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HighwayLured them using his family man personality and the picture of his sonTook them to secluded areas and strangled them to deathHe used his hand in the beginning but began using ligatures to avoid injuriesMost of the murders were committed in the woods, his truck or his roomClose calls:He was arrested in 1982 and 2001 with regards to prostitutionOne of his victims, Rebecca Gardey escaped from his chokeholdSketches made during the eighties matched Ridgway, but no arrests were madeHe underwent a polygraph test and passed in 1984His saliva and hair samples were collected in 1987, but the technology back then could not connect him to the murdersBreakthroughs:The saliva and hair samples came to use when DNA technology in the 2000s helped develop a profile of the killer.The DNA profile of Ridgway matched with the evidence found at the crime scenes and victims’.The paint traces found in the ligature and clothing of the victim traced back to Kenworth Truck Factory.Notes:Gary Ridgway stabbed a six-year-old boy whe