Green River Killer's Final Victim Identified as Tammie Liles

Authorities have successfully used advanced DNA testing to identify the final unknown remains of a victim murdered by the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. The skeletal remains, previously designated as "Bones 20," belong to sixteen-year-old Tammie Liles, who originally went missing from Everett, Washington, in 1983. This breakthrough was achieved through a partnership between law enforcement and a specialized forensic laboratory that utilized mitochondrial DNA and a maternal reference sample. While Ridgway was convicted of 49 murders, this identification provides long-awaited closure for the families of his known victims. The killer remains incarcerated, serving multiple life sentences without the possibility of release for his decade-spanning crimes. This episode includes AI-generated content.