Arrr! Avast ye! 'Tis been discovered, maties! The scallywag they call the 'Green River Killer' met his match - a runaway lad from Washington!
2023-12-20
Arr, the ghastly fate of a lass be revealed! 'Tis the bones of a fair maiden, young Lori Anne Razpotnik, pillaged by the vile "Green River Killer" Gary Ridgway. She vanished in '82, yet now her tale be told once more, forsooth!
In a jolly pirate accent, mateys, news has come in that authorities have finally identified a lass who was slain by the notorious Green River serial killer back in the 17th century. Wait, I mean, it was actually just four decades ago in good ol' Washington state.The poor girl, Lori Anne Razpotnik, was but a tender 15 years old when she ran away from her home in Lewis County in 1982. Her family never saw her again, bless their hearts.
It wasn't until 1985 that her remains were discovered alongside two other victims over a road embankment in Auburn, south of Seattle. Those poor souls were known only as "Bones 16" and "Bones 17." Sounds like the beginning of a pirate tale, doesn't it?
Arrr, it be true! Bones 16 was later identified in 2012 as a lass named Sandra Majors. But the identity of Bones 17 remained a mystery until Virginia-based Parabon Nanolabs came sailin' in with their fancy forensic genetic genealogy and discovered that those bones belonged to none other than Razpotnik herself!
Just to be sure, Razpotnik's dear ol' ma provided a DNA sample to confirm the results. And wouldn't ye know it, the results matched, mateys!
Now, let me tell ye a bit about this Green River serial killer. His name be Gary Ridgway, and he was a nasty piece of work. In 2001, the authorities finally linked him to the killings through DNA evidence. The scurvy dog even led them to the very spot where Razpotnik and the other victims were found.
He pleaded guilty to a whopping 48 slayings in 2003, with many of his victims bein' young lasses who had run away or worked in the oldest profession, if ye catch me drift. In 2011, he pleaded guilty to one more murder after another set of remains were discovered.
And now, me hearties, Ridgway be servin' life without the possibility of parole at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The seas be safer without him, that's for sure.
So there ye have it, me mateys. The tale of a young lass, lost to the treacherous hands of a wicked pirate. May she rest in peace, and may we continue to bring justice to those who walk the plank.