The “Green River Killer” was booked in Gary Ridgway King County Jail in Washington State Monday morning, though the reasons for the transfer are unknown, according to reports.
Fox 13 Ridgway, who pleaded guilty in 2003 to murdering 49 women in King County from 1982 to 1998, was booked into the jail just after 10:40 a.m. on an institutional hold established by the King County Sheriff’s Office, Seattle reported.
The notorious serial killer was serving 49 consecutive life sentences at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla without the possibility of parole.
The transfer to a lower-level prison has raised questions, though officials have not provided details on why Ridgway was moved.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the King County Prosecutor’s Office for comment.
In November 2003, Ridgway pleaded guilty Killing “Bones #20”. Dennis Bush, and Shirley Sherrill, along with 45 other victims. He later also pleaded guilty to murdering the 49th victim.
Throughout the 1980s, Ridgway terrorized and spread fear throughout Washington state. He was convicted of murdering 49 women but has confessed to 71 murders. However, investigators believe he killed more victims.
In December, authorities identified one of the victims as 15-year-old Lori Ann Rezpotnik, who ran away from her home in Lewis County in 1982.
Rezpotnik’s remains were found in 1985, along with the remains of two other victims, on a roadside in Auburn, south of Seattle. Investigators have not been able to determine who is who those victims were, and the remains were listed as “Bones 16” and “Bones 17”.
Bones 16 was identified by DNA testing in 2012 as Sandra Majors, but the identity of Bones 17 remained unknown until a forensic genetic genealogy was conducted. Virginia-based Parabon Nanolabswere able to develop a new DNA profile and determine that it belonged to Rezpotnik.
Razpotnik’s mother provided a DNA sample that confirmed the results, the King County Sheriff’s Office said.
After authorities linked Gary Ridgway the murders In 2001, DNA evidence led them to the location where the three victims were found.
Bones 16 and Bones 17 were among them 48 murders He pleaded guilty in 2003. Many of his victims were runaways or sex workers.
Stephanie Price of Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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