for better conditions in his imprisonment.
It’s sick people need to move on.
Is that State have the DP ? Because if this guy doesn't deserve it for killing, over 75 lives then idk who does . Poor Aileen Wournos was put to death and she was severely mentally ill and the murder that started it all was self defense...our Justice system is broken 💔
I heard he complaining about all the homeless people now in the area!
Why is he in protective custody??? 🥃
Because criminals don't like women killers.
That's the way our laws work. Money, Money, Money. It's all about the money
He isn't facing any new anything!! He is sitting there thinking how to get more privleges in jail. He is more than likely giving up more locations of bodies.
If there’s other victims they’ll just add more time to his life sentence
Oh isn't that so nice and wonderful that Gary Ridgway is still being limo around and probably well taken care of and we all get to relive the horrors of what he did while he gets to be fed and clothed and well taken care of by all of his victims families😮 I wonder if maybe he'd have killed 100 if they would have given him the death? But if they had put him to death we wouldn't have anything for all these news people to talk about and get all excited about penalty
is the death penalty still available? if they found new victims he did not confess to and they can him up in new ones....
Wow 😮at least they got him 😳
Why is this guy still breathing?
Where was he before being brought to King Co?
Walla Walla, WA
I know a Mark Johnson..... hes an attorney in Seattle. Also, Walla Walla State prison is in eastern WA. And that is a big part of why people are disturbed that he's back across the mountains in the county.
@@MarkJohnson-zy4fd
I think it's safe to assume they're not just bringing him over here to drop him off at the mall.
He looks good for his age
No sun
He can show every person he killed, where they are buried but will he? Or will he walk free
He showed them all the bodies he claimed to be able to. He'll never see daylight again.
Don't let the Commies in the Washington Government let him out. They've done weirder things.
He is serving 49 concurrent life sentences. No governor would pardon him.
Sideshows needs to try to one up his opponent for the upcoming election
Why is this guy still alive?
He got a plea deal of no death sentence in exchange for showing where the bodies were and a full confession of every crime he ever committed.
They are probably going to free him, they've been trying to for a long time.
Who's been trying to free him? No one!
Smoken more meth huh? What Fantasyland are you living in
Probably showing where more bodies are 💯 he wanted a field trip to Seattle
It's election season.
Gary looks real sick, I think he has liver or kidney disease and needs special attention like dialysis or something, I shouldn't really say it but looks like he is near the end of his life.
He can get that care in Walla Walla though
I bet Kamala wants to pardon him
I bet you can't read.
And take away people's right to defend themselves
Hes thinking of a Nice vacation for green river gary
Sick
Psalm 37:10,11
SACreep
Epstein
Maybe Bob Ferguson is looking for advice, on how to kill an election?...
John 8:44
Based on recent political decisions in WA, They'll probably release him
Revelation 12:12
Isaiah 35:5,6
He's getting a identity change
He loves the attention
Is he eligible for work release? He is a good truck painter and might be able to get his old job back at Kenworth or Peterbilt.
democrats call it “justice reform”
republicans cry about things they don't understand, then lie thru what's left of their teeth to make themselves feel better.
He's back.......and he's looking for a date.
No. He is running for Governor as a Republican. So be sure to vote.
Early release
Green river running red good book by Anne rule
Thought they have free gyms in Nick...obviously he hasn't used it
i used to walk sprague ave all the time its the same street he picked prostitutes up on. thank God i never saw him or ran into him when by myself or hanging with friends. i was born in spokane hung in riverfront park and walked around downtown alot when was homeless as a teenager at 19 in 99
Usual suspects, ⚪️ men over 30 years old are almost 60 percent of the offender list. Wouldn't let them watch my kids on TV
Your full of it take your unevidence/ non cited,, conspiracy theory and go back to Mars