Anecdotes

Convicted for the murder of 48 women

Victims of choice were homeless prostitutes, the type of people that seemingly no one knew or cared if they went missing.

Had a measured IQ of about 82, signifying below average intelligence.

When Ridgway was 16, he led a 6 year old boy into the woods and stabbed him non fatally in the chest. He then walked away laughing and saying that "He always wondered what it would be like to kill someone".

Has a son named Matthew (Born 1975).

He confessed to murdering 71 women although he believes he may have killed over 90.He claims that he "killed so many he lost count".

When he was entering his plea agreement, many of the victims families were invited. Many condemned Ridgway for the pain he had caused them while he stood stony faced and unshaken. When Robert Rule, whose daughter Linda Rule was a victim, told Ridgway that he didn't hate him and in fact forgave him for what he had done, Ridgway broke down crying and admitted remorse for the first time.

When police first started investigating the murders, they consulted serial killer Ted Bundy to form a profile.

He was first became a suspect in his murders in 1983.

His murders had the largest number of killings in USA.

Almost all of his confirmed victims were teenagers and young women.