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The film is based largely on the investigation and apprehension of Gacy following the disappearance of Robert Piest, by Des Plaines Police. [308] A feature film, Gacy, was released in 2003. This film cast Mark Holton in the role of Gacy and depicts his life after he moved to Norwood Park in 1971 until his arrest in 1978. [309]
As police suspected Gacy may be holding Piest hostage in the same house Butkovich was killed, the Des Plaines Police obtained a search warrant on December 13, 1978. They could not locate Piest, but they did find suspicious items, leading them to confiscate Gacy's vehicles and putting Gacy under surveillance. [15] [16]
In the film Gacy's last known victim Robert Piest was represented as 'Chris Gant.' In the film the name of Gacy's contracting company was changed from 'PDM Contractors' to 'LPW Construction.' The real-life detective Lt. Joseph R. Kozenczak served as a technical advisor during the film's production. [3]
Gacy was convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys through the 1970s, most of whom he buried in a crawlspace beneath his house. Gacy was convicted of murdering 33 young men and boys through the ...
Marty Zielinski/PeacockJohn Wayne Gacy was one of America’s most prolific—and horrific—serial killers, responsible for the deaths of 33 young men, 26 of whom he buried in the crawlspace ...
John Wayne Gacy, one of the world’s most notorious serial killers who famously posed a clown to lure his victims, is the subject of Peacock’s chilling six-part true-crime documentary, Devil in ...
Finally, in July 1978, the state's attorney's office filed a charge of battery against Gacy, but he was permitted to remain free. Rignall's case was never resolved in court. The battery charge was still pending in December 1978 when 15-year-old Robert Piest vanished in Des Plaines, Illinois, after encountering Gacy at the pharmacy where Piest ...
John Wayne Gacy was arrested as a result of the investigation into the abduction and murder of his thirty-third known victim, 15-year-old Robert Piest. His arrest occurred on December 21, 1978—ten days after Piest's abduction from a Des Plaines pharmacy. [32] [33] [34]