if she had called earlier, the man who had boldly showed her his identification might have moved onto the list of suspects a lot sooner. by the time rebecca decided to make that call, the same man had already been involved in another incident that brought him to the attention of dave reichert. that encounter began on april 30th, 1983, nearly a year after the first five bodies had been found at the river. 18-year-old marie malvar got into a blue pickup truck at a bus stop just a few blocks where rebecca was picked up. her boyfriend, who watched out for her when she worked the streets, noticed she seemed to be arguing with the customer. so he decided to follow them but lost the truck at a light. he panicked when marie did not return after several hours. he told marie s father the next morning.
the house belonged to gary ridgway, a truck painter who had lived mere the sea-tac strip most of his life. in 1982, when the green river killings began, he was 33 years old. he had been twice married and divorced and he had been arrested for soliciting prostitution earlier that year. since ridgway s house was located in a suburb of seattle, it was the local police who questioned him. the following day i went to the police department and asked them, what s happened? and they said he doesn t know nothing about it. do you feel like police at the time made a good effort? i don t think so. malvar believe that by giving up too easily, police lost an opportunity to determine his daughter s fate. and you never heard a word from her again? no. jose malvar and rebecca guarde weren t the only ones to tell the green river task force about gary ridgway. in 1984 and again in 86, two
unfortunately guarde waited two years to call police and tell them about her encounter. if she had called earlier, the man who had boldly showed her his identification might have moved onto the list of suspects a lot sooner. by the time rebecca decided to make that call, the same man had already been involved in another incident that brought him to the attention of dave reichert. that encounter began on april 30th, 1983, nearly a year after the first five bodies had been found at the river. 18-year-old marie malvar got into a blue pickup truck at a bus stop just a few blocks where rebecca was picked up. her boyfriend, who watched out for her when she worked the streets, noticed she seemed to be arguing with the customer. so he decided to follow them but lost the truck at a light. he panicked when marie did not return after several hours. he told marie s father the next morning.
ridgway, a truck painter who had lived near the sea-tac strip most of his life. in 1982, when the green river killings began, he was 33 years old. he had been twice married and divorced and he had been arrested for soliciting prostitution earlier that year. since ridgway s house was located in a suburb of seattle, it was the local police who questioned him. the following day i went to the police department and asked them, what s happened? and they said he doesn t know nothing about it. do you feel like police at the time made a good effort? i don t think so. malvar believes that by giving up too easily, police lost an opportunity to determine his daughter s fate. and you never heard a word from her again? no. jose malvar and rebecca guarde weren t the only ones to tell the green river task force about gary ridgway. in 1984 and again in 86, two
he was out still looking for me. en fortunately guarde waited two years to call police and tell them about her encounter. if she had called earlier, the man who had boldly showed her his identification might have moved onto the list of suspects a lot sooner. by the time rebecca decided to make that call, the same man had already been involved in another incident that brought him to the attention of dave reichert. that encounter began on april 30th, 1983, nearly a year after the first five bodies had been found at the river. 18-year-old marie malvar got into a blue pickup truck at a bus stop just a few blocks where rebecca was picked up. her boyfriend, who watched out for her when she worked the streets, noticed she seemed to be arguing with the customer. so he decided to follow them but lost the truck at a light. he panicked when marie did not return after several hours. he told marie s father the next morning.