On Monday, the notorious Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, was moved to the King County Jail in Seattle, a development that rekindled anguishes from a history laced with brutal crimes. The killer, infamous for the murders of 48 women in King County, was named after the discovery site of his early victims along the Green River. His transfer to the King County Jail at 10:42 a.m. was part of what the King County Sheriff's Office classified as an "institutional hold," according to KUOW.

Law enforcement officials have not provided details surrounding the reasons for Ridgway's relocation from Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla to Seattle's King County Jail. A spokesperson from the Sheriff's Office stated, as per KUOW, that the Sheriff's Office "continues to actively investigate potentially related cases" since Ridgway's arrest in 2001. This information struck a chord amongst the families of the victims, who have been left reeling since the original crimes dating back to the 1980s and 1990s.

Ridgway's infamous history in the region haunts many, especially given the advancements in DNA technology that sealed his fate. In 2001, this DNA evidence linked Ridgway to multiple victims, a connection not possible until the technology caught up with the traces he left behind. KATU reports these advancements allowed for the match of Ridgway's saliva to samples dating back to 1987.

Though Ridgway is currently serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.