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>> shes a student, you know, nobody would look for her. >> when "chasing the devil" returns. proud of you, son. ge! a manufacturer. well thats why i dug this out for you. its your grandpappys hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but ill be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. ill be changing the way the world works. (interrupting) you cant pick it up, can you? go ahead. he cant l...

Michele bachmann, and others are instituting a lawsuit. mitt romney and ron paul are the only candidates to qualify for virginias ballot. now, back to "chasing the devil." we return to "chasing the devil" with stone phillips. >> flash forward to 2001. after ten years of no new leads and no progress and no murders that looked like the work of the green river killer, this cold case was about to come out of the freezer. two things were about to make a difference in the search for a suspect. first...

We now return to "chasing the devil." >> while the green river task force was being cut back, losing manpower and looking at all the wrong people, the man who would, in the end, become the chief suspect continued to solicit prostitutes on the sea-tac strip. a man who would later admit to investigators that he was addicted to prostitutes in the same way that alcohol can be an addiction. >> it wasnt for sex. i dont think that he enjoyed sex really personally. if he did, he sure didnt show it. >> r...

Enough? what if after years of pursuit just when he finally got his man, he could not make the charges stick? ridgways defense lawyer was already attacking the core of the case. >> it proves he was a customer, not a killer. assuming that they can show it was mr. ridgways dna, and were not conceding that for a minute, theyre not going to show he was the last customer. >> reichert was determined to do whatever he could to put gary ridgway away for good. he launched a full-bore investigation. >> wo...

We return to "chasing the devil" with stone phillips. >> thats one of mine. >> to look back in the history of any serial killer, as sick as it sounds, to be proud of the work they did and they want to be known as the best serial killer. >> gary ridgway is no exception. >> i rate myself as number one. >> if that were true, and investigators suspected it was, they wanted to know why they had failed to capture him while he was in the midst of his murderous spree. in finding out what they did wrong,...

"chasing the devil" continues. >> youre a loser, youre a coward. youre a nobody. youre an animal. >> mr. ridgway, i want you to look me in the face. >> families of gary ridgways victims would get to confront him, but they would have to wait. while police conducted a videotaped interrogation that laid bare the mind of a monster. >> i killed her because i wanted to. >> came here in the first place? >> the hate, wanting to get even with them. >> why? >> because shes a prostitute. not worth anything...

>> i am passionate about it and i do have a personal relationship with the victims. >> families and friends of the dead women were looking forward to the trial of gary ridgway. hoping for answers to questions that had haunted them for 20 years. >> i want to know a reason why. i want a reason why do you take somebody elses life? right? i mean, a mother, somebodys sister, daughter. you dont go out and just pick them up off the street just to kill them. >> but as investigators and prosecutors prepa...

>> for two decades the killer remained on the loose. finally, after so much death, this sheriff will come face to face with the man who murdered so many. >> women had control of me and i dont like being controlled. >> to confront a heart of darkness. >> i was most interested in killing them than in sex. >> the biggest serial killer case in u.s. history. for this sheriff, a personal mission. >> i am passionate about it and have a personal relationship with the victims. >> a 20 year journey for ju...

Over whether they could have caught him earlier and perhaps saved the lives of dozens of young women. they were almost afraid of the answer. ridgway was about to tell them just how many times they had come close. >> and he tells of a victim who came close to getting away. >> she fought more than any of the other women and she caused me more damage than the other women. >> when "chasing the devil" returns. but you go in pieces. [ female announcer ] you cant pass moms inspection with lots of piece...

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