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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois. He became known as "the Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.
Timothy Jack McCoy (May 14, 1955 – January 3, 1972) was an American murder victim from Omaha, Nebraska. [1] He is the first known victim of serial killer and sex offender John Wayne Gacy, who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33 young men and boys in Norwood Park Township, near Chicago, Illinois, between 1972 and 1978.
Actor Jack Merrill shares a harrowing memory of his encounter with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. ... Gacy—a contractor who also performed as Pogo the Clown—was arrested and eventually charged ...
Chicago serial killer John Wayne Gacy was arrested after police discovered human remains in his home in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois. [119] [120] Gacy would be convicted of the murders of 33 young men and boys committed between 1972 and 1978. He would be executed by lethal injection on May 10, 1994.
Investigators remove a body from John Wayne Gacy's house near Chicago in 1979. Gacy was eventually charged with the murder of 33 young men, 26 of whose remains were found buried on his property.
He had no idea how truly dangerous Gacy was until he saw his house on the news a few months later as 26 bodies were recovered from Gacy's crawl space. Gacy was arrested in December 1978, and is ...
Jeffrey D. Rignall (August 21, 1951 – December 24, 2000) was an American memoirist who wrote 29 Below about surviving a 1978 attack by serial killer John Wayne Gacy and his subsequent search to find his attacker. Rignall's testimony during Gacy's trial helped to secure the latter's conviction and death sentence.
Actor Jack Merrill, who has appeared in Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order, has spoken out about being abducted and raped by serial killer John Wayne Gacy 46 years ago.. Gacy, a contractor who also ...