Bones discovered in 1985 now identified as Green River Killer victim, WA cops say

https://www.star-telegram.com ^ | DECEMBER 24, 2023 | HELENA WEGNER

[Beowulf9]

Bones discovered along a hillside in 1985 have been identified as belonging to a victim of the notorious Green River Killer, deputies in Washington said. DNA identified the remains of 15-year-old Lori Anne Razpotnik decades after she went missing, the King County Sheriff’s Office said in a Dec. 19 news release. Razpotnik was one of 49 women Gary Ridgway is accused of killing in the 1980s and 1990s in Washington. She ran away from her home in Lewis County in 1982 and never returned, deputies said.

[Beowulf9]

BONES FOUND ON HILLSIDE On Dec. 30, 1985, Auburn city workers investigating a vehicle that crashed down an embankment found human bones, deputies said. The workers found three sets of skeletal remains on the hillside, one which belonged to Kimi-Kai Pitsor. Her skull had previously been found in the area two years earlier. Investigators were unable to identify the other sets of human remains and named them Jane Doe “B16” and Jane Doe “B17.” The bones belonging to Jane Doe “B16” were identified in 2012 as Sandra Majors, deputies said. All three women were linked to Ridgway and identified as his victims, even though two bodies were unidentified, deputies said. Ridgway, in 2002, was able to tell authorities where the bodies were placed, “which was consistent with the way the remains were found,” connecting him to their deaths, deputies said. FORENSIC GENETIC GENEALOGY USED TO ID REMAINS In 2003, Ridgway was convicted and sentenced in the killings of 48 women in King County between 1982 and 1998. He was sentenced on an additional aggravated murder charge in 2011, authorities said. Then, more recently, a DNA profile was created from the remains of Jane Doe “B17”, and forensic genetic genealogy was used to find a relative, deputies said. Razpotnik’s mother submitted a DNA sample, and investigators confirmed the remains belonged to the missing teen. Ridgway is serving 49 consecutive life sentences at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. He was not given the death penalty because he agreed to plead guilty and give information to any future cases in King County, authorities said.

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[piasa]

Murdered 48 people and he is still breathing. 3 meals and a warm bed every day.

[Beowulf9]

And it brings it all up again for the family. All because of one rotten guy.

[Steely Tom]

Is she one of the ones he named when he entered his guilty plea in court ?

[frank ballenger]

True story:
I have several true crime serial killer dvds I haven’t ever watched. After the excellent Steven Seagal revenge movie Urban Justice I watched Christmas night, I finally put on Bundy and the Green River Killer, the old Ann Rule movie detailing the case and the delayed trials.

Now there’s a story here about the Green River Killer.

[Beowulf9]

I don’t think so. This is a list of who he named. She is not on it.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/green-river-killer-were-gary-142125819.html

List of the Green River Killer’s victims
Wendy Lee Coffield – 16

Gisele Ann Lovvorn – 17

Debra Lynn Bonner – 23

Marcia Fay Chapman – 31

Cynthia Jean Hinds – 17

Opal Charmaine Mills – 16

Terry Rene Milligan – 16

Mary Bridget Meehan – 18

Debra Lorraine Estes – 15

Linda Jane Rule – 16

Denise Darcel Bush – 23

Shawnda Leea Summers – 16

Shirley Marie Sherrill – 18

Rebecca ‘Becky’ Marrero – 20

Colleen Renee Brockman – 15

Sandra Denise Major – 20

Wendy Stephens – 14

Alma Ann Smith – 18

Delores LaVerne Williams – 17

Gail Lynn Mathews – 23

Andrea Marion Childers – 19

Sandra Kay Gabbert – 17

Kimi-Kai Pitsor – 16

Marie M Malvar – 18

Carol Ann Christensen – 21

Martina Theresa Authorlee – 18

Cheryl Lee Wims – 18

Yvonne ‘Shelly’ Antosh – 19

Carrie Ann Rois – 15

Constance Elizabeth Naon – 19

Kelly Marie Ware – 22

Tina Marie Thompson – 21

April Dawn Buttram – 16

Debbie May Abernathy – 26

Tracy Ann Winston – 19

Maureen Sue Feeney – 19

Mary Sue Bello – 25

Pammy Annette Avent – 15

Delise Louise Plager – 22

Kimberly L Nelson – 21

Lisa Yates – 19

Mary Exzetta West – 16

Cindy Anne Smith – 17

Patricia Michelle Barczak – 19

Roberta Joseph Hayes – 21

Marta Reeves – 36

Patricia Yellowrobe – 38

Unidentified White Female – 14-18

Unidentified Female – 13-24

[LeonardFMason]

That’s almost as big as the Clinton Hit list!

[Eagles6]

It's Washington.

We're lucky he wasn't released with no bail and an apology for inconveniencing him while he pursued his passion and enjoying his hobby.

[Ronald77]

Yep, bet he votes multiple times for demon-crats.

[cherry]

should have been a quick execution...instead we are housing and feeding this little creep....

[cherry]

so he basically also killed children and yet he still breathes...

some justice system we have here.

[bigfootbob]

Thank you jay inslee. And the supporting idiots that elected him 4 times.

[MCSETots]

Ridgeway is probably on Inslee’s short list for pardon.

I mean, it’s not like he killed 50 women or something . . .

[gbunch]

Murdered 48 people and he is still breathing. 3 meals and a warm bed every day.

And just 1 demoncRAT governor's signature from being freed.

Here in Louisiana, our outgoing sh*tstain of a governor John (dumb)Bel Edwards has pardoned 40 convicted murderers since October, including one on death row and another who had fatally stabbed a woman 39 times.

[FamiliarFace]

I can’t watch anything about Bundy. Hit too close to home for me.

[ronnie raygun]

we have lost the deterant in this country, life is cheap when it comes to you and me and our families those in high places get swift justice, this needs to turn around

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Beowulf9.

[frank ballenger]

Ted Bundy...

Funny thing is I never saw the Mark Harmon movie until a few weeks ago. Back when it was rather new a coworker said she would never, ever watch another Mark Harmon show or movie because she couldn’t get his role out of her mind. I said “You know a screenwriter and director set up imaginary things for him to do and say and he’s only an actor.” “Doesn’t matter. I will never watch him again.”

However, I probably would struggle to accept the actor who played the
villains in Criminal Minds and SVU such as Pablo Schreiber (William Lewis character).

[21twelve]

They cut him a deal so he would tell them where a bunch of the other girls were located. By not giving him the death penalty it made the death penalty a moot point in the state.

“Members of the jury - my client only killed his family. The Green River killer killed over 40 young girls and didn’t get the death penalty...”

It wasn’t until recently that it was taken out of trial law.

For a long time now I’ve thought life in prison would be worse than death. Of course that is with meals of bread and water and a bit of lard, no entertainment, no sunlight, and a cellmate named Bubba.