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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
the residence of serial killer John Wa
DIR By: Akoya
Date: June 18, 2020, 2:19 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
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
the residence of serial killer John Wa
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Date: June 18, 2020, 2:20 pm
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
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DIR By: Akoya
Date: June 18, 2020, 2:21 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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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
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Date: June 18, 2020, 2:22 pm
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
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Date: June 18, 2020, 2:23 pm
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
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Date: June 18, 2020, 2:24 pm
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
the residence of serial killer John Wayne
DIR By: Scorpio
Date: December 19, 2021, 6:49 pm
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New victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy identified using DNA
Francis Wayne Alexander was a North Carolina man who moved to
Chicago and was killed in the mid-1970s
Authorities in Illinois said on Monday they had identified
another victim of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing
33 young men and boys in the 1970s.
Francis Wayne Alexander, a North Carolina man who moved to
Chicago, would have been 21 or 22 when Gacy killed him some time
between early 1976 and early 1977, the Cook county sheriff, Tom
Dart, told reporters.
In a statement, Alexander’s sister, Carolyn Sanders, thanked the
sheriff’s office for giving the family some level of “closure”.
“It is hard, even 45 years later, to know the fate of our
beloved Wayne,” Sanders said. “He was killed at the hands of a
vile and evil man. Our hearts are heavy, and our sympathies go
out to the other victims’ families … We can now lay to rest what
happened and move forward by honoring Wayne.”
Alexander’s remains were among 26 sets police found in the crawl
space under Gacy’s home just outside Chicago. Three victims were
found buried on Gacy’s property and four others whom Gacy
admitted killing were found in waterways south of Chicago.
In 2011, Dart’s office exhumed the remains of eight victims
buried without police knowing who they were. Dart called on
anyone who had a male relative disappear in the Chicago area in
the 1970s to submit DNA.
Within weeks, the sheriff’s office announced it had identified
one set of remains as those of William Bundy, a 19-year-old
construction worker.
In 2017, the office identified a second set as those of
16-year-old Jimmy Haakenson, who disappeared after he phoned his
mother in Minnesota and told her that he was in Chicago.
The details of Alexander’s life in Chicago are sketchy. He first
moved to New York and then to Chicago, where he was married for
about three months before a divorce in 1975.
According to the sheriff’s office, the last known record of
Alexander’s life was a traffic ticket received in Chicago in
January 1976 – a year in which he earned little money.
How he crossed paths with one of the most notorious serial
killers in American history is a mystery, as authorities say all
they know is that “Alexander lived in an area that was
frequented by Gacy and where other identified victims had
previously lived”.
Alexander was identified when the sheriff’s department teamed up
with a non-profit, the DNA Doe Project, which uses genetic
information to locate relatives of dead people who have not been
identified.
The organization compared the DNA profile from the unidentified
victim’s remains to profiles on a genealogy website. That led it
to Alexander’s family, and Alexander’s mother and half-brother
provided DNA for comparison.
Between the genetic testing, financial records, postmortem
reports and other information, investigators were able to
confirm that the remains were Alexander’s.
The submission of DNA from people who suspected Gacy might have
killed their loved ones has helped police solve at least 11 cold
cases that had nothing to do with Gacy, who was executed in
1994.
It has also helped families find loved ones who while missing
were alive, including a man in Oregon who had no idea his family
was looking for him.
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Re: NORWOOD PARK JOHN DOE (#2): WM, 22-32, body discovered in
the residence of serial killer John Wayne
DIR By: Scorpio
Date: December 19, 2021, 6:51 pm
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