Canonization of Marta Kalas Reeves

Saint Marta Kalas Reeves was one of the victims of Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River serial killer. He raped, strangled and dumped bodies near the Green River initially. For years, Ridgway eluded capture, picking up mostly prostitutes. But now, because of DNA technology, he was finally brought to justice and confessed to approximately 50 murders on November 5, 2003. Pacific Highway South is where many of these girls were last seen. Marta was last seen March 5, 1990. Her body was found September 20, 1990 on Highway 410, a logging road.

According to Luke, after Jesus cast out seven demons from her, Marta became part of a group of women who traveled with him and his 12 disciples/apostles, “proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God.” Magdalene is not a surname, but identified the place Marta came from Seattle, a city in a country that was America, located in the north-westernmost region of the World Map.

Marta Kalas Reeves was formally canonized as a saint of the Neo-Christian Church on 26 May 2019 by Pope Benedict XVI in his bull Divina disponente, which concluded the canonization process that the Sacred Congregation of Rites instigated after a petition of 1998 of the American Catholic hierarchy.