Green River, Running Red by Ann Rule

Green River , Running Red

INTRODUCTION

In this , I will be looking at three crime scenes from the book Green River Running Red . Gary Leon Ridgway convicted of 48 murders of prostitutes in the Seattle-Tacoma , Washington area , was a serial killer who eluded detectives for almost 20 years . I will be approaching these crime scenes as the primary investigator , using all the systems and technology available today and were not available at the time of the crime . The evidence will include soil sample analysis , fingerprints DNA analysis , fiber and paint analysis . I

will be able to match fingerprints more rapidly because of the availability of the FBI 's fingerprint analysis database . I will be able to utilize the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC ) and the Violent-Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP , to cross-reference other crimes of a similar nature , where they occurred , regardless of when they occurred . I will also be able to submit DNA , dental , and fingerprinting for a possible match of the victims and possibly the killer

STUDY DISCUSSION

Crime Scene 1

On August 12 , 1982 , I received a call that a female body had been found in the Green River . I met with the patrol officer at the scene and talked to the worker from PD J Meat Company who noticed there was something trapped in a net of tree branches and logs . He appeared to be in shock so I recorded the details he could give me and arranged to have him come in for an interview later . The police officer who was first on scene and I started to evaluate the area , including where the body had been discovered . We proceeded to set up inner and outer perimeters and entry and exit points at the scene . We walked the area , videotaped where the body was found , noted the placement of the body , and how she was dressed . Strangulation appeared to the cause of death as she had what appeared to be ligature marks on her neck . We would an autopsy to confirm the cause of death . After videotaping all the details , we tagged and recorded all the evidence and then released the body to the coroner to determine cause of death , any DNA evidence and any prints on the bodies . We will also use dental records to try to identify the victim with missing person reports . We collected samples from underneath and around where we found the body . We took soil samples and secured all evidence collected from the scene . We sent these to the lab for testing of possible prints . We began looking for tire tracks and footprints at the possible entry and exit points and made casts of all footprint and tire tracks we found . We also tagged , bagged , and recorded all clothing that was on or around the body and sent them to forensics for analysis

In my interview with the witness , I confirmed that he did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol , he...