On the evening of April 30, 1983, 18-year-old Mary-Jane Malvar was seen getting into a pickup truck at a bus stop near South 216th Street and Pacific Highway South in SeaTac, Washington. Her boyfriend, Robert Woods, watched her enter the vehicle and tried to follow but lost it in traffic; that was the last time she was seen alive. Four days later Woods reported her missing and said he had found the distinctive truck parked less than half a mile from where he last saw her, at a house belonging to Gary Leon Ridgway.

Ridgway denied involvement when questioned and, at the time, police had insufficient evidence to pursue the lead further.Mary-Jane’s father, Jose, joined the early search efforts that took them to Ridgway’s door. In November 2001 Ridgway was arrested in connection with the Green River killings. In 2003 he confessed to Malvar’s murder, told investigators about her scratching his arm and burning the marks with battery acid, and led them to a ravine in Auburn where partial remains were recovered in September 2003 and later identified by dental records.

Ridgway was sentenced to consecutive life terms without parole.Members of the community or anyone who knew Mary-Jane are asked to share information that might shed more light on her last day.