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Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, preyed on girls and young women in the Seattle area in the 1980s and 1990s

Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, preyed on girls and young women in the Seattle area in the 1980s and 1990s

Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

Remains of “Bones 20” belong to Everett teen Tammie Liles.

The King County Sheriff's office this week disclosed the identity of one of the Green River Killer's victims almost four decades after her body was discovered in the woods

CNN — For nearly 40 years, the human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And 17 years later, the police

For nearly 40 years, a set of human remains discovered near Seattle in 1985 were known to investigators only as Bones 17. And it was 17 years later that police confirmed the remains belonged to a victim of the so-called “Green River Killer” – but they still didn’t know the victim’s name.