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A Victim of the Green River Killer Identified After Nearly Four Decades
After almost forty years, the identity of a victim of the notorious Green River Killer has finally been discovered. In 1985, two sets of human remains were found along a steep embankment in Auburn, Washington, according to a news release from the King County Sheriff’s Office. The remains, known as Bones 16 and Bones 17, were investigated by the Green River Task Force, which was established to solve the series of bodies found dumped in the woods along the Green River in the early 1980s.
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In 2002, the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, led officials to the location where he had placed victims. Ridgway eventually pleaded guilty to the murders of these two victims, as well as 46 other women and girls, in 2003. However, it wasn’t until 2012 that Bones 16 was identified through DNA testing as Sandra Majors.
Recently, investigators were able to conclude that Bones 17 belonged to Lori Anne Ratzpotnik, a 15-year-old girl who had run away from home in 1982. Ratzpotnik had lived in Lewis County, approximately 75 miles away from Auburn. Using forensic genetic genealogy testing, investigators worked with Parabon NanoLabs to develop a new DNA profile from the remains. To confirm the identity, Ratzpotnik’s mother provided a saliva sample, which was compared to the DNA profile. The University of North Texas carried out the DNA comparison testing, confirming that the remains were indeed Lori Anne’s.
Gary Ridgway’s reign of terror began in 1982 when his first murder victims were discovered. He was eventually arrested in 2001. In order to avoid the death penalty, Ridgway pleaded guilty to all the murders he committed in King County. According to King’s County, Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated murder in the first degree and remains imprisoned for life without the possibility of release at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla.
Despite Ridgway’s confession, two victims still remain unidentified. Ridgway was unable to provide any significant information that would assist in their identification, as stated by King County in their dedicated page on the Green River Killer investigation. Additionally, three women – Kassee Ann Lee, Kelly Kay McGinnis, and Patricia Ann Osborn – who were last seen in the Seattle area in the early 1980s, are still missing. Although Ridgway was not charged in their disappearances, they are listed on the official Green River Homicides list.
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Authorities are also searching for three missing women, one of whom remains unidentified, who have been missing since the early 1980s. One of these women was an associate of Tammie Liles, another victim of Ridgway’s. The police urge anyone with information about these women or any other crimes related to the Green River case to contact them.
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