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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#1): WM, 17-21, body #10 discovered i
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By: Akoya Date: June 17, 2020, 2:19 pm
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#1): WM, 17-21, body #10 discovered i
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John Wayne Gacy
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John Wayne Gacy in May 1978
Born March 17, 1942
Chicago, Illinois, US
Died May 10, 1994 (aged 52)
Stateville Correctional Center, Crest Hill, Illinois, US
Cause of death Execution by lethal injection
Other names
The Killer Clown[1]
Pogo the Clown[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[3]
Weight 230 lb (104 kg)[4]
Political party Democratic[5]
Spouse(s) Marlynn Myers
(m. 1964; div. 1969)
Carole Hoff
(m. 1972; div. 1976)
Children Michael and Christine Gacy
Parent(s) John Stanley Gacy
Marion Elaine Robinson
John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American
serial killer who raped, tortured and murdered at least 33
teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County,
Illinois (a part of metropolitan Chicago).
All of Gacy's known murders were committed inside his Norwood
Park ranch house. His victims were typically induced to his
address by force or deception, and all except one of his victims
were murdered by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a
makeshift garrote, as his first victim was stabbed to death.
Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of his home.
Three other victims were buried elsewhere on his property, while
the bodies of his last four known victims were discarded in the
Des Plaines River.
Convicted of 33 murders, Gacy was sentenced to death on March
13, 1980 for 12 of those murders. He spent 14 years on death row
before he was executed by lethal injection at Stateville
Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.
Gacy became known as the "Killer Clown" because of his
charitable services at fund-raising events, parades, and
children's parties where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown"[6]
or "Patches the Clown", characters that he had created.
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Gacy with First Lady Rosalynn Carter on May 6, 1978, six years
after the killings began and seven months before his final
arrest. A pin indicating special Secret Service clearance is
visible on his jacket.
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The crawl space at 8213 Summerdale. Twenty-six victims were
found buried in this location. 41°58′34″N
87°49′57″W / 41.97619°N 87.832421°W
Unidentified victims
Six victims remain unidentified, five of whom had been buried
beneath Gacy's crawl space, with one additional youth buried
approximately 15 feet (4.6 m) from the barbecue pit in his
backyard. Experts used the skulls of the unidentified victims to
create facial reconstructions.[356] Based upon Gacy's
confession, information relative to where the victims were
buried in his crawl space relative to Gacy's identified victims,
and forensic analysis, police were able to determine the most
likely dates when his unidentified victims were killed.
c. January 1974. Body 28. Backyard. Male aged 14–18.[117][358]
June 13 – August 5, 1976. Body 26. Crawl space. Male aged
23–30.[143][359]
August 6 – October 5, 1976. Body 13. Crawl space. Male aged
18–22.[360][361]
August 6 – October 24, 1976. Body 21. Crawl space. Male aged
15–24.[362][363]
December 1976 – March 15, 1977. Body 5. Crawl space. Male aged
22–32.[162][364]
March 15 – July 5, 1977. Body 10. Crawl space. Male aged
17–21.[365][366]
In October 2011, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart announced that
investigators, having obtained full DNA profiles from each of
the unidentified victims, were to renew their efforts to
identify all of them. At a press conference held to announce
this intention, Sheriff Dart stated investigators are actively
seeking DNA samples from individuals across the United States
related to any male missing between 1970 and 1979.[367] Test
results thus far conducted have confirmed the identification of
two victims, ruled out the possibility of numerous other missing
youths as being victims of Gacy,[368][369] and solved four
unrelated cold cases dating between 1972 and 1979
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#1): WM, 17-21, body #10 discovered i
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By: Akoya Date: June 17, 2020, 2:32 pm
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John Wayne Gacy mystery: Authorities release new sketches of
serial killer's victims
Aamer Madhani, USA TODAYPublished 2:16 p.m. ET July 23, 2018 |
Updated 4:30 p.m. ET July 23, 2018
CHICAGO — New sketches of two unidentified victims of the serial
killer John Wayne Gacy were released Monday as authorities hope
to get closer to solving a nearly 40-year-old mystery.
Gacy tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered 33 men and boys,
many who he lured to his home by impersonating a police officer
or promising them construction work. Most of the victims were
found hidden in his home or property in Norwood Park Township,
near Chicago, after he was caught in 1978.
One of the most notorious serial killers in American history,
Gacy often preyed on victims he found hitchhiking or at bus
stops.
More: DNA test confirms teen missing since 1976 was John Wayne
Gacy victim
More: Suspected serial killer in custody following car chase in
Houston-area manhunt
More: Murder of April Tinsley: DNA evidence credited for arrest
in 30-year-old cold case
Authorities for years have struggled to identify several of
Gacy's victims, who were killed long before the advent of DNA
testing. The bodies of six Gacy victims remain unidentified.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released
new facial reconstruction sketches Monday of two of them. One
who investigators refer to as John Doe 10 is a young white man
believed to be between 17 and 21 years old who authorities
believe was killed between 1972 and 1978. He’s been 5’7” and
5’11”. Investigators said he had sustained injury to his left
clavicle prior to his death that had healed well over time. He
also had a few dental fillings.
The second sketch, of a victim referred to as John Doe 13, is of
a white male, 18 to 22. He was approximately 5’9” to 6’2” and
had dark brown wavy hair. One of his upper teeth was displaced
behind another tooth that may have been noticeable to people who
knew him well. Investigators estimated John Doe 13 also was
killed between 1972 and 1978.
In 2011, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced he was reopening
the investigation into the deaths of eight unidentified victims
of Gacy who were found stuffed in the crawl space of his home or
elsewhere on his property.
The identity of one of the original eight unidentified victims,
19-year-old William George Bundy, was confirmed through DNA
testing in late 2011, just months after Dart launched the Gacy
inquiry, and last year investigators were able identify a second
victim, James "Jimmie" Haakenson, 16, of St. Paul, Minn.
Haakenson went missing in August through a DNA sample.
Authorities ask anyone with information about the unidentified
victims to contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited
Children at 1-800-843-5678 or the Cook County Sheriff’s Office
at 1-708-865-6244.
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By: Akoya Date: June 17, 2020, 2:33 pm
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Gacy Victims Released
Among the many bodies pulled from the Chicago crawlspace and
property of John Wayne Gacy in 1978 were six victims of the
serial killer who, 40 years on, have yet to be identified.
As Cook County investigators work to give true names to the
remaining “John Doe” victims, the National Center for Missing
and Exploited Children has lent its aid by producing and
publishing forensic facial reconstructions of two of the
victims, John Doe #10 and John Doe #13.
The new images of the two victims, both determined to be white
males who were killed sometime between 1972 and 1978, were each
created by a NCMEC forensic artist and based on the structure of
the skeletal remains.
John Doe #10 was between the ages of 17 and 21 at the time of
his death, and stood at a height between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-11,
according to NCMEC. Although his hair and eye color could not be
determined, investigators know the male had injured his
collarbone at some point in his life, and that the injury had
healed well by the time of his death. They also determined he
had been treated by a dentist in life and had a few dental
fillings.
John Doe #13 was between 18 and 22 years old and stood at a
height between 5-foot-9 and 6-foot-2, NCMEC says. He had wavy,
dark brown hair and a unique dental trait: one of his upper
teeth was displaced behind another one of his teeth. NCMEC notes
this is a distinct detail that may have been noticed by those
who knew the male in life.
Those who believe they may have information about the boys’
identities are encouraged by NCMEC to contact them at
1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or the Cook County Sheriff’s
Office at 708-865-6244.
Of the 33 known victims of Gacy, eight remained unidentified
when, in October of 2011, the Cook County Sheriff’s Department
announced a new effort to identify them, according to the
Associated Press. The next month, investigators identified
19-year-old William George Bundy as one of the victims, and in
July 2017, 16-year-old James “Jimmie” Byron Haakenson was also
identified, through a DNA comparison with two of his siblings.
DNA from all six remaining unidentified victims has been
obtained and tested by Cook County investigators and is suitable
to be compared to a living family member, according to the Cook
County Sheriff’s Office.
In September 2015, investigators identified a 1979 homicide
victim, who was not a victim of Gacy, as 16-year-old Andre
“Andy” Drath, following a DNA sample submitted by Drath’s sister
as part of the effort to identify Gacy’s victims. Although the
sister’s DNA did not match any of the unidentified Gacy victims,
the sample remained in CODIS where it was later compared to
Drath’s DNA, uploaded to CODIS in 2014. The Gacy investigation
has led to the solving of four unrelated cold cases and seven
unrelated missing persons cases (five found alive), according to
the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
Gacy killed men and boys between 1972 and 1978, while he was
working as a building contractor and performing as “Pogo the
Clown” at children’s parties, according to the AP. He raped many
of his victims before killing them by strangling and, in at
least one case, stabbing. Police investigating the disappearance
of 15-year-old Robert Piest executed a search warrant at Gacy’s
house in December 1978 and discovered the bodies in Gacy’s
crawlspace. Gacy was convicted of the murders of 33 victims and
executed in May 1994.
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