Serial killers are vicious monsters. Monsters that deserve to go to jail. Monsters who had bad home lives as children and have had even harder adult lives. There is still no excuse. John Wayne Gacy eventually got the death sentence, even after he and his lawyers filed many lawsuits to stop it. The lawsuits filed and he go executed and he deserved it. John Wayne Gacy is the biggest monster in Illinois’ history, as evidenced by his thirty-three murders, mainly of teenage boys, all because he had a bad childhood and his self-conflicting struggle with his sexuality. John Wayne Gacy was born March 17, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois (bio.com 2). Gacy was a middle child, being the second of three children. His older sister Joanne, who is two years older than Gacy. His younger sister, Karen, is two years younger than him. When Gacy was eleven years old, he fell off a swing, which caused a blood clot that had gone unfound until he was sixteen. When he was seventeen, Gacy was diagnosed with a heart problem that put him in the hospital for various times throughout his life (John Wayne Gacy--The Clown That Killed 3). Gacy had an abusive childhood, as his father …show more content…
After all this, Gacy was called to headquarters and was told about all the evidence they found with the search warrant at his house. John Wayne Gacy called his attorney, who told him not to sign the Miranda waiver, so Gacy was released. The police moved on with their investigation by interviewing Gacy’s friends. They told police nothing of interest, so the police just decided to book Gacy on possession of marijuana. The police were charging Gacy when the police lab and investigators confirmed the ring belonged to John Szyc, who disappeared on January 20, 1977 (John Wayne Gacy-- The Clown That Killed 3). The police also found three of Gacy’s employees were missing (John Wayne Gacy-- The Clown That Killed
John wayne Gacy was nicknamed the killer clown he was a american serial killer and rapist he murdered at least 33 teenage boys and a lot of young men between the years of 1972-1978 he committed most of his crimes in his Norwood park home most of his victims were lured in and John would smother them by using a tourniquet his very first victim was stabbed to death. Gacy had buried 22 victims in the crawl space of his Norwood park home the last 4 known victims were threw in the Des Plaines River convicted of the 33 murders Gacy was sentenced to Death for 12 of these killings he had spent 14 years on death row he was executed by lethal injection. John got his nickname the “killer clown” because he would dress as a clown called pogo he would dress
Gacy killed from 1972-1978, he abused and killed 33 young men, this got young men more alert and aware of the surroundings. BACKGROUND John wayne gacy was a serial killer that killed 33 young men starting in 1972-1978 he was abused by his father and tried getting his approval but didn't get any. He worked as a clown half of his time and went to children's party he was known as POGO the CLOWN, the police always suspected of him but never arrested him that's why he had a long time killing. STORIES
In which he got convicted of of and later released after serving 18 months of his 10 year conviction, due to good behavior. After finding this out his first wife then filed for divorce against Gacy. Then in 1975 Gacy continued with his offenses, after working long hours, then driving around to look for male prostitutes, and as well as runaway male teenagers. Of which he would then hide the bodies in the floorboards of his house, or when he ran out of room in his floorboards he would then throw them in the river down the street. With the stress of the murders the murders, Gacy got careless by offering a teenage boy (15 yrs old, Robert Piest) a better job than what he was working for.
He ordered a background check on Gacy and was astonished by his findings. On December 13, 1978 the detective got a search warrant and searched Gacy’s home while he was away. Inside the home they found plenty of evidence that shed some light on Gacy’s dark side. Such items included: books with homosexual and pornographic themes, marijuana, a high school ring with the initials J.A.S, a stained section of rug, nylon rope, handcuffs and clothes that were too small for Gacy. Although the
John Wayne Gacy Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois in March 1942, where he was beaten down by his alcoholic abusive father. Although he had close relations with his sisters and mother, Gacy yet sought for the acceptance of his father. At the ages of 5, 7, and 8, he was sexually abused by a family friend of his father’s. By the third grade, Gacy had suffered from blackouts, which resulted in retaining him from school. With that, his grades started to decline.
Gacy began to get weary of digging holes in his crawl space, he wanted space that was available to him at all times. Therefore, he hired David Cram to make some more space. One night when Cram arrived home, he found Gacy drunk and in his own clown costume. They both had a few drinks and Gacy tricked Cram into some handcuffs, however, he managed to grab the keys and escape to his room. In 1978, Des Plaines police managed to do what Chicago police failed to for years, they checked his records.
His lawyer told that he had sense of insanity as he committed the murder but not before or after. While on trial Gacy joked around and said that, “the only thing he was guilty of was running a cemetery without a license”. The trial didn’t last long at all only a short month later he was convicted and sentenced to death. Gacy was on death row for a long fourteen years, and had many experiences during his time. While on death row he painted pictures and sold them for money. It was because of John Gacy that in todays times inmates are not allowed to sell things and make money while in prison.
In 1975 Gacy arrived at Anthony Antonucci's house and gave the boy large amounts of alcohol and wrestled him to the floor, putting him in handcuffs. The cuff on his right hand was loose and Anthony freed his hand and wrestled Gacy to the ground, Gacy screamed threats but then told the boy that if he removed the handcuffs Gacy would leave the house (John Wayne Gacy). Gacy was divorced to his second wife in 1975. Gacy continued to murder young teenage boys as time went on. On December 22, 1978 Gacy confessed to the police that since 1972 he had committed about twenty five to thirty murders, all of whom he claimed were teenage males.
Knowing they had little chance of winning the case, Gacy’s lawyers made an insanity plea. This was hastily overturned because the jury found it highly unlikely that someone could be insane on thirty-three different occasions. A little more than a month later, on March 12, 1980, John Wayne Gacy was convicted of killing thirty-three boys in the Chicago area, of which only twenty-four were identified at the moment Gacy was on trial (Wilkinson). Gacy received a sentence of twenty-one life sentences, twelve death sentences, and execution via lethal injection.
His father died as well, and Gacy regretted never being able to say goodbye to him (Bell 26) Gacy was very well behaved while in the reformatory, and got out after only 18 short months, and returned for Chicago. While back in Chicago, he suffered many periods of deep depression, and moved in with his mother. He stayed with her for four months but when he got himself out of depression, he was ready to live on his own, and did in a little neighborhood, with friendly people. After Christmas, he was charged with forcing himself upon a young boy, but from his failure to show up to court, the charges were dropped (Bell
John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942 and the second of three children. His father’s name was John Wayne Gacy Sr. and his mother’s name was Marion Elaine Robinson Gacy. As a child, Gacy was the victim of an abusive male figure. Having a cruel father proved to be the other main cause of Gacy’s metamorphosis into a serial killer. By constantly calling his son fat, a failure, and a queer, Gacy’s
Even though this non-specific heart ailment did not ever suffer any major heart attacks. Even though John Wayne Gacy’s childhood at home was not good during school he was liked by all of his teachers and made friends within his school and boy scout club. As a child John Wayne Gacy was an active child and liked to spend his time outdoors. Growing up and going to 4 different high schools in his senior year John Gacy never graduated from high school. He dropped out to head home to Las
Opening Statement: May it please the court, counsel, and members of the jury. You are present here because on December 12, 1978, teenager Robert Piest was filed missing, and businessman John Wayne Gacy was the last person to be seen with Piest since his disappearance. It is of greatest importance to note that before Gacy’s house was searched by the police with a warrant in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, he was found to be serving jail time in Iowa for committing acts of sodomy on a teenage male employee. John Wayne Gacy then confessed to over twenty four murders, and 33 corpses were recovered by investigators from his property.
On March 17, 1942 John Wayne Gacy was born into a dysfunctional middle class family, this led to his alcoholic father berating and beating him. In 1968, he sodomized two boys illustrating his mental instability. Gacy received a ten year prison sentence for his first offense; however, he was released on parole in the summer of 1970. However in 1975, two more young men accused him of rape and the police again questioned him but no charges were filed. After this Gacy continued on his killing spree in the end killing a total of 33 victims over the course of 11 years.
A year later the Gacy family added another new member to the family, Christine Gacy. That same year on May he was convicted of sexually assaulting a young man co-worker. He was sentenced for 10 years Iowa’s State Men’s Reformatory and at the same time Myers filed for divorce. Several months later more charges came to Gacy’s way because after hearing about his conviction, he hired a guy to beat the witness up which ending up backfiring. He only served 18 months for good behavior and released on parole in 1971.