https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0 en-us 2023-02-01 20:23:03 UTC 2025-10-07 10:33:51 UTC hello@padlet.com lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540309393 Wendy Cofield went missing after leaving her foster home, on July 8, 1982. Her body was found a week later on July 15, 1982 in the Green River.  Ridgway admitted to killing Cofield in his plea agreement with King County, Norm Maleng. Cofields body was the first of Ridways victims found. 
https://cases.laws.com/gary-ridgway]]> 2023-03-31 20:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540309393 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540327320 Judith Ridgway had no idea about her husbands past with young women. Detectives showed up to Judith Ridgways house and "said they had some important questions to ask her...The detectives asked Judith if she knew that her husband had been arrested back in May of 1982 for offering to pay for a[expletive]act with an undercover police officer." Gary Ridgway had told his wife he had been arrested before but never told her the full story. He did though tell her that the day Gary Ridgway was arrested, he was also released, so Judith assumed it was some sort of mix up. (13, 14, 15)]]> 2023-03-31 21:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540327320 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540404619 Pennie Morehead]]> 2023-04-01 01:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540404619 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540423033 In 1960, before meeting Gary, Judith,"the young, blonde, teenager with a body that was beginning to blossom into the full flower of womanhood, posed in front of a much nicer trailer home, probably the fanciest in the park, while the man took pictures of her. She wore a bathing suit for him and posed for the camera."  Her mother told her to never go their again and admitted her to the Ryther Facility, which was "a warm, safe home in Seattle where prostitutes, orphans, runaways, pregnant girls, and the like could live and be free from the dangers on the city streets" Judith shared a room with 5 other girls and attended high school classes their while working as a cook. Although Judith bonded with some of the women there, she missed her family and ran away from the facility on several occasions. Even though she was always brought back, she never stopped plotting her next escape to go home. She finally went home on November 15, 1960 after attending classes their for 12 months (29, 30, 31)]]> 2023-04-01 02:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540423033 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540436719 After November 15, 1960, Judith lived at home for a while before her mom got pregnant again and sent her to a Western State hospital which was previously called an "insane asylum", since their new house was getting tight to live in. "Most mental patients were deemed a danger to society and were locked up, having little chance of ever leaving the facility... How is it that young Judith became a patient in such a facility...Voluntarily committed at seventeen years of age, and was coaxed into signing a voluntary commitment form"(31, 32)]]> 2023-04-01 02:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540436719 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540446087 In 1964, Judith met her first husband as she was out with her friend,"Judith did not know she was about to meet the man who would become her first husband...first of two husbands who would carefully use her to frame their lives so as to would appear normal to society as they secretly led darker lives."(39)]]> 2023-04-01 03:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540446087 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540453913 Judith told her mom she wanted her little sister to be named Charlene and then said "i want to have my own baby...Exactly nine months later, December 16, 1965, Judith gave birth to her first baby...Judith named her Marie."(46)]]> 2023-04-01 03:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540453913 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540461815 Judith gave birth to her second daughter Rachel in 1968. Sometime in 1968, Lee walked into the room Judith was in looking troubled,"Judith, I have something I need to tell you...You know how I told you i was going to union meetings...well that's not how i was really spending my time. You see, Judith, My lady,  I am what they call bisexual. I have been going on dates with men" Judith did not know what being bisexual was and thought it was "some contagious bug that created the bisexual symptoms just as a viral infection might induce coughing and fever". Once Lee explained to her what it meant, he told her they would stay married while he went on dates with other men and to never speak of this to anyone and keep that between the two of them.  (50, 51)]]> 2023-04-01 03:52:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540461815 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540466447 One day as Judith was running late to pick up Marie from school, she saw that Marie had been hit by a car and was unconscious and bleeding. "Judith could not tell if her daughter was alive or dead. She could see that her five-year olds head was dented on one side...Marie underwent emergency surgery  to remove chunks of skull bones that were pressing into her brain" Marie survived, with extensive medical care but suffered disabilities as a result of her brain injury. Lee quickly began to favor her other daughter Rachel, barely paying attention to Marie at all. (55)]]> 2023-04-01 04:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540466447 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540470105 After 10 years of marriage, Judith had enough. "She decided she needed to leave him...he actually preferred men for company."  Lee told her she was out of her mind and that she didn't have enough money to keep up with herself. He threatened for her to never see their daughters again if she left. She knew he was right, so she stayed. (56)]]> 2023-04-01 04:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540470105 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540473186 In 1984 Judith had been saving up money and had learned to drive after having no seizures for 10 years. Lee peacefully let her go in the end, he even helped her move out and gave her 5,000 for her share. It was all going well until she had to call Lee for help a few months in. "Her roommate came home drunk one night and grabbed judith, began kissing her on the lips, murmuring that she wanted to love Judith." Lee went to help Judith move out of their and into a house where she rented only one room. (57)]]> 2023-04-01 04:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540473186 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540490726 Judith was out with her friend when,"two men at a nearby table initiated eye contact. Soon they walked over and began talking to them" They danced and agreed to go to breakfast. Gary then asked her for her number and let her know he would call her sometime.(59, 60, 61, 62)]]> 2023-04-01 05:51:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540490726 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540493523 Judith didn't know about the green river killer that people had been talking about until after meeting Gary. She got informed that the first 5 women the serial killer killed were dumped into the Green River. Bodies of young women had been appearing in the river for 4 years now.]]> 2023-04-01 06:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540493523 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540494816 Judith had not been informed that Gary was questioned by the Green River Killer Task Force detectives, only 2 days after meeting him. Gary had admitted to choking a young women that was on a date with him after she allegedly bit him. (63)]]> 2023-04-01 06:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540494816 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540496565 Judith asked Gary how he had acquired a scar on his arm, he told her he was working on a car and it caught on fire. He had actually gotten the scar from one of his victims fighting back before he killed her and dumped her body in the Mt. View cemetery in Auburn.  He would normally wear long sleeves to not reveal the scars. ]]> 2023-04-01 06:16:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540496565 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540498624 In May 1985, Gary had asked Judith to move in with him. Judith agreed, since her roommate was going to be moving out and she wouldn't be able to cover rent all by herself. ]]> 2023-04-01 06:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540498624 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540499378 Judith had told Gary he wasn't going to get rid of her. They agreed to get married and Judith later described her wedding day as the most wonderful day if her life.. ]]> 2023-04-01 06:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540499378 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540500327 A month before Gary and Judiths marriage, they had offered a 100,000 dollar reward for any information about the green river killer. One man from Gonzaga University was wrongly arrested but quickly released and not charged.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3100159&page=1]]> 2023-04-01 06:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540500327 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540501116 2nd year of their marriage, The couple had bought a house in Des Moines. The first news paper tossed into their yard was reporting another body of a young women that had been found in the Sea-Tac airport area(89) https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/green-river-killer-ridgway-heading-back-to-washington/]]> 2023-04-01 06:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540501116 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540502785 Gary had been arrested and the detectives were doing searches in all the cars Gary had ever owned. Gary called from the King County jail to reassure Judith that he was innocent, which she believed.  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gary-Ridgway]]> 2023-04-01 06:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540502785 lucatbri000_1_1 https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540504691 Gary had pleaded guilty of murdering 48 women. He was charged with 1st degree murder for 3 of the early Green River Killer victims. Norm Maleng had announced he intended for Gary to have a death penalty if he was found guilty. Gary admitted to his attorneys that he in fact was the Green River Killer and admitted to 48 deaths of female victims from the age ranges from 14-38. He also stated that there could be more but there were "too many to count."https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/green-river-killer-ridgway-heading-back-to-washington/https://www.the-sun.com/news/6586224/green-river-killer-gary-ridgeway-victims/]]> 2023-04-01 06:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lucatbri000_1_1/dlmb5tm7ihr6npj0/wish/2540504691