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title: Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer
description: "The shocking true story of Gary Ridgway, the unremarkable truck painter who became America's second most prolific serial killer, murdering at least 49 women over two decades while eluding capture through sheer ordinariness."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/gary-ridgway-green-river-killer.md
canonical: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/gary-ridgway-green-river-killer
datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/gary-ridgway-green-river-killer.md.summary.md
---

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The shocking true story of Gary Ridgway, the unremarkable truck painter who became America's second most prolific serial killer, murdering at least 49 women over two decades while eluding capture through sheer ordinariness.
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