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Killer may have slain more than admitted
SEATTLE, (UPI) -- An Oregon detective says he thinks the convicted Green River killer is responsible for more deaths than he admitted to and could face the death penalty.
In a 2003 deal to avoid the death penalty in Washington, Gary Ridgway confessed to killing Denise Bush, Shirley Sherill and 46 others -- and even guided the Green River Killer Task Force into Oregon to the place where he'd dumped their bones -- KOMO-TV, Seattle reported.
Even though Ridgway never confessed to killing Angela Girdner, whose remains were found in 1985 on an Oregon road not far from where Bush and Sherill were found, Washington County Detectvie Ray Marcom told KOMO-TV Tuesday he is convinced Ridgway hasn't confessed to killing Girdner because his plea bargain only protects him from the death penalty in Washington.
"I believe she died in Oregon," Marcom said. "I have not found any evidence to show that she was ever in Washington State."
Oregon detectives have released the name of one man, Charles William Wakefield III, they say could be crucial in possibly connecting Ridgway with the Girdner death, KOMO-TV reported.
Wakefield allegedly lured Girdner into prostitution, becoming her pimp, investigators say, and he might be able to retrace Girdner's steps, possibly establishing Ridgway as the man who picked her up.
SEATTLE, (UPI) -- An Oregon detective says he thinks the convicted Green River killer is responsible for more deaths than he admitted to and could face the death penalty.
In a 2003 deal to avoid the death penalty in Washington, Gary Ridgway confessed to killing Denise Bush, Shirley Sherill and 46 others -- and even guided the Green River Killer Task Force into Oregon to the place where he'd dumped their bones -- KOMO-TV, Seattle reported.
Even though Ridgway never confessed to killing Angela Girdner, whose remains were found in 1985 on an Oregon road not far from where Bush and Sherill were found, Washington County Detectvie Ray Marcom told KOMO-TV Tuesday he is convinced Ridgway hasn't confessed to killing Girdner because his plea bargain only protects him from the death penalty in Washington.
"I believe she died in Oregon," Marcom said. "I have not found any evidence to show that she was ever in Washington State."
Oregon detectives have released the name of one man, Charles William Wakefield III, they say could be crucial in possibly connecting Ridgway with the Girdner death, KOMO-TV reported.
Wakefield allegedly lured Girdner into prostitution, becoming her pimp, investigators say, and he might be able to retrace Girdner's steps, possibly establishing Ridgway as the man who picked her up.
