Video: 'NBC News archive footage of the Green River Killer' (coverage after Ridgway's arrest begins at 23:43)
(Friday, November 30, 2001, about 3 p.m. PST) — Gary Ridgway — better known as the “Green River Killer,” an American serial killer responsible for the murders of at least 71 teenage girls and women mostly near Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, during the 1980s and 1990s — was apprehended today as he was leaving the Kenworth truck factory where he worked in Renton, Washington. Continue reading ‘Green River’ serial killer Gary Ridgway apprehended in Renton, Washington 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 30 2001)