Nature of crimes:
Tended to be for sexual pleasure. Oddly he also hated the prostitutes he had sex with, thus ended up killing them. He did not know his victims.
Time Span:
From the age of 6 till his arrest at roughly the age of 62. His crimes progressively got worse.
Victims:
All females, mostly white females, tended to be prostitutes or run aways, 15-38 years of age (average age of victim was 20)
(39 White, 11 Black, 2 Hispanic, 1 Native American)
Why these victims:
They tended to be hard for the police to trace due to constantly changing their ID this made it easier for Ridgway to avoid getting caught.
Actions:
After sex he would strangle his victims often using ligature. It was not uncommon fot him to strangle his victims with his pants.
Tended to be for sexual pleasure. Oddly he also hated the prostitutes he had sex with, thus ended up killing them. He did not know his victims.
Time Span:
From the age of 6 till his arrest at roughly the age of 62. His crimes progressively got worse.
Victims:
All females, mostly white females, tended to be prostitutes or run aways, 15-38 years of age (average age of victim was 20)
(39 White, 11 Black, 2 Hispanic, 1 Native American)
Why these victims:
They tended to be hard for the police to trace due to constantly changing their ID this made it easier for Ridgway to avoid getting caught.
Actions:
After sex he would strangle his victims often using ligature. It was not uncommon fot him to strangle his victims with his pants.