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Perseverance pays off for those hunting the Green River killer.(The Seattle Times)
SEATTLE _ For nearly 20 years, detectives hunting for the Green River killer knew in their hearts that Gary Leon Ridgway was probably their man. They tailed him for years, questioned him repeatedly, searched his home and dug deep into his life.
But in the end, it all came down to the fateful day in 1987 when a detective forced the South King County truck painter to chew on a tiny piece of gauze. Friday, King County sheriff's investigators arrested Ridgway, announcing that new DNA-testing technology had turned the 14-year-old saliva on that gauze into their golden evidence, tying him to the slayings of four women in the nation's largest unsolved serial killing.
"This has got to be one of the most exciting days of my entire career," said King County Sheriff Dave Reichert, who was one of the original detectives on the case that began in 1982. "This is not only an exciting day for the people who worked the case, but I know the community has got to be as excited about this as we are."
Ridgway was arrested about 3 p.m. Friday as he left his job at Kenworth Truck in Renton, where he has worked as a painter for more than 30 years. He was headed to the King County Jail for booking.
King County Prosecutor Norm Maleng was expected to file charges early this week.
Reichert Friday was careful not to call ...
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