age at first kill
years undiscovered
number of victims
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The process was one of the longest in US history. Through his later cooperation with the police, he was not sentenced to death. On November 5, 2003, Ridgway admitted in court that he had committed 48 murders. He is serving a life sentence with no prospect of pardon at Walla Walla prison in Washington.
Serial killer Gary Ridgway has been shown to kill 71 women over a 19-year period. Photo: Police Dept. King County, Washington