The encyclopedia article on Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, whose 2001 arrest followed DNA profiling advances that closed a cold case dating to 1982. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Reliability Tier3
General encyclopedia: useful for uncontested factual detail, not a primary or scholarly source. Citation
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway
Source TypeEncyclopedia
Sources
Wikipedia: Gary Ridgway
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 6 holds, 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Landmark Cases, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 6 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
- Criminologists and Reformers, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Foundational Concepts, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.
Well-attested
13Criminologists and Reformers
General References
4Criminologists and Reformers
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