Comments on: Green River suspect arrested confesses

By: zizka

zizka — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 07:39:31 +0000

Not like the Monty Python skit in which they say “No, it doesn’t surprise me a bit! I always thought he’d do something like this. The main reason I though that was the way he was always talking about killing women and dumping them in vacant lots.”

By: peggy

peggy — Fri, 07 Nov 2003 05:57:28 +0000

Apparently he gave some saliva to the cops way back when, when he was indeed interviewed as a suspect, but before DNA testing was viable. They nailed him on the saliva, years later.
And, as usual, neighbors said, ‘he seemed like just a regular guy.’

By: gwen

gwen — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 20:44:35 +0000

i swear i saw this guy on one of those ‘news’ shows being interviewed years ago about it…

By: mig

mig — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:53:31 +0000

See, that’s the problem with hearsay. When I wrote that post, I had only heard someone (wife and daughter) mention that they’d heard on the radio about some guy, who’d been a suspect for 2 years, being nailed for serial killings in Washington state. I hope no one is using what I write as a primary news source.

[Wait a minute, where did I say *arrested*? I said "confessed"]

I had a nice talk with my daughter on the way to the train station this morning about serial killers, and how to find the facts about them (consult one of the countless fan sites on the Internet. “Fan sites?”).

And yes, hearing about this does bring back unfond memories of, yeah, my college years in Seattle.

By: Anita Rowland

Anita Rowland — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:44:11 +0000

He was actually arrested two years ago; what happened yesterday was him pleading guilty as part of a plea agreement.

I don’t know why news reports called yesterday’s happenings “stunning” but it was interesting. The only actual news content was some details about how he actually killed his victims and that he visited some of the bodies after he dumped them for necrophiliac purposes.

With your Pacific Northwest connections you probably know how huge this story has been here for the last twenty years.

By: zizka

zizka — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 19:19:14 +0000

He was a policeman wannabe in his youth. And does seem like the stereotypical angry white working-class guy. And definitely seems strongly opposed to prostitutes.

By: Eeksy-Peeksy

Eeksy-Peeksy — Thu, 06 Nov 2003 15:36:37 +0000

This article: http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/75999 seems thorough but mentions nothing about politics. He was, according to his wife, a "fanatical" Baptist for a time. He has a strong sexual appetite and likes his sex outdoors and sometimes with accessories. And so on. But no politics. Maybe he has none. If you get his exact address (available through google), can't you check public voting records?