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The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
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The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer

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In the 1980s and 1990s, forty-nine women in the Seattle area were brutally murdered, their bodies dumped along the Green River and Pacific Highway South in Washington State. Despite an exhaustive investigation-even serial killer Ted Bundy was consulted to assist with psychological profiling-the sadistic killer continued to elude authorities for nearly twenty years.

Then, in 2001, after mounting suspicion and with DNA evidence finally in hand, King County police charged a fifty-two-year-old truck painter, Gary Ridgway, with the murders. His confession and the horrific details of his crimes only added fuel to the notoriety of the Green River Killer.

Journalists Carlton Smith and Tomas Guillen covered the murders for the Seattle Times from day one, receiving a Pulitzer Prize nomination for their work. They wrote the first edition of this book before the police had their man. Revised after Ridgway's conviction, The Search for the Green River Killer is the ultimate authoritative account of the Pacific Northwest killing spree that held a nation spellbound-and continues to horrify and fascinate, spawning dramatizations and documentaries of a demented killer who seemed unstoppable for decades.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 9, 2019
ISBN9781977331120
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Carlton Smith

Carlton Smith (1947–2011) was a prizewinning crime reporter and the author of dozens of books. Born in Riverside, California, Smith graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, with a degree in history. He began his journalism career at the Los Angeles Times and arrived at the Seattle Times in 1983, where he and Tomas Guillen covered the Green River Killer case for more than a decade. They were named Pulitzer Prize finalists for investigative reporting in 1988 and published the New York Times bestseller The Search for the Green River Killer (1991) ten years before investigators arrested Gary Ridgway for the murders. Smith went on to write twenty-five true crime books, including Killing Season (1994), Cold-Blooded (2004), and Dying for Love (2011).

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Scary to think about. I would have given it a five, but there were no interviews with cops, victims, etc. Very little emotion. What was good about it? The author provided perfect story line and tried to crawl into mind of the mind of the killer. Successfully!

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    well written and interesting how inept the northwest is in finding serial killers.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Very detailed and very well narrated. Tragic events that shaped the life of many.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    If you’re looking for extreme detail in chronological order, insight into the investigation teams dynamics and eloquently crafted language- then this one’s for you. I would have preferred consuming the content as a book, due to the large array of characters it was often hard follow when the authors would refer to an investigator or political figure in varying ways to avoid redundant phrasing. However, it was the most informative thing I’ve found so far on the subject. It would have been nice to have more of a community/family prospective at times- but if you want to know about the investigation, it’s the best I’ve found.