John wayne gacy's murder case

On January 2, 1972, Gacy met a 15-year-old young man named Timothy mccoy at the terminal of Chicago Lingti coach. Gacy took the boy who traveled from Michigan to Omaha for sightseeing in Chicago. Gacy took McCoy home that night and promised that the boy would send him to the station in time to catch the bus the next day. When Gacy woke up the next morning, she found mccoy standing by his bed with a kitchen knife in her hand. Gacy jumped out of bed, and mccoy accidentally cut Gacy's forearm. Gacy grabbed the kitchen knife from mccoy and hit his head against the bedroom wall several times. Finally, Gacy kicked mccoy. Mccoy fought back, and Gacy caught him and stabbed him with a kitchen knife several times until mccoy died. Gacy said that when he went to the kitchen, he found that mccoy had made breakfast, and he accidentally went to his bedroom with a kitchen knife to wake him up. Gacy buried mccoy's body under the floor and reinforced it with a layer of cement.

In an interview with him in the 199s, Gacy said that he felt "exhausted" after killing mccoy, but at the same time, he said that he felt extremely excited when killing mccoy. He said, "That's when I realized that death can bring me the greatest pleasure.".

Gacy's second murder occurred in January 1974. The victim was an unidentified teenager with brownish skin and curly hair, probably between 15 and 17 years old. He was strangled by Gacy. Before the body was buried, Gacy put it in the closet. Gacy later claimed that when the body was hidden in the closet, the liquid from his nose and mouth stained his carpet. Therefore, in future crimes, he will usually put a piece of cloth or the victim's underwear into their mouths to avoid the same thing. The unknown victim was buried about 15 feet from the barbecue grill in Gacy's backyard.

By 1975, Gacy's career had been greatly developed. He began to work 12 or even 16 hours a day to complete the contract he signed. Most of his employees are middle school students or young men. One of them is 15-year-old Tony Antonucci. He became an employee of Gacy in May 1975. In July of that year, Gacy came to the boy's home. Antonucci hurt his foot at work the day before and rested at home alone. Gacy drank him a lot of wine, then knocked him to the ground and handcuffed the boy behind him. The handcuffs on Antonucci's right wrist were a little loose, and the boy took off the handcuffs on his right hand after Gacy left the room. When Gacy came back, Antonucci punched him in the face, threw him to the ground and handcuffed him. Gacy cursed the boy loudly and threatened him, but then calmed down and promised that he would leave Antonucci's house immediately if he opened the handcuffs. The boy agreed, and Gacy left immediately.

One week after this incident, on July 29th, 1975, another employee of Gacy, 17-year-old John Butkovitch, mysteriously disappeared. On the day before he disappeared, Butkovitch threatened Gacy because he was in arrears with his salary for two weeks. Afterwards, Gacy admitted that Butkovitch was lured to his house and strangled on the grounds of settling his salary. At that time, Gacy's wife and stepdaughter were not at home. They went to Arkansas to visit his sister. Gacy hid the dead body under the concrete in the garage.

Butkovitch's car was later abandoned in a parking lot. Butkovitch's father called Gacy, who said he was happy to help, but it was a pity that Butkovitch "ran away from home". Regarding Butkovitch's disappearance, the police also summoned Gacy, who said that Butkovitch and his two friends had been to his house because of the salary problem, but they had left after solving the salary problem. Since then, Butkovitch's parents have called the police more than 1 times, hoping that the police will continue to investigate Gacy in depth.

Eight months later, Gacy and his second wife divorced. Because he owned the house alone after the divorce, he began to kill people. From May to August, 1976, Gacy killed at least eight young men, two of whom were still unidentified. Seven people were buried under the floor. Four of them were buried under the laundry room (and a teenager who was killed after Gacy was buried under the laundry room). One was buried under the dining room floor of Gacy. Six of the eight young people killed during this period have been identified, all aged between 14 and 18. The other two unidentified teenagers are between the ages of 15 and 19 and 22 and 3 respectively.

On July 26th, 1976, Gacy hired 18-year-old David Cram. On August 21st of the same year, Cram moved in with Gacy. The next day, when Cram was drunk, Gacy tricked Cram into putting on handcuffs and then told Cram that he was going to rape him. Cram spent a year in the army and kicked Gacy to the ground. A month later, Gacy appeared in Cram's bedroom, still trying to rape Cram. Gacy said, "David, you don't know who I am. You better give me what I want. Cram refused Gacy, and Gacy left his bedroom. Cram then moved out of Gacy's home and quit his job at Gaicy Company. On December 11th, 1978, Gacy came to Des Plaines Pharmacy to discuss with the owner Phil Torf. While the shopkeeper was discussing a potential deal, Robert Jerome Piest, a 15-year-old employee, overheard their conversation and learned that Gacy's company hired teenagers.

After Gacy left, Piest told his mother that "a contractor wants to discuss a job with me". Piest left home and said that he would come back soon. But then he disappeared. Piest's parents reported their son's disappearance to the local police station. The owner of the drugstore mentioned that Gacy was the contractor, and Piest was most likely to discuss the work with him.

When the police investigated Gacy, Gacy refused to admit talking to Piest, and lied that he had to go to the police station later to prove his innocence because of his uncle's death. At 3: 3 the next morning, Gacy was covered in mud and came to the police station, claiming that he had been in a car accident. That day, he refused to admit that he had something to do with Piest's disappearance and that he would be offered a job.

But Des Plaines police are convinced that Gacy and Piest's disappearance must have something to do with it. An investigation of his records revealed that he had a criminal record in Chicago and was sentenced to jail in Iowa for raping teenagers. After applying for a search warrant, the police searched his house and found some suspicious items: a ring of a middle school student who carved JAS in 1975, different driver's licenses, handcuffs, books about gay men, clothes that were too small for Gacy, and receipts from the pharmacy where Piest worked. The police decided to confiscate Gacy's Oldsmobile and other companies' motor vehicles, and sent two groups of two-person investigation teams to follow Gacy.

The next day, investigators received a phone call from Michael Rossi, and learned that the bodies of Gregory Godzik and Charles Hattula (another employee of Gacy) were found in a Chicago river the year before.

On December 15th, 1978, Des Plaine made a more in-depth investigation on Geysey's criminal record, and learned that Jeffrey Rignall had reported that Geysey had lured him into his car and was abused and raped by him. In a conversation with Gacy's ex-wife, the police learned about the disappearance of John Butkovich. At the same time, the ring found in Gacy's house was also proved to be the ring of the missing male student John A. Szyc. At the same time, investigators also noticed that an employee of Gacy was driving a car similar to Szyc. The investigation of this car proved that it belonged to Szyc before.

On December 17th, 1978, the police held a formal meeting with Michael Rossi, and learned that Gacy sold Szyc's car to him because the latter said Szyc needed money to move to California. At the same time, in the investigation of Gacy's Oldsmobile, the police found a handful of fibrous tissue that may be human hair. These fibers were sent for inspection. That night, the police used three trained police dogs to investigate whether Piest had ever appeared in Gacy's car. One of the police dogs lay down in the passenger seat of the Oldsmobile in Gacy, suggesting that the body of police Piest appeared here.

On December 2th, 1978, Gacy drove to his lawyer Amirante. On arriving at his destination, he asked the other party to give him a bottle of wine. On the way back, Amirante asked him how it went with the investigators. He pointed to a daily herald and told his lawyer, "This boy is dead. He is in the river. In the last few free hours, Gacy knew that his arrest was inevitable. He tried to visit his friends and say goodbye to them. Leaving the lawyer's office, he drove to the gas station, where he refueled his car rental and handed Lance Jacobson a bag of marijuana. Jacobson gave the marijuana to the police and told them that Gacy told him, "My end is coming, and these people will come to kill me.". Gacy then drove to the home of Ronald Rhode, a colleague. There, he hugged his friend and wept bitterly: "I killed thirty people." Then he drove to Michael Rossi and David Cram. When he was driving, the police noticed that he was holding a rosary and praying while driving.

The next day, the police got a second search warrant. Considering Gacy's abnormal behavior before, the police were worried that Gacy would commit suicide, so they arrested him for illegally hiding and distributing marijuana.

The police found a large number of dead bodies in Gacy's house. On December 22, 1978, Gacy admitted to the police that he had killed about 25 teenagers, runaways and prostitutes since 1972. Most of the people were lured or kidnapped from Chicago bus stops or streets by him through work, money or violence. After being told that the police found a body in his underground pipe space and that he would face murder charges, Gacy told the police that he wanted to "clean the air" and said that after spending the night on the sofa in the lawyer's office, he understood that arrest was inevitable.

In the early morning of November 22, 1978, Gacy surrendered to the police, and he admitted that he had killed about 25-3 people until 1972. Most of these people are fugitives or male prostitutes, who were found by Gacy from Chicago station or street and lured home. He either promised these people work and pay, or kidnapped them by violence.

Once back to Gacy's home, the victim will be handcuffed or tied in other ways, and will be gagged by a rope when sexually assaulted. Gacy often puts cloth in victims' mouths to stop them from screaming. Many victims are strangled by tourniquets. Gacy calls this "rope trick". Sometimes, the victim will have a spasm for an hour or two after being strangled by a rope. After the police found two bodies tied up by Gacy, they asked Gacy why he did it. He said that he was inspired by reading the Houston Massacre. The victim is usually lured to his home alone, but there have been three cases of what Gacy called "double capture", that is, killing two victims at the same time in one night.

Most of the victims were dumped in the underpass space of Gacy's home. He would regularly pour in quicklime to facilitate the decomposition of the body. Gacy said that he didn't know how many victims were buried there, and the last five victims killed in 1978 were all thrown into the Des prance River from the I-55 Bridge because his underground space was full of bodies. When asked about Robert P, Gacy confessed that he strangled the youth, adding that he was interrupted by a colleague's phone at that time. He also admitted to throwing Piester's body into the Des prance River, and said that when he disposed of the body and hurried to an appointment with officials in Des prance, a minor traffic accident happened, so he came to the local police station in the early morning of December 13th. He also confessed that he buried John Butkovic's body in his garage. Gacy drew a schematic diagram of the basement to help the police search for buried bodies. On December 22, 1978, accompanied by the police, Gacy returned to his house and pointed out to the police where Butkovic's body was hidden in the garage. After that, the police drove to I-55 Bridge, where Gacy dumped Piester and four other victims. From December 22 to 29, 1978, 27 bodies were found in Geysey's house. Among them, 26 were found in the underground space, and another John Butkovic's body was found buried under the concrete floor of the garage. Due to the severe winter snowfall in Chicago, the excavation was temporarily postponed in January 1979 and resumed in March, although Gacy insisted that all the bodies of the victims buried in the house had been found.

On March 9th, 1978, the body of the 28th victim was found in a pit near the backyard barbecue grill, and was packed in several plastic bags. There is a ring on the ring finger of his left hand, which indicates that he may be married. A week later, on March 16th, the remains of another victim were found buried under the floor of the dining room, bringing the total number of remains in Gaixi's room to 29. A month later, Gacy's house was demolished.

Three other bodies were found in the Des prance River from June to December, 1978, and they were also confirmed to be victims of Gacy.

When some bodies were found, the rope that strangled them was still tied around their necks. In other cases, the cloth has been stuck from the mouth to the depth of the victim's throat. The investigation shows that some victims died of suffocation instead of strangulation. In some cases, some items, such as prescription bottles, were found in the victim's pelvic area, which indicates that these items were stuffed from the anus. Some victims were contacted by PDM manufacturing company and Gacy, while others were identified because their personal belongings were found in San Modahl 8213. Michael Bonin, who disappeared on June 3, 1976 on the way from Chicago to Wauke, was confirmed as a victim because his fishing license was found in Gacy's home. Another young man, Tim Rourk, talked about getting a job from a contractor before he disappeared. The youngest victims of Gacy are Samuel Stapleton and Michael marino, both of whom are only 14 years old. The oldest are Russell Nelson and James Ma Sala, both 21 years old. Seven of the victims have not been identified yet.