SEATTLE – Gary Leon Ridgway pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated first-degree murder in the deaths of these 48 women, listed in order of their disappearances:
1. Wendy Lee Coffield, 16. Last seen in Tacoma July 8, 1982. Body found in Green River July 15, 1982, near Kent.
2. Gisele Ann Lovvorn, 17. Disappeared July 17, 1982, near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Found Sept. 25, 1982, south of airport.
3. Debra Lynn Bonner, 23. Disappeared July 25, 1982, south of Sea-Tac airport. Found Aug. 12, 1982, in the Green River near Kent.
4. Marcia Faye Chapman, 31. Disappeared Aug. 1, 1982, from south Seattle suburbs, Pacific Highway South near the airport, known as the Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River.
5. Cynthia Jean Hinds, 17. Disappeared Aug. 11, 1982, near Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, on bank of Green River near Kent.
6. Opal Charmaine Mills, 16. Last seen Aug. 12, 1982, at phone booth off Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River, Kent
7. Terry Rene Milligan, 16. Last seen Aug. 29, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, off road in southern King County.
8. Mary Bridget Meehan, 18. Last seen Sept. 15, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.
9. Debra Lorraine Estes, 15. Disappeared Sept. 20, 1982. Found May 30, 1988, in Federal Way.
10. Linda Jane Rule, 16. Last seen Sept. 26, 1982, leaving motel room on Aurora Avenue North. Where, when remains found not immediately available.
11. Denise Darcel Bush, 22. Last seen Oct. 8, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Body appears first to have been left in wooded area south of Seattle. Some skeletal remains found there Feb. 10, 1990. Skull found June 12, 1985, in Tigard, Ore. Investigators believe killer moved part of remains.
12. Shawnda Leea Summers, 17. Last seen Oct. 9, 1982, downtown Seattle. Found Aug. 11, 1983, north of Sea-Tac airport.
13. Shirley Marie Sherrill, 18. Disappeared between Oct. 20 and Nov. 7, 1982, from Seattle's International District. Remains found June 14, 1985, in Tigard, Ore., along with those of Denise Bush.
14. Colleen Renee Brockman, 15. Disappeared about Dec. 24, 1982. Found May 26, 1984, near Sumner, Pierce County.
15. Alma Ann Smith, 18. Last seen March 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 2, 1984, in Star Lake area.
16. Delores LaVerne Williams, 17. Last seen March 8, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found March 31, 1984, near Star Lake.
17. Gail Lynn Mathews, 24. Last seen April 10, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 18, 1983, near Star Lake.
18. Andrea M. Childers, 19. Disappeared April 16, 1983. Found Oct. 11, 1989, south of Sea-Tac airport.
19. Sandra Kay Gabbert, 17. Last seen April 17, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, in Star Lake area.
20. Kimi-Kai Pitsor, 16. Disappeared April 17, 1983, from Seattle. Skull found Dec. 15, 1983, near Auburn cemetery. Other remains found there January 1986.
21. Marie M. Malvar, 18. Last seen April 30, 1983, at a store on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 29, 2003, near Auburn.
22. Carol Christensen, 21. Last seen May 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found May 8, 1983, in Maple Valley.
23. Martina Theresa Authorlee, 18. Last seen May 22, 1983, at hotel on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 14, 1984, near Enumclaw.
24. Cheryl Lee Wims, 18. Disappeared May 23, 1983, from Seattle. Found March 22, 1984, just north of Sea-Tac airport.
25. Yvonne Shelly Antosh, 19. Last seen May 31, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct. 15, 1983, near Lake Sawyer.
26. Carrie A. Rois, 15. Disappeared May 31 to June 13, 1983, from south Seattle suburbs. Found March 10, 1985, in Star Lake area.
27. Constance Elizabeth Naon, 21. Last seen June 8, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct. 27, 1983, just south of Sea-Tac airport.
28. Kelly Marie Ware, 22. Last seen July 19, 1983, at a Seattle bus stop. Remains found Oct. 29, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.
29. Tina Marie Thompson, 22. Last seen July 25, 1983, at Sea-Tac strip motel. Found April 20, 1984, near state Highway 18 and Interstate 90.
30. April Dawn Buttram, 17. Last seen Aug. 18, 1983, when police spoke to her in south Seattle suburbs. Found Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2003, in forest area near Snoqualmie, east of Seattle.
31. Debbie May Abernathy, 26. Disappeared Sept. 5, 1983, after leaving her apartment to go to downtown Seattle. Found March 31, 1984, 12 miles east of Enumclaw.
32. Tracy Ann Winston, 19. Last seen Sept. 12, 1983, in Seattle's Northgate Mall. Found March 27, 1986, near the Green River in Kent.
33. Maureen Sue Feeney, 19. Disappeared Sept. 28, 1983, from Seattle bus stop. Found May 2, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.
34. Mary Sue Bello, 25. Last seen Oct. 11, 1983, on the Sea-Tac strip. Found Oct. 12, 1984, east of Enumclaw.
35. Pammy Avent, 16. Last seen Oct. 26, 1983, in Seattle. Found Aug. 16, 2003, off state Highway 410 near Enumclaw.
36. Delise Louise Plager, 22. Disappeared Oct. 30, 1983, from bus stop in south Seattle suburbs. Found Feb. 14, 1984, near Interstate 90 east of North Bend.
37. Kimberly L. Nelson, also known as Tina Tomson and Linda Lee Barkey, 26. Last seen Nov. 1, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found June 14, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.
38. Lisa Yates, 26. Last seen Dec. 23, 1983, in south Seattle. Found March 13, 1984, off Interstate 90 east of North Bend.
39. Mary Exzetta West, 16. Last seen Feb. 6, 1984, in south Seattle. Found Sept. 8, 1985, in Seattle's Seward Park.
40. Cindy Anne Smith, 17. Last seen March 21, 1984, hitchhiking on Pacific Highway South. Found June 27, 1987, off Highway 18 near Green River Community College.
41. Patricia Michelle Barczak, 19. Last seen October 1986 along Pacific Highway South near Sea-Tac Airport. Skull found seven years later by survey crew in Auburn.
42. Roberta Joseph Hayes, 21. Last seen leaving a Portland, Ore., jail in 1987. Remains found Sept. 12, 1991, along Highway 410 east of Enumclaw.
43. Marta Reeves, 37. Disappeared in 1990. Remains found September 1990 along Highway 410 near Enumclaw.
44. Patricia Yellow Robe, 38. Disappeared in 1998. Found Aug. 6, 1998, in vacant lot on Des Moines Way South near Highway 99.
In addition, Ridgway admitting killing:
— Jane Doe B-10, who died between Jan. 1, 1982, and March 21, 1984.
— Jane Doe B-16, who died between Dec. 1, 1982, and Dec. 31, 1985.
— Jane Doe B-17, who died between Dec. 1, 1982, and Dec. 31, 1985.
— Jane Doe B-20, who died between July 6, 1976, and Aug. 31, 1993.
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Ridgway did not enter pleas in seven deaths previously attributed to the Green River Killer, though he remains a suspect in those deaths:
— Amina Agisheff, 36. Last seen July 7, 1982, leaving Seattle apartment. Remains found April 18, 1984, near Highway 18 and Interstate 90.
— Kassee Ann Lee, 16. Last seen Aug. 28, 1982, at her south King County home by her husband. Remains not found.
— Rebecca T. Marrero, 20. Last seen Dec. 3, 1982, at Western Six Motel on Pacific Highway South. Remains not found.
— Tammie Charlene Liles, 16. Last seen June 9, 1983, downtown Seattle. Remains found April 23, 1985, in Tualatin, Ore., south of Portland.
— Keli K. McGinness, 18 — Last seen June 28, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Remains not found.
— Patricia Anne Osborn, 19 — Last seen Oct. 20, 1983, on Aurora Avenue North, Seattle. Remains not found.
— One set of unidentified remains.
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