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S3 Ep.6: Conversations With A Killer

Mind of a Monster: The Hollywood Ripper

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Gary Ridgway's Sample Is Fine

In 2001, 14 years after Ridgway gave his sample, the last remaining detective on the Green River case went all in on new DNA technology. Patty Eakes has long since graduated law school, and joined the King County prosecutor's office. I talked to Patty about the arrest of the Green River killer, and what happened next for her. In forensic terms, it's huge. The crime laboratory is not going to run out. However, the amount of biological sample recovered from the bodies found by the Green River is very limited,. perhaps only enough for one go at processing the DNA.

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