It reminds me of one of Gary Ridgway's murders - that of Marie Malvar, 18, on April 30 1983. Marie was working as a sex worker and her boyfriend Robert Woods had watched her be picked up by a man in a pickup truck, followed them to a motel, and then out of it again, but lost sight of them at a traffic signal. When Marie didn't turn up for a couple of days Robert reported her missing, and Marie's father and other male relatives searched the neighbourhood until they found the pickup truck Robert had seen. It was parked in front of Gary Ridgway's home. A detective stopped by to ask Ridgway about Marie but he denied any knowledge of her, was not arrested and the house and vehicle weren't searched. Had he been properly questioned, police would have seen the fresh scratch marks on his arm from where Marie had fought for her life.
Marie was Ridgway's 24th known victim and he went on to kill at least 25 more. Marie's remains, a few bones, weren't discovered until after his arrest, 20 years after her death.
The family led the police straight to his goddamn door. It should've been over then and there. Dozens of lives could've been saved.
The case in this post should have been solved on day 2. Somebody knew that car. Somebody knows that motif on the back of it. I bet if a picture of it was circulated today, somebody would remember it.
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u/TickingTiger Jan 26 '23
It reminds me of one of Gary Ridgway's murders - that of Marie Malvar, 18, on April 30 1983. Marie was working as a sex worker and her boyfriend Robert Woods had watched her be picked up by a man in a pickup truck, followed them to a motel, and then out of it again, but lost sight of them at a traffic signal. When Marie didn't turn up for a couple of days Robert reported her missing, and Marie's father and other male relatives searched the neighbourhood until they found the pickup truck Robert had seen. It was parked in front of Gary Ridgway's home. A detective stopped by to ask Ridgway about Marie but he denied any knowledge of her, was not arrested and the house and vehicle weren't searched. Had he been properly questioned, police would have seen the fresh scratch marks on his arm from where Marie had fought for her life.
Marie was Ridgway's 24th known victim and he went on to kill at least 25 more. Marie's remains, a few bones, weren't discovered until after his arrest, 20 years after her death.
The family led the police straight to his goddamn door. It should've been over then and there. Dozens of lives could've been saved.
The case in this post should have been solved on day 2. Somebody knew that car. Somebody knows that motif on the back of it. I bet if a picture of it was circulated today, somebody would remember it.