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John Wayne Gacy. By Keaton Rye. The Clown Killer. John Wayne Gacy became known as the clown killer. He got his name, because he used to throw parties for his neighbors and his kids. He would dress up as a clown. Early Life. He was raised Catholic His Father Abused him, and was a alcoholic
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John Wayne Gacy By Keaton Rye
The Clown Killer • John Wayne Gacy became known as the clown killer. • He got his name, because he used to throw parties for his neighbors and his kids. He would dress up as a clown
Early Life • He was raised Catholic • His Father Abused him, and was a alcoholic • Dropped out of high school • Went to business school and became a fairly successful shoe salesman
Early life cont… • Got married in 1967 • He had his first homosexual encounter while his wife was in labor. • He denied he was gay, saying that in fact he was a lesbian • His wife disowned him and they got divorced.
Murders • He became a KFC restaurant owner in Iowa. • He was brought up on child molestation charges and was sent to prison. • He got parole in 1970 after 10 years in jail • Gacy moved back to Illinois and became a prominent member of the democrat party, and even got to take pictures of the first lady
Murders cont.. • Once his wife's divorce was final, the killings began • He killed 33 boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 • He would lure kids into his cars by offering them marijuana • Gacy would stick clothing in his mouth to stop the screams • He then would choke them with a rope or a hold them down with a board as he raped them
Trial • Gacy turned himself in, in march 1976 • He confessed to killing 33 boys, and gave the location of 31 boys • Most of the boys were found under his house were he would keep the bodies as long as decomposition would allow. • Gacy was executed by lethal injection
Dr. Helen Morrison • She kept Gacy’s brain in a attempt to discover why Gacy would commit these acts • She claims that Gacy did not fit the profile of a serial killer, and that he had the mind of an “infant”
Sources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy • http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/gacy/gacy_1.html • http://www.prairieghosts.com/gacy.html