83, her boyfriend saw her getting into ridgway s truck at a bus stop and then seemed to argue with him. the boyfriend tried to follow them but lost the truck at a light. the boyfriend and marie s father, jose, searched the neighborhood the next day and located the truck in ridgway s driveway. apparently they didn t think about contacting the green river task force. they called local police in the seattle suburb of des moines. jose malvar had to be restrained from going in and looking for marie himself. i wanted to go in because she is my daughter and i love my kids. the officers who looked around ridgway s home found nothing. ridgway told investigators they would never have been quick enough to find malvar at his house. she had already been disposed of by then. i killed her and an hour after i killed her, she was dropped off. even if there was no body, should police have done a more thorough search, would they have
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.