Hitchhiking was a rite of passage for teens in the 70s in the beautiful Pacific Northwest – until a charming predator turned their freedom into fear. Some managed to escape him, but police believe this good-looking stranger was responsible for the kidnapping, torture and murders of many more young women. The grieving families of his victims refuse to let their daughters and sisters be forgotten, and those who survived their run-ins with this killer lived to tell their own tales. Together, their stories paint a chilling portrait of a killer who hid in plain sight. This is the chronicle of lost girls, found strength, and the fight to shine new light on all-but-forgotten cases. Stolen Voices of Dole Valley is the story of a serial killer you’ve never heard of -- and the victims and survivors you’ll never forget.
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After two decades, the GRK signs a historic plea deal where he offers to confess his horrific crimes in exchange for sparing his life. The secret, five-month confession would test the will of the seasoned detectives who had worked the case for decades before the GRK, a pathological liar and remorseless killer, would finally share the details of how he murdered 49 teens and young women.
7,638 days—or 20 years, 10 months, and 29 days—after Wendy Coffield’s body was found snagged beneath Peck Bridge, the suspected GRK is arrested for murder. But will investigators have enough for a conviction?
A DNA match links a suspect to several GRK victims, and detectives reopen the case in secret, watching and waiting for the killer to slip. But when an undercover cop unwittingly arrests the suspect, the task force is jolted into action.
After the investigation into the “Truck Painter” grows cold, the Green River Task Force is presented with a new opportunity. Can an '80s version of a reality TV show and detectives opening up the task force vault to an anxious public help lead them to the killer?
A new computer database helps detectives see a viable suspect in all the shoe leather investigative work. The suspect will become known as the “Truck Painter,” and over the next six months, detectives will dig into his background. Did they finally find the GRK?
Desperate for answers and willing to consider “outside the box” thinking, Detective Dave Reichert gets a letter from an unlikely source offering his assistance: Theodore Bundy.
Will the charismatic, duplicitous, and utterly diabolical serial killer help the Green River Task Force find the GRK?
A new victim, Gisele Lovvorn, is found on land a few miles away from the Green River in September of 1982. But Giselle’s murder has all the hallmarks of the river victims. Green River Task Force Detectives are convinced that a serial killer is on the loose in the county. And as the growing list of missing girls and young women continues to mount, investigators burn the midnight oil trying to find the killer.
The biggest true crime scoop since Ted Bundy stirs up a media frenzy. At the same time, the profile of the killer and his victims begins to take shape, with many of the victims referred to as prostituted people — A distinction that would plague an already complicated investigation taking place in an era before mainstream computers.
The first detective on scene where Wendy’s body is found describes what he saw. Retired Sheriff Dave Reichert says while there, he discovered a second body. Three more victims were found in three days, stunning the community and kicking off the reign of terror of a faceless killer.