REOPENED: The Green River Killer

Cold Case Files

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

In the 1980s the police discovered no fewer than 44 bodies along the Green River near Seattle, making the Green River Killer the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. The investigation would become the largest ever performed in King County and span nearly 20 years before finally bringing the killer to justice. Still, with bodies continuing to surface, the true number of Green River Killer victims may never be known. Check out our great sponsors! ZocDoc: Go to Zocdoc.com/ccf and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! SimpliSafe: Go to simplisafe.com/coldcase to claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off your order with Interactive Monitoring! Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 29 million drivers who trust Progressive!

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0:20.7	Tuesday for all new episodes of Cold Case Files too. Now onto the episode.
0:30.9	You never forget the sight of a 16 year old body lying on her back on the river bank with a
0:41.6	ligature around her neck. This is being described as one of the nastiest homicides in King County
0:48.8	Record. 25 detectives have been assigned to the case full time, making this one of the largest
0:53.7	investigations in the county's history. Seven women have been found dead and another seven are missing.
1:04.0	King County police say it's reasonable to assume other bodies may be out here.
1:15.8	In the summer of 1982 a body washed up on the shores of Green River, New Seattle.
1:20.8	It was by no means a common occurrence, but the site was close enough to a big city so it
1:25.3	wasn't unheard of either. Investigators identified the body as Debra Lynn Bonner and got to work
1:31.1	on closing her case. Then two days later a river rafter reported two bodies just upstream from where
1:38.1	Debra was found. They were later identified as Marsha Faye Chapman and a few feet away, 17 year old
1:45.2	Cynthia Jean Hines. Then the lead detective on the case David Reiker found something they didn't
1:51.4	expect. As I process that scene I found another body. We come across Opal Mills. There's a 16 year old
2:01.1	girl laying on her stomach, large bruise on her buttocks, ligature around her neck, length, face
2:07.2	down, and you know we just started doing our job. One thing became very clear that day,
2:14.0	investigators were searching for a serial killer and they would spend the next 20 years searching
2:19.6	with a body count climbing to nearly 50 before the murderer was caught.
2:23.5	Making the Green River killer the single most prolific serial killer in US history.
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