any blind man could see that this was not just a one-time occurrence in the Green River that it would continue if you didn't do something everything quieted down and it was like it never happened uh the media went on to Other Stories police went on to other cases burglaries robberies whatever the politicians basically had something else to do so everybody relaxed everybody except the killer who did most of his stranglings while the police were closing up shop he just started dumping the bodies in new locations often in thick Woods in all the Green River Killer murdered at least 49 young women five a month at some points during his run from 1982 until 1984