John Wayne Gacy

At least 33 young men and boys were raped, tortured, and killed by American serial killer John Wayne Gacy. All of Gacy's killings were carried out within his ranch-style home close to Norridge, a community in Norwood Park Township, a Chicago suburb. On May 10, 1994, he was executed by lethal injection. His father disparaged him and made comparisons between him and his sisters, calling him "dumb and stupid." Gacy's involvement in politics in 1960, when he was 18 years old, resulted in more violence from his father.

Gacy's father purchased him an automobile but held onto the title until the balance was paid. If Gacy didn't follow his father's instructions, his father would take the car's keys away. Gacy left his home in 1962 and traveled to Las Vegas to work in a morgue. Gacy attained the rank of vice-president of the Springfield Jaycees by 1965. He was recognized as Illinois' third-most outstanding Jaycee the same year.

Donald Voorhees, 15, was sexually molested by Gacy. Gacy deceived a number of teens into thinking he was performing homosexual experimentation. Blackmailed a teenager into engaging in oral sex on him after persuading him to have sex with his own wife. In connection to Jason Voorhees, but not in relation to other young people, John Wayne Gacy was found guilty of sodomy. He received a ten-year prison term at the Anamosa State Prison.

Gacy quickly established a reputation for being a model inmate when he was inside. John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer, was given parole in 1970 with a 12-month probationary period. In order to fulfill the terms of his probation, Gacy had to move in with his mother in Chicago. After being freed, Gacy moved to Chicago within 24 hours and remained there until his arrest in December 1978. Gacy founded PDM Contractors, a side-hustle construction company, in 1971.

"Painting, Decorating, and Maintenance" was represented by the initials "PDM." Carole saw Gacy bringing young men into his garage early in the morning and discovered gay porn and men's wallets in the house. Pogo the Clown and Patches the Clown are Gacy's original clown creations, for which he designed the makeup and attire. He earned the moniker "Killer Clown" thanks to his voluntary work as a clown for the public. Cram was persuaded into donning handcuffs by Gacy, who afterwards declared his intention to rape him.

Gacy was forced to leave after Cram kicked him in the face. Before departing, Gacy threatened Antonucci. At least 33 young men and boys were killed by John Wayne Gacy, who buried 26 of them in the house's crawl area. Gacy's victims included people he knew as well as strangers he enticed with the promise of a job from Chicago's Greyhound Bus station, Bughouse Square, or just the streets. John Wayne Gacy, a serial murderer who was inspired by the Houston Mass Murders, tormented his victims by handcuffing their ankles to a two-by-four. He read a portion of Psalm 23 while securing a rope around the neck of one of his victims.

Gacy killed him by hanging him, then hid the body for burial in his closet. He interred McCoy in his crawl area and eventually concreted over the burial. Gacy claimed in an interview that after killing McCoy, he felt "completely spent." John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer, came across Butkovich in 1975 when he got out of his car at the intersection of West Lawrence Avenue in Chicago. Gacy later acknowledged that, before to strangling the child, he "sat on the kid's chest for a long."

He killed most of his victims between 1976 and 1978 because, after his divorce, he mostly lived alone. Serial killer John Wayne Gacy kidnapped and killed 18-year-old Darrell Samson in April 1976.

In the crawl hole right underneath the room Gacy used as his office, Francis Alexander was interred. Gregory Godzik, a different PDM employee, vanished in December 1976. John Szyc, then 19 years old, was enticed to Gacy's home in January 1977 on the pretense of purchasing his Plymouth Satellite. It is known that by the end of 1977, Gacy had killed six additional young men between the ages of 16 and 21. Robert Donnelly, a student, was kidnapped by Gacy at gunpoint from a Chicago bus stop.

Later, when Gacy was on trial, Donnelly testified that he was unable to talk because of the anguish. Gacy later admitted to authorities that he had pondered concealing remains in his attic but had refrained due to concerns over "leakage." Duck hunters discovered Piest's body in the Des Plaines River on November 12. After enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with his family, James Mazzara vanished; he was last seen driving a suitcase. In Iowa, Gacy had been incarcerated for the sodomy of a 15-year-old child.

He claimed to have been in a car accident as he arrived at the police station caked in dirt. On December 13, Des Plaines police received a warrant to search John Wayne Piest's residence. When the property was searched, many police badges and a 6mm Brevettata starter pistol were found as well as other suspicious items. Police rotated two two-man surveillance squads to keep an eye on Gacy. Gacy had once handed him a watch from a deceased individual, according to an interview with Szyc Cram.

Three German shepherd search dogs that had been trained by the investigators were used in a test to see if Piest had ever been inside any of Gacy's vehicles. One dog came up to his Oldsmobile and laid down on the passenger seat, acting as though Piest's body was inside, according to reports. On December 19, detectives started gathering information for a second search warrant for John Szyc's residence. The same day, Kimberly Byers, age 17, was identified by the serial number of a picture receipt discovered in the kitchen. A $750,000 civil lawsuit was brought by Gacy's attorneys against the Des Plaines police.

He claimed to have killed "at least thirty" people, the most of whom he buried in his crawl space. Five further bodies were dumped in the Des Plaines River by Gacy. Gacy dismissed his victims, calling them "hustlers," "liars," and "male prostitutes," on whom he applied "the rope trick." On occasion, Gacy would awaken to discover "dead, strangled kids" with their hands bound behind their backs on his floor. The previous evening, Gacy confessed to more than 30 killings in front of his attorneys.

Police get a second search warrant for serial killer John Wayne Gacy's house on December 21, 1978. Daniel Genty, an evidence technician, yells to the detectives that they might accuse Gacy of murder. As he descends into a crawl passage, Genty declares, "I guess this place is full with youngsters. Police discovered human remains in serial killer John Wayne Gacy's crawl space on December 22, 1978, and Gacy was taken into custody. Gacy admitted to killing over 30 young men and dumping their bodies in the Des Plaines River.

Most of his victims, according to him, were teenage runaways or male prostitutes. On a phone message sheet, serial murderer John Gacy sketched a rudimentary schematic of his basement to show where his victims' remains were interred during his confession. After that, Gacy was told to use orange spray paint to designate the area of his garage floor where he reportedly buried the victim. The 1979 Chicago Blizzard forced the suspension of operations, which were then restored in March. Before operations picked back up, Gacy insisted that all of his victims had been located.

Under the dining room floor of John Wayne Gacy's house, victim 29 was discovered. Stein was able to identify the remains with the use of dental and X-ray records. Stein came to the conclusion that 12 victims asphyxiated rather than were strangled. Several bodies had their heads and upper torsos wrapped in plastic bags. In a 1980 murder trial, a jury ruled John Wayne Gacy not guilty by reason of insanity.

Gacy made an effort to persuade therapists that he suffered from multiple personality disorder. He claimed to be recounting the crimes of the homophobic "Bad Jack" Jack Hanley, who he called.

These doctors claimed that Gacy had ordered them to clear his crawl area of bags of lime and dig drainage trenches. Both the prosecution and defense teams made closing remarks. The State was said to have fallen short of establishing Gacy's sanity beyond a reasonable doubt, according to the defense. Gacy was convicted guilty of 33 counts of murder after less than two hours of deliberation; he was also found guilty of sexual assault and engaging in indecent conduct with a child. He had been found guilty of 33 murders at the time, which was a record for a person in American history.

On February 15, 1983, prisoner Henry Brisbon used a sharpened wire to stab Gacy in the arm. After his conviction, Gacy examined various legal texts and submitted numerous appeals. According to reports, Gacy's last words were "Kiss my ass," however according to prosecutor William Kunkle, these statements were directed at a jail guard and not included in any official statement made before Gacy was put to death. John Wayne Gacy killed 42 people in total, although only 28 have been definitively identified. Samuel Stapleton, age 14, was the youngest victim, and Francis Alexander and Russell Nelson, both age 21, were the oldest.

Five victims' identities are unknown. Timothy Jack McCoy was identified as the ninth victim unearthed from John Wayne Gacy's property in 1986. His identification was aided by dental records and a recognizable belt buckle in a bright yellow with a Ford Model A automobile engraved on it. Francis Wayne Alexander, age 21, formerly known as Body 5, is the most recent victim to be named. Four of his victims were buried beneath his crawl space, leaving him with five unidentified victims.

The skulls of the final unidentified victims were utilized by forensic scientists in 1979 to reconstruct faces. Probably between August and October 1976, Body 13 was murdered. Due to the man's two missing upper front teeth, authorities surmised that he most likely wore a denture. According to estimates, Body 21 was between the ages of 15 and 24. Months or years prior to his disappearance, he had broken his left collarbone.

It has been disputed that either of the two remains resurrected by serial killer John Wayne Gacy were those of Michael Marino or Kenneth Parker, according to DNA and dental tests performed between 2012 and 2016. In 1978, Charles Antonio Hattula's body was discovered floating in the Pecatonica River not far from Freeport, Illinois. According to retired Chicago police detective Bill Dorsch, there may be additional victims buried in the grounds of the apartment complex where Gacy resided. Three PDM workers were also thought to be suspects in the killings at the time of Gacy's arrest, he claimed in interviews while still on execution row. There is strong evidence that Gacy collaborated with an accomplice, according to several criminal defense lawyers and detectives who are looking into the likelihood that he did not commit several of the murders alone.

Near where Gacy lived, at least two of the victims thought to have been killed by Gacy were last observed alive. Gacy asserted that he was not in Chicago when 16 of the victims who had been identified vanished. Travel records show that the day after John Mowery's disappearance, Gacy was at a scheduled job site in Michigan. John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer, started painting in prison. He received inspiration for his artwork from a broad variety of sources, and the subjects of his paintings ranged widely, including Christ, birds, skulls, his own house, and John Dillinger.

Walt Disney's depictions of the Seven Dwarfs were depicted in his "Hi Ho" series. Two documentaries regarding the Gacy killings have been aired on the Discovery channel. A 45-minute documentary on John Wayne Gacy's atrocities was aired on the Biography Channel. A 42-minute episode of the Lifetime Movies television program Monster in My Family was devoted to Gacy's killings.