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John Wayne Gacy

John Wayne Gacy. By: Taylor Gallagher. What makes a serial killer?. Most have an unstable home as a child Might have had problems as a child like head injuries or physical ailments Don’t have a conscience and have had a lack of loving or nurturing relationships

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John Wayne Gacy

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  1. John Wayne Gacy By: Taylor Gallagher

  2. What makes a serial killer? • Most have an unstable home as a child • Might have had problems as a child like head injuries or physical ailments • Don’t have a conscience and have had a lack of loving or nurturing relationships • Might have been abused as a child

  3. What is Evil? • Evil is the intent to cause harm on other people • The acts that Gacy committed that were “evil” were rape and murder • He knew what he was doing while killing the boys/men but that didn’t stop him from killing them

  4. Who he killed and why? • John Wayne Gacy killed up to 33 boys/young men • Killed boys/ young men or suspected homosexuals • Most of the victims worked for Gacy • His first attack was on Jeffery Ringall on May 22, 1978 • He kidnapped him, knocked him out with chloroform, and raped him • On December 28th, twenty-seven of the bodies were found under the crawl space of Gacy’s house, two were found in the concrete of his patio, and one was found in the Illinois River • He also confessed to keeping the bodies under his bed for hours before burying them Some victims of John Wayne Gacy

  5. Childhood • Gacy was born on March 17th, 1942 and was the second of three children • Had a bad relationship with his father • At age 11, he was hit in the head by a swing, causing a blood clot in his brain, which wasn’t found until age 16 • This caused blackouts • He also had a non-specific heart ailment • He did have friends, but he was frequently made fun of • His father was an alcoholic and he abused his kids • Beaten regularly by his father • He was also molested by a family friend • He never graduated high school but he went to business school and graduated from there Gacy as a child

  6. Gacy’s Life • He had different health issues as a child • Non-specific heart aliment and blood clot • Was also abused and molested • He also had hired a boy to go and beat up another boy • He went to the Iowa State Reformatory for men for ten years after being convicted for sodomy • Was there for 18 months and then got early parole • Was depressed when he was released • After being released he was charged with disorderly conduct with a boy, but the charges were dropped • He was an insomniac • He was married to Marlynn Myers • Had two children • Was a business man who hosted elaborate parties for his neighbors where he dressed up as “Pogo the clown” • Lived a normal life, had friends and a family, and had a good job Gacy dressed as “Pogo the clown”

  7. Media Attention • He was known as the “killer clown” • He was in a few interviews after he was convicted • There were multiple books written and a movie made about him • He didn’t put anything in the media about his killings while he was killing people Gacy during a interview

  8. What type of serial killer? • John Wayne Gacy was a power/control serial killer • He killed some of the boys/men because they were suspected of being homosexuals • He might have done this because he was abused and molested as a child

  9. Victims • He lured the victims to his home by promising construction work and then he sexually assaulted, tortured, and strangled then with a rope before burying them in his crawl space • Most of his victims were young men/boys who worked for him • He buried them under the crawl space of his house and on his property Where the victims of Gacy were dug up

  10. Where is he now? • He confessed to the killings off 33 boys/young men and burying them under his house and on his property • Gacy’s trial started on Wednesday Feb. 6th, 1980 in Illinois • He plead that he was insane during the killings and that he had not killed the boys/men, but his alternate personality, Jack Hanson, had killed them. • Psychologists determined that Gacy was sane during the killings • It took only 2 hours of deliberation to find Gacy guilty • He was sentenced to serve 12 death sentences and 21 natural life sentences • He died by lethal injection on May 10th, 1994 Gacy’s house after demolition Remains of bodies being removed from Gacy’s home

  11. Bibliography • http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/gacy/gacy_1.html • http://www.biography.com/people/john-wayne-gacy-10367544 • http://www.prairieghosts.com/gacy.html

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