John Wayne Gacy Biography

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John Wayne Gacy (better known as the Clown killer and Pogo the Clown.) killed 33 men burying most under his house.
He was born March 17,1942 in Chicago,Illinois. His parents were Danish and Polish. He was raised Catholic and attended Catholic school. He often worked small jobs and was a Boy Scout. When Gacy was 11, he was playing on a swing set and was hit in the head with one of the swings. The accident caused a blood clot in his brain that was not discovered until he was 16. Between the time of the accident and the diagnosis, Gacy suffered from blackouts that were caused by the clot. They were finally treated with medication. At 17, he was also diagnosed with a heart ailment that he was hospitalized for several times during his life.He …show more content…

Rumors spread that he made passes at these men. Those close to him refused to believe this until the rumor became the truth. On May of 1968 A grand Jury in Black Hawk County indicted him on an act of sodomy with a young boy named Mark Miller. Gacy was seen by a psychiatric expert appointed by the judge. He was found competent but the psychiatrist said he was an antisocial person who would benefit from any medical treatment. After the report was was submitted Gacy pleaded guilty and received ten years at iowa state penitentiary. He went to prison for the first time at age 26 and his wife divorced him on the grounds that he violated his vows. He was paroled after eighteen …show more content…

Johnny Butkovich 17, began doing remodeling for Gacy's company. At one point in time Gacy refused to pay him for two weeks. This angered Johnny and him and his friends drove to Gacy's home were an argument happened. Gacy still refused to pay and they left. Johnny drove his friends home and left never to be seen again. Many other boys went missing after that. Michael Bonnin 17, Billy Carroll 16, Gregory Godzik 17, John Szyc 19, and Robert Gilroy 18. more than a year later another young man Robert Piest a 15 year old boy who disappeared. The investigation into his disappearance uncovered 32 bodies other than Piest (including those mentioned above.) under Gacy's home. It was reported to police that the boy was last seen by his mother at the store he worked at as he headed out to meet Gacy in relation to a potential job. On December 21, a police search of Gacy's

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