For more than two decades Detective David Reichert has devoted his time to the "Green River Killer" case. Over the years the Green River Killer has murdered at least 49 women, possibly close to 90. The killer received his name after the bodies of two victims found in the Green River in Seattle. Bodies were continuously found, each one more taunting to the cops. The killer consistently used prostitutes as his victims. The killings began in 1982, and by 1983 a man named Gary Ridgway was linked to the murders. Witnesses said Ridgway picked up Marie Malvar, 18, who later turned up missing. Earlier that same year he was arrested for soliciting a female police officer posing as a prostitute. Ridgway was interviewed and denied everything; police later released him. Bodies continued to surface, but every lead turned out to be a dead end. In February 1984 a prostitute came forward and told police Gary Ridgway had tried to strangle her two years before. The cops pursued Ridgway as a suspect, but there was not enough evidence to convict him. Years passed with no new leads until 2001 when Reichert, now sheriff, suggested using new DNA technology. Reichert's suspicions were confirmed; the DNA from previous cr
All of these stories are horrid and gruesome. Each one represents "justice" in its own way. Justice is Detective David Reichert, who searched for twenty years to bring a serial killer to trial. Justice is the one word that embodied the thoughts of Martha Moxley's mother. Justice is the hope that the community of Union, South Carolina clung to when everything else fell apart. With time and persistence the guilty were brought to justice.
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