Decades-Long Mystery Solved: Runaway Teen Identified as Green River Killer Victim
The remains of a victim of the Green River Killer, known as Bones 17, have been identified as Lori Anne Ratzpotnik, a 15-year-old runaway who went missing in 1982. The identification was made possible through forensic genetic genealogy testing and DNA comparison with her mother's sample. The Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, confessed to the murders of Ratzpotnik and 46 other women and girls in 2003. Two victims of Ridgway's remain unidentified, and three women associated with the case are still missing.