'I just knew that one day we'd catch him,' he says, still emotional about the subject. Reichert spent 20 years investigating the murders and during a recent interview on Mercer Island, he wept. Ridgway, who eventually pleaded guilty in 2003 to killing 48 women - is palpable. He didn't start wearing them until he needed prescriptions, he said.īut the emotional toll of hunting down the nation's most notorious serial killer - Gary L. Just like Tom Cavanagh, the former 'Ed' star, does in one of the TV movie's scenes.

Reichert traveling to Florida to gain some insight on the elusive killer from fellow serial killer Ted Bundy.Īlso, there were indeed occasions when the real Reichert, after pulling corpse after corpse from the banks of the Green River, would head to his car, slam the door shut, and sit with his head back in frustration. Yes, the two-night TV miniseries gets some things right: Reichert obsessing about solving the murders. congressman, is interviewed about the decades-long investigation hunting the horrific Green River killer. Which is what actually happens when the real Reichert, the former King County sheriff turned U.S. One thing you won't see Dave Reichert the TV character do in tonight's Lifetime Movie Network miniseries about him: Weep. 'Green River Killer' miniseries stirs Reichert's memories, angst I found this article and towards the bottom they talk about her character being made up:

The capture of the green river killer