Okay so let’s dive into Gary Ridgway’s backstory, to hopefully give some insight into what may or may not have caused him to eventually lash out violently and kill. Gary Leon Ridgway was born on February 18 th 1949 in Salt Lake City Utah, although he was raised near Seattle’s Pacific Highway in an impoverished neighborhood near the SeaTac Airport. Ridgway was the middle son to Mary and Thomas Ridgway. Ridgway’s father Thomas worked as a bus driver and would often complain to Gary about the presence of prostitutes in and around his neighborhood and on his bus route. Family members described Ridgeway’s mother Mary as “domineering” and also stated that Ridgway witnessed several violent arguments between his parents while growing up. Ridgway was not known as a very good student, and it is said that he has an IQ of only 82. When Ridgway was 16 years old, he stabbed a 6-year-old boy after luring him into the woods, where he stabbed him through his ribs and into his liver, apparently wantin...