For the past 19 years the slayings of runaways and prostitutes in the Green River area of Washington State has been the largest unsolved serial murder case in the country. The first victim, Wendy Lee Coffield, 16, of Puyallup was found murdered and floating in the Green River in July of 1982. Within two months the bodies of four more women were found. By November 1983, policed figured that 11 women had been killed by the same man, a serial …showed first 75 words of 814 total…

…showed last 75 words of 814 total…to rest a long overdue nightmare of living in fear and save tax money for something more reasonable. Personally, I am a supporter of the death penalty. But, given the particular circumstances we are faced with today in the case of the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway should rot in prison for the rest of his pathetic life. On the other hand, I hope somebody kills him while he's in there reaching for the soap.