[94], The search for victims was postponed temporarily over Christmas. [20] By 1965, Gacy had risen to the position of vice-president of the Springfield Jaycees. [135] Bodies number 6 and 7 were buried in the same grave. He later claimed Cram and Rossi were involved in several of the murders. [19] Gacy filed an appeal against this decision, which was denied by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 1985. the crawl space photos in this video were just declassified by investigators and released for public viewing. Gacy said to both young men: "You'd better not let me down, you fuckers. [204][205], Body 13 was a man likely to have been murdered between August and October 1976. "[84][130], After the state's four-hour closing, counsel Sam Amirante spoke for the defense. She identified the sounds as emanating from a house adjacent to theirs on Summerdale Avenue. Both received treatment in the prison hospital for their wounds. He was hospitalized on occasion because of these episodes and also, in 1957, for a burst appendix. [83] This victim was buried directly beneath Body 21 (recovered the previous day). [30][d], In June 1969, Gacy was denied parole. Pois bem, hoje eu trago a lista de filmes inspirados serial Both FBI sniffer dogs and ground-penetrating radar equipment were used in the second search of West Miami Avenue; however, the search yielded no human remains. [47][167], In the sentencing phase of the trial, the jury deliberated for more than two hours before sentencing Gacy to death for each murder committed after the Illinois statute on capital punishment came into effect in June 1977. [19], As a result of the alcohol he had consumed, Gacy fell asleep midway through his confession. On his arrival Gacy appeared disheveled and immediately asked for an alcoholic drink, whereupon Sam Amirante fetched a bottle of whiskey from his car. Gacy then duped Piest into donning handcuffs before saying, "I'm going to rape you, and you can't do anything about it" as Piest began weeping. Gacy admitted to having had a "slave-sex" relationship with Donnelly, but insisted everything was consensual, adding that he "didn't pay the kid" the money he had promised him. Site. The thirty-third victim linked to Gacy, James Mazzara, was identified the following day. [8][28], On his release, Gacy told friend and fellow Jaycee Clarence Lane—who picked him up from the prison and had remained steadfast in his belief of Gacy's innocence—that he would "never go back to jail" and that he intended to re-establish himself in Waterloo. Gacy also claimed to have received an answering machine message from Godzik shortly after he had disappeared. Through his work with the parade, Gacy met and was photographed with First Lady Rosalynn Carter on May 6, 1978. March 15 – July 5, 1977. [174], Gacy appealed the 1985 decision that he be executed. Gacy was convicted of sodomy on December 3 and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, to be served at the Anamosa State Penitentiary. [83], Body 10 is estimated to have been aged between 17 and 21 years old and between 5 ft 7 in and 5 ft 11 in (170 and 180 cm). [43][o], By the end of 1977, it is known Gacy had murdered six more young men between the ages of 16 and 21. [88][89][n], Gacy is thought to have murdered two further unidentified males between August and October 1976. As a result, Gacy regularly stuffed cloth rags, the victim's own underwear, or a sock into the mouths of subsequent victims to prevent this leakage from recurring. [8] His request for supervised compassionate leave to attend the funeral was denied. However, on May 10, 1968, Gacy was indicted on the sodomy charge. Godzik's car was later found abandoned in Niles. Police searching the crawl space of John Wayne Gacy's home. [99], Using dental records, the sixth victim exhumed from Gacy's property was identified on November 14, 1979, as Samuel Stapleton. He then lured a 16-year-old named Timothy Jack McCoy from Chicago's Greyhound Bus Terminal into his car. Lieutenant Joseph Kozenczak, whose son attended Maine West High School like Piest, chose to investigate Gacy further. Favorites. [28] Gacy once oversaw the installation of a miniature golf course in the prison recreation yard. It is in the possession of Helen Morrison, a witness for the defense at Gacy's trial, who has interviewed Gacy and other serial killers in an attempt to isolate common personality traits of violent sociopaths. Because of a heart condition, he was told to avoid all sports at school. On hearing from the surveillance detectives that, in light of his erratic behavior, Gacy may be about to commit suicide, police decided to arrest him on a charge of possession and distribution of cannabis in order to hold him in custody, as the formal request for a second search warrant was presented. Oi, pessoal! He had light brown hair. ジョン・ウェイン・ゲイシー・ジュニア（ John Wayne Gacy Jr. 、1942年 3月17日 - 1994年 5月10日）は、アメリカ合衆国のシリアルキラー、死刑囚。平時は子供たちを楽しませるため、パーティなどでピエロに扮することが多かったことからキラー・クラウン（killer clown、殺人道化、殺人ピエロ）の異 … This error apparently led to Illinois' adopting an alternative method of lethal injection. Oh, I see Jack drew a diagram of the crawl space.". [2] Within minutes, he had uncovered putrefied flesh and a human arm bone. [55] The following month, Gacy killed 19-year-old William Kindred, who disappeared on February 16 after telling his fiancée, who knew Gacy,[103] that he was to spend the evening in a bar. Brian Dennehy… [185], After Gacy's death was confirmed at 12:58 a.m. on May 10, 1994, his brain was removed. And what made him even creepier? Although Gacy was permitted to earn money from the sale of his paintings until 1985, he claimed his artwork was intended "to bring joy into people's lives". [99] On January 27, dental charts were used to identify Body 20 as John Mowery. Cram stated these trenches were 2 feet (0.61 m) wide, 6 feet (1.8 m) long and 2 feet (0.61 m) deep—the size of graves. Stein performed autopsies on each victim recovered at Gacy's property and on the body of Robert Piest. Gacy dismissed his victims as "male prostitutes", "hustlers" and "liars" to whom he gave "the rope trick", adding he sometimes awoke to find "dead, strangled kids" on his floor, with their hands cuffed behind their back. [227], A second request to excavate the grounds of West Miami Avenue was submitted to the Cook County State's Attorney by Sheriff Tom Dart in October 2012. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994; pronounced GAY-see), also known as The Killer Clown and Pogo the Clown, was an American serial killer. [8], In March 1968, Voorhees reported to his father that Gacy had sexually assaulted him. "[117], In interviews from death row, Gacy said that at the time of his arrest, three PDM employees were also considered suspects in the murders—all of whom he said were in possession of keys to his house. [146][82] In January 1979, this victim was identified using fingerprint records and a distinctive tattoo on his left biceps reading "Tim Lee" (an homage to Bruce Lee) as Timothy O'Rourke. [42][159], Jeffrey Rignall testified on behalf of the defense on February 21. [12], The same year Gacy's political involvement began, his father bought him a car. Typically, he would lure a victim to his home, dupe him into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick, then rape and torture his captive before killing him by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a garrote. [169], On being sentenced, Gacy was transferred to the Menard Correctional Center, where he remained incarcerated on death row for 14 years. He left the store at 9:00 p.m., promising to return shortly. He kept the vehicle's title in his own name until Gacy had finished paying for it. McCoy then kicked Gacy in the stomach, doubling him over. As the sadistic serial killer … [54] He lived with Gacy until April 1977. [99], Armed with the signed search warrant, police and evidence technicians drove to Gacy's home. As a result, a national network aimed at locating missing children was gradually formed. [101] Gacy drove him to his home, where he raped, tortured, and repeatedly dunked Donnelly's head into a bathtub until he passed out. [99] The following month, the identity of the seventh victim was confirmed using X-Ray records as Randall Reffett,[99] and on May 21, dental records confirmed that Body 27 was William Kindred. He stated that after he and Gacy had returned to his home after the December 13 search of his property, Gacy had turned pale after seeing a clot of mud on his carpet which he suspected had come from his crawl space. In the late 1970s, Norman operated a nationwide sex trafficking ring based in Chicago known as the Delta Project. January 3, 1972 – July 31, 1975. To Catch A Killer {1992} DVD {John Wayne Gacy} Brian Dennehy - Michael Riley (Not Opened / Still In Wrap) Region Free DVD - Plays In All Countries Worldwide Including U.K. / U.S.A. / Australia / Europe / Far East Free Worldwide Shipping This account of the life and crimes of John Wayne Gacy is a chilling showcase for the undervalued talents of Brian Dennehy. [59] Rossi did, however, further discuss the trench digging he did in the crawl space and remarked on Gacy's insistence that he not deviate from where he was instructed to dig. McCoy had also set the table for two; he had walked into Gacy's room to wake him while absentmindedly carrying the kitchen knife in his hand. Well happy. [19], In mid-1984, the Supreme Court of Illinois upheld Gacy's conviction and ordered his execution by lethal injection on November 14. [13] The same year, a family friend and contractor would sometimes molest Gacy in his truck. He was almost certainly murdered between June 13 and August 5, 1976. [107] Having spoken with Piest's mother on the morning of December 12, Kozenczak became convinced Piest had not run away from home. Gacy recalled he felt "totally sick" and "drained" after this incident. [78], On July 31, 1975, another of Gacy's employees, John Butkovich, an 18-year-old from Lombard, disappeared. [234], In the 1980s, he informed FBI profiler Robert Ressler that "two or three" PDM employees had assisted in several murders. [142] On March 16, Body 29 was found beneath the dining room floor. O julgamento teve de ser paralisado, por diversas vezes, para que o rapaz se recuperasse psicologicamente e prosseguisse seu depoimento. He also admitted to having slept alongside Piest's body that evening, before disposing of the corpse in the Des Plaines River in the early hours of December 13. On awakening several hours later, Gacy shook his head when informed by Amirante he had confessed to killing approximately 30 people, saying, "Well, I can't think about this right now. Brian Dennehy played John Wayne Gacy. Crawl space. Detectives had already spoken with Torf, who denied calling Gacy. Less than four weeks later, Gacy murdered 16-year-old Kalamazoo, Michigan teenager Robert Winch and buried him in the crawl space. [33] He began spending most evenings away from home only to return in the early hours of the morning with the excuse he had been working late. However, within 24 hours of his release, Gacy had relocated to Chicago. Gacy was sentenced to death on March 13, 1980. The gas station attendant noted the license plate and police traced the car to Gacy's house. He was also active in his local community as a Democratic Party precinct captain and building contractor. [130][149], Gacy was brought to trial on February 6, 1980, charged with 33 murders. In 2012, two Chicago lawyers said travel records show that Gacy had been in another state at the time of three of the murders, implying he was assisted by one or more accomplices. [45] Body 7 was found in a fetal position. Their identities were confirmed too late to include among the victims identified before Gacy's trial. Voorhees felt unable to testify but did briefly attempt to do so before being asked to step down. Body 21. [94], Operations were suspended due to the Chicago Blizzard of 1979, but resumed in March despite Gacy's insistence that all the buried victims had been found. The seventeenth victim was found with a ligature around his neck. In the pictures, Gacy is wearing an "S" pin, indicating a person given special clearance. [38] After the couple had sex on Mother's Day that year, he informed her this would be "the last time" they would ever have sex. [113], That evening, Gacy invited detectives Albrecht and Hachmeister to a restaurant for a meal. When Gacy's parents visited in July 1966, his father privately apologized for the physical and emotional abuse he had inflicted throughout his son's childhood and adolescence and said "Son, I was wrong about you" as he shook Gacy's hand. [181] His final statement to his lawyer before his execution was that killing him would not compensate for the loss of others, and that the state was murdering him. This has since developed into the Child Abduction Emergency—commonly known today as an Amber Alert. He informed them Gacy had sold Szyc's vehicle to him, explaining that he had bought the car from Szyc because he needed money to move to California. [177] That evening, he observed prayer with a Catholic priest before being escorted to the Stateville execution chamber to receive a lethal injection. Gacy tricked several teenagers into believing he was commissioned to conduct homosexual experiments in the interests of scientific research, and paid them up to $50 each. "[61] In at least one instance, he had read part of Psalm 23 as he tightened the rope around his victim's neck. "[124], Gacy then proceeded to give a rambling confession that ran into the early hours of the following morning. The two-time Tony winner also starred on TV as basketball coach Bobby Knight, Chicago cop Jack Reed and serial killer John Wayne Gacy. In 1962, Gacy purchased an extra set of keys after his father confiscated the original set. [212] An inscription on a leather key fob found with his body suggests his first name may have been Greg or Gregory. 2 people found this helpful. [11] His father agreed, and the same day he drove back to Chicago. [130], The jury deliberated for less than two hours and found Gacy guilty of 33 charges of murder; he was also found guilty of sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a child; both convictions in reference to Robert Piest. "[33], On July 26, 1976, Gacy picked up 18-year-old David Cram as he hitchhiked on Elston Avenue. He frequently began by sitting on his victim's chest before forcing the victim to fellate him. At the request of detectives, Gacy prepared a written statement detailing his movements on December 11. Gacy buried the body beneath his master bedroom. He portrayed him in "To Catch a Killer." [182], In the hours leading up to Gacy's execution, a crowd estimated at over 1,000 gathered outside the correctional center; a vocal majority were in favor of the execution, although a number of anti-death penalty protesters were also present. [r] Several were also found with a rope still around their necks. On their arrival, officers found Gacy had unplugged his sump pump, flooding the crawl space with water; to clear it, they simply replaced the plug and waited for the water to drain. His wife observed Gacy bring teenage boys into his garage and found gay pornography and men's wallets and identification inside the house. These monthly payments took several years for him to complete. [14] The same year, Gacy served on the Board of Directors. [199] The most recent victim to be identified is 16-year-old James Haakenson, previously known as Body 24, who was identified in July 2017 using DNA testing. 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