John Wayne Gacy
At 11 years old he was knocked unconscious by a vicious swing and then it caused him to have black outs throughout his teen years.
He made himself well known in his community for his political work and his help to charitable causes. He often appeared at children's performances dressed as a clown
State of Illinois
Gacy confessed after the police got a search warrant for his house. He basically led the officers to where he hid the bodies and then confessed he had thrown a few of them in a near by river.
Background Info
CRIME
Born : May 17, 1942
Died: May 10 1994
John Wayne Gacy would use his contracting business to attract young men eager for work, many of whom were raped. He would use a special knot to strangle the young men. Thrity three of whom lost thier lives
Gacy met and then married work collague Marylnn Myres in 1964.
Gacy would also keep the bodies in his basement until they decomposed.
He left school and never graduated.
Then traveled to Las Vegas in search of fortunes.
First Known Attack
He was working in management at his father-in-law's restaurant and somehow lured a young boy to the back and tried to sodomize him when he refused to perform oral sex.
Victims
Timothy McCoy, 18, January 3, 1972
John Butkovich, 17, July 21, 1975
Darrell Sampson, 18, April 6, 1976
Randall Reffett, 15, May 14, 1976
Sam Stapleton, 14, May 14, 1976
Michael Bonnin, 17, June 3, 1976
William Carroll, 16, June 13, 1976
Rick Johnston, 17, August 6, 1976
Kenneth Parker, 16, October 25, 1976
Michael Marino, 14, October 25, 1976
Gregory Godzik, 17, December 12, 1976
John Szyc, 19, January 20, 1977
Jon Prestidge, 20, March 15, 1977
Matthew Bowman, 19, July 5, 1977
Robert Gilroy, 18, September 15, 1977
John Mowery, 19, September 25, 1977
Russell Nelson, 21, October 17, 1977
Robert Winch, 16, November 10, 1977
Tommy Boling, 20, November 18, 1977
David Talsma, 19, December 9, 1977
William Kindred, 19, February 16, 1978
Timothy O'Rourke, 20, June, 1978
Frank Landingin, 19, November 4, 1978
James Mazzara, 21, November 24, 1978
Robert Piest, 15, December 11, 1978
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