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
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later realized he was attracted to other men and went through major turmoil. His deep seeded issues with his daddy caused him to hate himself and his homosexuality. His drunken father would beat him and his siblings with a razor strap. His father also beat his mother. Gacy and his siblings got used to the treatment and eventually Gacy would not cry. He suffered alienation at school and couldn't play with other students due to his heart condition. His father saw this as a failure. His family problems also went back to his education in which he dropped out of high school his senior year. He went to las vegas and was a janitor in a morgue. He saved money for three months to return to Chicago which made his sisters and mom happy. After his return he enrolled in business college He eventually graduated. He had gained a talent for salesmanship and started working at a shoe company called Nunn-Bush. He excelled at being a management trainee. He was then transferred to a male's clothing outlet in Springfield, Illinois. Gacy’s Health took a serious turn after the move. He was in and out of the hospital during this time. While living in Springfield he became very involved in the community especially Jaycees in which he was voted man of the year. In 1964 Gacy married a woman named Marilyn Myers whose parents owned many Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Iowa. Where the couple soon relocated and had two kids. A girl and a boy. When not working he was active with the Waterloo, Iowa Jaycees. He worked tirelessly and his family seemed happy. Then came the rumors about his sexual preferences around town and Jaycees.No could help but notice tht youn boys were always in his presence..
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…
months. He lived with his mom for four months before moving out on his own. He was very happy with his two-bedroom ranch and became friends with his neighbors. Edward and Lilla Grexa. They had no idea of his run in with the law. Just a month before the Grexa’s invited him over for christmas dinner He had been charged with disorderly conduct after forcing a young boy to perform sexual acts on him. The charges were dropped thanks to the fact that the accuser never showed up in court. On June of 1974 Gacy remarried a woman named Carole Hoff who had two daughters. She knew about his jail time but believed he had changed his life for the better. They family soon settled in together but Carole constantly complained about the scent that wafted through the house. Lilla Grexa was convinced it was a dead rodent and urged him to take care of it. He blamed it on moister and did nothing. By 1975 Gacy and Carole started drifting apart as his moods became more and more unpredictable. He sometimes threw chairs and he became Insomniac making his mood swings worse. On March 2nd,1976 carole and his divorce became final. Gacy dismissed his marital problems and refused to let them hamper his success. To the people around him he was hardworking and outgoing as ever. He made up any lingering questions about him with his natural skill to persuade people to his thoughts and ideas. It wasn't long before this hard working community man got the attention of Robert F. Matwick. the democratic township committee for Norwood park. Gacy volunteered himself and his employes to help clean up the park. But rumors soon came back about Gacy’s interest in young boys. Boys started going missing.
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
house. Gacy lured his victims with the promise of construction work, and then captured, sexually assaulted and eventually strangled most of them with rope. When he killed, he sometimes dressed as his alter ego "Pogo the Clown." On February 6,1980 with a prosecution team headed by William Kunkle. Gacy confessed to the crimes. There was some controversy of whether or not he could be tried as insane. He was not. Found guilty of committing 33 murders (most strangled), Gacy known as one of the most furious serial killers. He was sentenced to serve 12 death sentences and 21 natural life sentences. He was put in the Menard Correctional Center for almost a decade and a half trying to appeal his sentence and offering interviews. Though he had confessed, Gacy denied it later on . Both anti and death penalty forces agreed on his execution. On May 10,1994 he died of lethal injection. There have been lingering concerns that gacy may have been responsible for deaths of bodies not yet found. The only thing i should have been convicted for was running a graveyard without a license ~John Wayne Gacy
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