Pyschological Analysis
There are many things that may have factored into Gary Ridgway's illogical actions and behavior. But it all starts with his childhood, he used to have sexual feelings of lust towards his mother. He also had burning feelings of hatred towards her to make things complicated. Later, he developed a hatred towards prostitutes when he contracted Gonorrhea from a prostitutes in the navy. He thought of his first wife as a "whore" after her affair that resulted in their divorce. He even developed a strong hatred for his second wife who had a strong relationship with before their son was born. There seems to be a trend in that all the important women in his life disappointed him in some way. This very well may be the reason that he felt no remorse in killing all those helpless women.
There are also some connections of his killings to those women. For one, most of the victims were prostitutes who he hated because one gave him Gonorrhea. He also had sex with and dumped some of his victims in the same places that him and second wife used to have sex. When asked in an interview if he lacked anything that most people had, Ridgway cooly answered, "caring". Ridgway felt no sympathy for his victims and did not want to see their faces because to him they were not people. The fact that Ridgway has little to no empathy for others and has no sense or caring for what others and his victims are going through makes him a prime example of a psychopath and a malignant narcissist. According to Dr. Peter Roy-Byrne, "They are so preoccupied, they are impervious to consider other individuals except as a tool to meet their own needs". The reason he chose the women that he did may have been because of his previous relationships with women from his past. And the reason because he was able to continue to kill for no reason was simply because he didn't "care" about what happened to them in the least bit.
There are also some connections of his killings to those women. For one, most of the victims were prostitutes who he hated because one gave him Gonorrhea. He also had sex with and dumped some of his victims in the same places that him and second wife used to have sex. When asked in an interview if he lacked anything that most people had, Ridgway cooly answered, "caring". Ridgway felt no sympathy for his victims and did not want to see their faces because to him they were not people. The fact that Ridgway has little to no empathy for others and has no sense or caring for what others and his victims are going through makes him a prime example of a psychopath and a malignant narcissist. According to Dr. Peter Roy-Byrne, "They are so preoccupied, they are impervious to consider other individuals except as a tool to meet their own needs". The reason he chose the women that he did may have been because of his previous relationships with women from his past. And the reason because he was able to continue to kill for no reason was simply because he didn't "care" about what happened to them in the least bit.