In the early 1980's, a serial killer was on the loose in the Seattle area and would be known as the "Green River Killer" as many of his victims were found there. He targeted women— specifically outdoor sex workers and homeless teenage girls. He killed at least seventy women before finally being caught almost twenty years later. For two decades he kept on terrorizing and murdering without much intervention from police or detectives putting their resources into finding clues to solve the cases. When he was finally caught, he first claimed he was innocent before admitting to murdering the victims he suspected to be sex workers: "I would kill as many prostitutes as possible...I knew they would not be reported missing right away and might never be reported missing. I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught."
December 17th: A Memorial for Sex Workers
December 17th: A Memorial for Sex Workers
December 17th: A Memorial for Sex Workers
In the early 1980's, a serial killer was on the loose in the Seattle area and would be known as the "Green River Killer" as many of his victims were found there. He targeted women— specifically outdoor sex workers and homeless teenage girls. He killed at least seventy women before finally being caught almost twenty years later. For two decades he kept on terrorizing and murdering without much intervention from police or detectives putting their resources into finding clues to solve the cases. When he was finally caught, he first claimed he was innocent before admitting to murdering the victims he suspected to be sex workers: "I would kill as many prostitutes as possible...I knew they would not be reported missing right away and might never be reported missing. I picked prostitutes because I thought I could kill as many of them as I wanted without getting caught."