/ Green River Killer

10:01 PM PST on Tuesday, November 4, 2003

Associated Press

SEATTLE - Gary Ridgway will plead guilty Wednesday to aggravated first-degree murder in the deaths of 48 women. They are, in order of their disappearance:

1. Wendy Lee Coffield, 16 -- July 8, 1982, in Tacoma. Body found in Green River July 15, 1982, near Kent.

2. Gisele Ann Lovvorn, 17 -- July 17, 1982, near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Found Sept. 25, 1982, south of airport.

3. Debra Lynn Bonner, 23 -- July 25, 1982, south of Sea-Tac Airport. Found Aug. 12, 1982, in the Green River near Kent.

4. Marcia Faye Chapman, 31 -- Aug. 1, 1982, south Seattle suburbs, headed for Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River.

5. Cynthia Jean Hinds, 17 -- Aug. 11, 1982, near the Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, on bank of Green River near Kent.

6. Opal Charmaine Mills, 16 -- Aug. 12, 1982, at a public phone booth off Sea-Tac strip. Found Aug. 15, 1982, Green River, Kent

7. Terry Rene Milligan, 16 -- Aug. 29, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, off Star Lake Road in south King County.

8. Mary Bridget Meehan, 18 -- Sept. 15, 1982, on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.

9. Debra Lorraine Estes, 15 -- Sept. 20, 1982. Found May 30, 1988, in Federal Way.

10. Linda Jane Rule, 16 -- Sept. 26, 1982, last seen leaving a motel room on Aurora Avenue North, on her way to Kmart to shop for clothes. Location where and date when remains were found not immediately available.

11. Denise Darcel Bush, 22 -- Oct. 8, 1982, last seen around noon on Pacific Highway South. Body appears first to have been left in wooded area in Tukwila, south of Seattle. Some skeletal remains found there Feb. 10, 1990. Her skull was found June 12, 1985, in Tigard, Ore. Investigators believe killer moved part of her remains.

12. Shawnda Leea Summers, 17 -- Oct. 9, 1982, downtown Seattle.

Found Aug. 11, 1983, north of Sea-Tac airport.

13. Shirley Marie Sherrill, 18 -- between Oct. 20 and Nov. 7, 1982, in Seattle's International District. Remains found June 14, 1985, in Tigard, Ore., along with those of No. 11, Denise Bush.

14. Colleen Renee Brockman, 15 -- about Dec. 24, 1982. Family last saw her Dec. 23, 1982. Found May 26, 1984, near Sumner, Pierce County.

15. Alma Ann Smith, 18 -- March 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 2, 1984, in Star Lake area.

16. Delores LaVerne Williams, 17 -- March 8, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found March 31, 1984, near Star Lake.

17. Gail Lynn Mathews, 24 -- April 10, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 18, 1983, near Star Lake.

18. Andrea M. Childers, 19 -- April 16, 1983. Found Oct. 11, 1989, south of Sea-Tac airport.

19. Sandra Kay Gabbert, 17 -- April 17, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found April 1, 1984, in Star Lake area.

20. Kimi-Kai Pitsor, 16 -- April 17, 1983, in Seattle. Skull found Dec. 15, 1983, near Auburn cemetery. Other remains found there January 1986.

21. Marie M. Malvar, 18, April 30, 1983, at a store on Pacific Highway South. Found Sept. 29, 2003, near Auburn.

22. Carol Christensen, 21 -- May 3, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found May 8, 1983, in Maple Valley.

23. Martina Theresa Authorlee, 18 -- May 22, 1983, at hotel on Pacific Highway South. Found Nov. 14, 1984, near Enumclaw.

24. Cheryl Lee Wims, 18 -- May 23, 1983, in Seattle. Found March 22, 1984, just north of Sea-Tac airport.

25. Yvonne Shelly Antosh, 19 -- May 31, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct. 15, 1983, near Lake Sawyer.

26. Carrie A. Rois, 15 -- May 31 to June 13, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs. Found March 10, 1985, in Star Lake area.

27. Constance Elizabeth Naon, 21 -- June 8, 1983, on Pacific Highway South. Found Oct. 27, 1983, just south of Sea-Tac airport.

28. Kelly Marie Ware, 22 -- July 19, 1983, at a Seattle bus stop. Remains found Oct. 29, 1983, in south Seattle suburbs.

29. Tina Marie Thompson, 22 -- July 25, 1983, Sea-Tac strip motel. Found April 20, 1984, near state Highway 18 and Interstate 90.

30. April Dawn Buttram, 17 -- Aug. 18, 1983, when police spoke to her in south Seattle suburbs. Found Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2003, in a wooded area near Snoqualmie, about 26 miles east of Seattle.

31. Debbie May Abernathy, 26 -- Sept. 5, 1983, when she left her apartment to go to downtown Seattle. Found March 31, 1984, 12 miles east of Enumclaw.

32. Tracy Ann Winston, 19 -- Sept. 12, 1983, in Seattle's Northgate Mall. Found March 27, 1986, near the Green River in Kent.

33. Maureen Sue Feeney, 19 -- Sept. 28, 1983, at Seattle bus stop. Found May 2, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.

34. Mary Sue Bello, 25 -- Oct. 11, 1983, on the Sea-Tac strip.

Found Oct. 12, 1984, east of Enumclaw.

35. Pammy Avent -- Oct. 26, 1983, 4600 block of 44th Avenue South, Seattle. Found Aug. 16, 2003, off state Highway 410 near Enumclaw.

36. Delise Louise Plager, 22 -- Oct. 30, 1983, at a 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 -- Nov. 1, 1983, at bus stop on Pacific Highway South. Found June 14, 1986, off Interstate 90 near North Bend.

38. Lisa Yates, 26 -- Dec. 23, 1983, in south Seattle. Found March 13, 1984, off Interstate 90 east of North Bend.

39. Mary Exzetta West, 16 -- Feb. 6, 1984, in south Seattle. Found Sept. 8, 1985, in Seattle's Seward Park.

40. Cindy Anne Smith, 17 -- 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 -- October 1986 along Pacific Highway South near Sea-Tac Airport. Skull found seven years later by a survey crew working along Highway 18 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 1990. Remains found September 1990 along Highway 410 near Enumclaw.

44. Patricia Yellow Robe, 38 -- Disappeared 1998. Found Aug. 6, 1998, in a vacant lot on Des Moines Way South near Highway 99.

In addition, Ridgway will claim responsibility for four sets of unidentified remains.

Ridgway will not enter pleas to 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 11:30 a.m. 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 -- Last seen Oct. 20, 1983, 11500 block of Aurora Avenue North, Seattle. Remains not found.

--One set of unidentified remains.