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He sexually assaulted, tortured, and murdered at least 33 teenaged boys and young men between 1972-1978 in Cook County, Illinois. Gacy would lure his victims to his home in Norwood Park with force or deception, and murder them by asphyxiation with a makeshift tourniquet.
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.
May 10, 2023 · See the chilling images of Gacy's house, car, and crawl space, where he murdered and buried 33 young men and boys. Learn how his case influenced forensic investigation techniques and methods.
May 10, 1994 · Learn about the life and crimes of John Wayne Gacy, the notorious serial killer and rapist who was known as the Killer Clown. Find out how he murdered 33 people and buried them under his house, and how he was caught and executed.
Oct 26, 2021 · CHICAGO (AP) — John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s. Authorities found most of his victims’ remains in a crawl space under his suburban Chicago house or buried elsewhere on the property.
Oct 25, 2021 · In December 1978, police uncovered the first of 29 bodies buried on suburban businessman John Wayne Gacy’s property — 26 in the crawl space under his home in unincorporated Norwood Park...
Oct 25, 2021 · Learn about the 33 young men and boys that Gacy murdered and buried in his crawl space between 1972 and 1978. See photos, sources and the latest identification of Francis Wayne Alexander using DNA from a genealogy website.
