On this day: November 5

1. 1993
   Victim Terry DeGeus · Mason City witness murders
2. 1997
   Victim Darla Sue Scott · Robert Lee Yates Jr.
3. 2003
   Court / trial King County Superior Court, Seattle · Gary Ridgway

   Ridgway pleaded guilty to 48 counts of aggravated first-degree murder on November 5, 2003. On December 18, in a crowded Seattle courtroom, Judge Richard Jones sentenced him to 48 consecutive life terms without parole.