Story Published:
Nov 5, 2003 at 8:06 AM PDT
Story Updated:
Jul 29, 2009 at 12:36 PM PDT
SEATTLE - Gary Ridgway pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated first-degree murder in the deaths of 48 women. They are, in order of their disappearance:
- Wendy Lee Coffield, 16 - July 8, 1982, in Tacoma. Body found in Green River July 15, 1982, near Kent.
- Gisele Ann Lovvorn, 17 - July 17, 1982, near Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport. Found Sept. 25, 1982, south of airport.
- Debra Lynn Bonner, 23 - July 25, 1982, south of Sea-Tac
Airport. Found Aug. 12, 1982, in the Green River near Kent.
- Marcia Faye Chapman, 31 - Aug. 1, 1982, south Seattle
suburbs, headed for Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green
River.
- Cynthia Jean Hinds, 17 - Aug. 11, 1982, near the Sea-Tac
strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, on bank of Green River near Kent.
- Opal Charmaine Mills, 16 - Aug. 12, 1982, at a public phone
booth off Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River, Kent
- Terry Rene Milligan, 16 - Aug. 29, 1982, on Pacific Highway
South. Found April 1, 1984, off Star Lake Road in south King
County.
- Mary Bridget Meehan, 18 - Sept. 15, 1982, on Pacific Highway
South. Found Nov. 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.
- Debra Lorraine Estes, 15 - Sept. 20, 1982. Found May 30,
1988, in Federal Way.
- Linda Jane Rule, 16 - Sept. 26, 1982, last seen leaving a
motel room on Aurora Avenue North, on her way to Kmart to shop for
clothes. Location where and date when remains were found not
immediately available.
- Denise Darcel Bush, 22 - Oct. 8, 1982, last seen around noon
on Pacific Highway South. Body appears first to have been left in
wooded area in Tukwila, south of Seattle. Some skeletal remains
found there Feb. 10, 1990. Her skull was found June 12, 1985, in
Tigard, Ore. Investigators believe killer moved part of her
remains.
- Shawnda Leea Summers, 17 - Oct. 9, 1982, downtown Seattle.
Found Aug. 11, 1983, north of Sea-Tac airport.
- Shirley Marie Sherrill, 18 - between Oct. 20 and Nov. 7,
1982, in Seattle's International District. Remains found June 14,
1985, in Tigard, Ore., along with those of No. 11, Denise Bush.
- Colleen Renee Brockman, 15 - about Dec. 24, 1982. Family
last saw her Dec. 23, 1982. Found May 26, 1984, near Sumner, Pierce
County.
- Alma Ann Smith, 18 - March 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway
South. Found April 2, 1984, in Star Lake area.
- Delores LaVerne Williams, 17 - March 8, 1983, at bus stop on
Pacific Highway South. Found March 31, 1984, near Star Lake.
- Gail Lynn Mathews, 24 - April 10, 1983, on Pacific Highway
South. Found Sept. 18, 1983, near Star Lake.
- Andrea M. Childers, 19 - April 16, 1983. Found Oct. 11,
1989, south of Sea-Tac airport.
- Sandra Kay Gabbert, 17 - April 17, 1983, on Pacific Highway
South. Found April 1, 1984, in Star Lake area.
- Kimi-Kai Pitsor, 16 - April 17, 1983, in Seattle. Skull
found Dec. 15, 1983, near Auburn cemetery. Other remains found
there January 1986.
- Marie M. Malvar, 18, April 30, 1983, at a store on Pacific
Highway South. Found Sept. 29, 2003, near Auburn.
- Carol Christensen, 21 - May 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway
South. Found May 8, 1983, in Maple Valley.
- Martina Theresa Authorlee, 18 - May 22, 1983, at hotel on
Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 14, 1984, near Enumclaw.
- Cheryl Lee Wims, 18 - May 23, 1983, in Seattle. Found March
22, 1984, just north of Sea-Tac airport.
- Yvonne Shelly Antosh, 19 - May 31, 1983, on Pacific Highway
South. Found Oct. 15, 1983, near Lake Sawyer.
- Carrie A. Rois, 15 - May 31 to June 13, 1983, in south
Seattle suburbs. Found March 10, 1985, in Star Lake area.
- Constance Elizabeth Naon, 21 - June 8, 1983, on Pacific
Highway South. Found Oct. 27, 1983, just south of Sea-Tac airport.
- Kelly Marie Ware, 22 - July 19, 1983, at a Seattle bus stop.
Remains found Oct. 29, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.
- Tina Marie Thompson, 22 - July 25, 1983, Sea-Tac strip
motel. Found April 20, 1984, near state Highway 18 and Interstate
90.
- April Dawn Buttram, 17 - Aug. 18, 1983, when police spoke to
her in south Seattle suburbs. Found Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2003, in a
wooded area near Snoqualmie, about 26 miles east of Seattle.
- Debbie May Abernathy, 26 - Sept. 5, 1983, when she left her
apartment to go to downtown Seattle. Found March 31, 1984, 12 miles
east of Enumclaw.
- Tracy Ann Winston, 19 - Sept. 12, 1983, in Seattle's
Northgate Mall. Found March 27, 1986, near the Green River in Kent.
- Maureen Sue Feeney, 19 - Sept. 28, 1983, at Seattle bus
stop. Found May 2, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.
- Mary Sue Bello, 25 - Oct. 11, 1983, on the Sea-Tac strip.
Found Oct. 12, 1984, east of Enumclaw.
- Pammy Avent - Oct. 26, 1983, 4600 block of 44th Avenue
South, Seattle. Found Aug. 16, 2003, off state Highway 410 near
Enumclaw.
- Delise Louise Plager, 22 - Oct. 30, 1983, at a bus stop in
south Seattle suburbs. Found Feb. 14, 1984, near Interstate 90 east
of North Bend.
- Kimberly L. Nelson, also known as Tina Tomson and Linda Lee
Barkey, 26 - Nov. 1, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South.
Found June 14, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.
- Lisa Yates, 26 - Dec. 23, 1983, in south Seattle. Found
March 13, 1984, off Interstate 90 east of North Bend.
- Mary Exzetta West, 16 - Feb. 6, 1984, in south Seattle.
Found Sept. 8, 1985, in Seattle's Seward Park.
- Cindy Anne Smith, 17 - March 21, 1984, hitchhiking on
Pacific Highway South. Found June 27, 1987, off Highway 18 near
Green River Community College.
- Patricia Michelle Barczak, 19 - October 1986 along Pacific
Highway South near Sea-Tac Airport. Skull found seven years later
by a survey crew working along Highway 18 in Auburn.
- Roberta Joseph Hayes, 21 - Last seen leaving a Portland,
Ore., jail in 1987. Remains found Sept. 12, 1991, along Highway 410
east of Enumclaw.
- Marta Reeves, 37 - Disappeared 1990. Remains found September
1990 along Highway 410 near Enumclaw.
- Patricia Yellow Robe, 38 - Disappeared 1998. Found Aug. 6,
1998, in a vacant lot on Des Moines Way South near Highway 99.
In addition, Ridgway will claim responsibility for four sets of unidentified remains.
Ridgway will not enter pleas to seven deaths previously
attributed to the Green River Killer, though he remains a suspect
in those deaths:
-Amina Agisheff, 36. Last seen July 7, 1982, leaving Seattle
apartment. Remains found April 18, 1984, near Highway 18 and
Interstate 90.
Kassee Ann Lee, 16. Last seen Aug. 28, 1982, at 11:30 a.m. at
her south King County home by her husband. Remains not found.
Rebecca T. Marrero, 20. Last seen Dec. 3, 1982, at Western Six
Motel on Pacific Highway South. Remains not found.
Tammie Charlene Liles, 16. Last seen June 9, 1983, downtown
Seattle. Remains found April 23, 1985, in Tualatin, Ore., south of
Portland.
Keli K. McGinness, 18 - Last seen June 28, 1983, on Pacific
Highway South. Remains not found.
Patricia Anne Osborn - Last seen Oct. 20, 1983, 11500 block of
Aurora Avenue North, Seattle. Remains not found.
One set of unidentified remains.