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FULL TITLE: Seattle's Green River killer confesses to slaying nearly DOUBLE the 49 women he's convicted of killing in first ever interview A Seattle-area truck painter who was unmasked as the Green River serial killer has claimed he murdered up to 80 women over two decades - nearly double the number he was convicted of killing. Gary Ridgway is currently serving 49 consecutive life sentences in a Washington state prison. But in a series of interviews conducted over the past five months, he is now claiming there are significantly more victims and he says he is coming clean to help...

A find in the last few days in Auburn, Washington opens up the possibility that Gary Ridgeway may be charged and face the death penalty. The skeleton of a woman who disappeared in 1982 has been discovered and positively identified as 20 year old Becky Mererro, who disappeared from a Pacific Highway South motel room, an area heavily influenced by prostitution where Ridgeway picked up many of his victims. Ridgeway entered a plea agreement with King County that he would not face the death penalty if he confessed and pled guilty to all the murders he committed. He ended up...

“Never before have so few stolen so much from so many for so little.” -Jefferson Paine Open Letter to: Mr. David Reichert Republican Representative Washington State Delegation June 30th, 2009 Dear Mr. Reichert, Please, resign your seat in the U.S. House of Representatives because of your “Yes” vote in favor of the abominable “Cap and Trade” or “Climate Change” bill - and without having even read the final bill in its entirety before voting on it. Your egregious voting record does not represent me, or of any Republican that I know. Since your debut in Congress, I have been watching...