An interview that took place on February 18, 2019 at roughly 7:45 AM CBI between Chris Watts and Agent Tammy Lee, FBI SA Grahm Coder, and Frederick PD Detective Dave Baumhover at the Dodge Correctional Institute.
PDF’s.
Gary Leon Ridgway, Timeline.
A timeline of Gary Ridgway’s life, courtesy of Brenda Lackey, Carlie Jones, and Julie Johnson from Radford University.
Brenda Joy Baker, Case Files: Part Two.
The second installment of documents from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Department related to the murder of Brenda Joy Baker from Maple Valley, WA.
Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, documents related to their investigation into William Earl Cosden Jr., Part One.
I requested the case files for the murders of Katherine Merry Devine and Brenda Joy Baker from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Department and thought, why not ask for William Cosden Jr.’s as well? This is the first installment of those documents. There’s also a 2.3 gigabyte video they gave me as well, I have to figure out a way to get that on here.
Donna Gail Manson, Case Files.
Back in April I began the process of requesting the case files related to the murder of Katherine Merry Devine from the Thurston Co. Sheriff’s Department out of Washington state. I found the entire ordeal to be not only simple but also incredibly inexpensive, so logically I thought to myself, ‘what else can I get from these fine people?,’ and after looking into it I realized that confirmed Bundy victim Donna Gail Manson was also abducted from the same county. These are the documents that they sent me. Last night I registered with neighboring King County and requested some documents from them as well. This is outstanding.
Dennis Rader’s Dormancy Period: The Truth or a Coverup?
This scholarly article discusses the atrocities and victims of Dennis Lynn Rader, specifically focusing in on his dormancy period before he was captured by police.
Published in August 2023 by the Journal of Student Research, written by Tatum Hayes and John Carl.
Ted Bundy’s Last Days.
Notes from TB’s final days, as well as Fred Lawrence’s notes from the night before his execution; Lawrence was the Reverend that sat with Ted on the night before his death. Document courtesy of Maria Serban.
Ted Bundy, Garfield County Sheriff Files.
This is some information related to the Bundy case from Garfield County in Colorado from 1976.
Washington Crime Scenes (part of the investigation of Ted Bundy).
A .PDF document of reports related to the extensive searches made in the Issaquah and Taylor Mountain areas in relation to Ted Bundy.
According to the Issaquah Dump Site report, the skeletons were badly scattered by animals and no evidence of trauma, dismemberment or assault could be detected, and no clothing, jewelry, or other personal effects were near the scene. The report concluded that the victims were probably killed elsewhere and dumped at the dump sites shortly after they disappeared. After the search made in the area, three sets of bones were found, and two of them were determined to have belonged to Janice Ott and Denise Naslund. The skull of Janice Ott was still missing as were the skull and mandible of the third person, and for the third set of bones the two possible victims were thought to have been Georgann Hawkins and Donna Manson. A large quantity of immature elk bones were found 1/4 mile east of the scene on ‘Sunset Highway.’
According to the Taylor Mountain DS report, the skulls and/or mandibles of Lynda Healy, Susan Rancourt, Kathy Parks, and Brenda Ball were found at this location; several other bones were also found at this location, but were eventually determined to be non-human. The report specifies that this gave rise to the theory that the girls had been decapitated, but no cervical vertebrae were found in the search. The report further specifies that animals in the area included coyotes, bears and rodents, adding that the possibility of their consuming all bones of the body was slim.
The Taylor Mountain Dump Site report also states that the area at all times of the year was very brushy and would have been extremely dense during June when Brenda Ball disappeared, positing that the killer could have dumped the bodies in an area of evergreens nearby where there was less underbrush but no grease spots were found in that area either.
Courtesy of ‘archives.org’ user ‘Marionumber’ and the Pitkin County DA.
Israel Keyes, FBI Documents.
Here are some documents from the ‘vault.fbi.gov’ website related to serial killer, Israel Keyes (who apparently had no middle name). Recently, a large number of formerly sealed records were made available and were added to the public electronic library (thanks to the FOIA).
Another Bundy Blog. 