John Wayne Gacy Jr

• Male 
• Caucasian
• Born March 17, 1942
• Middle Class Parents Marion Elaine & John Wayne Gacy Sr.
• Two sisters Joanne and Karen
• John Gacy Jr had a bond with his mother
• Gacy did not share the same bond with his father. The man was a Polish immigrate who worked as a factory worker and purchased the family home with his earnings, but he did little else to contribute to the family. Instead he consumed alcohol which caused continious arguements between Gazcy's parents. 
• Sources say that Gacy's father was an avid fisherman. He wanted his son to be a "man" and was quite disappointed because he felt his son was a wimp ("one of the girls".)
• Gacy's father was unsympathetic couldn't accept his son's heart condition which took John out of school and limited his ability to play like other kids
• Gacy's father often spanked him with a razor strap.
• Raised Catholic
• Attended Catholic Schools (Attended 4 high schools in his Senior year, dropped out, (he thought he was dumb and considered himself a disappointment to his father & would never amount to anything) but eventually acquired a degree from a business college in Chicago Illinois.
• Was a boy scout (Earned many badges)
• Gacy was not popular but was well liked by his peers & adults.
• Gacy dated women in high school but confined a secret to a peer named Barry Bosch. He told him he wondered what he'd look like if he dressed as a women.
• People say he got along with everyone; except his own father.

• As a teen - He was employed as a paper route and a bagboy/stock cleark at a local grocery
•  Mid 60's sexual compulsion (including swopping spouses with others)
• Feb 64 Started dating Marilyn Meyers. They married in September. She became pregnante. They were happy. When it was time for his wife to give birth Gacy was no where around. He had been out at a bar w/ a co-worker who fell asleep on a bed. Gacy preformed oral sex on the coworker and then raced to the hospital to meet his son and wife.
• 1964-shoes salesman 
• 1966 - Moved to Waterloo to manage KFC and continue to be an active member of the Jaycees
• became Jaycees President
• 1967 Had a daughter 
• 1967 - Victimized 15 year Donald Vorhiez (Threatened him, oral sex) During the investigation other boys came forth. Gacy plead guilty, but insisted the act was consensual.
• During his incarceration, Gacy's father died of cerosis of the liver, but gacy believed his father died due to shame over his son's sodomy conviction.
• Grief turned to rage and that rage was taken out on other prisoners. 
• June 18, 1970 Gacy was released and returned home to rebuild his life.
• He moved in with his mother, worked hard and horded money.
• He started PDM Contracting Biz and bought a ranch house.
• He began dating Carol Hoff (Carol knew he was bisexual x-con and her children called him Daddy)
•  Jan 2, 1972 1st victim Timothy McCoy- Gacy met Timothy on a grayhound. They went sightseeing together, then he took Timothy to his house where he had knife sex with him, killed him and buried him in the crawl space.
• Aug 1972 - Married Carol Hoff
• July 31, 1975 - Victim John Butkovitch - Gacy showed John a magic trick. He handcuffed John then told him the trick was that he needed a key. He then gagged John with underwear and killed him. This was Gacy's 2nd kill and his motive was that he wanted to see how a person would react. 
• 1975 - Gacy entertained children as Pogo the clown.
• During this time he stopped having sex with his wife.
• 1975- Divorced
• After he was single - he hired  contracter David Cram to dig for a pipeline, in designated spots, under Gacy's house. It was during his employment that Gacy tried to rape Cram. Luckily Cram managed to get loose from the handcuffs and excaped.
• By 1977 - Gacy had killed 19 young men.
• By 1978 he was killing every 2-3 weeks (Until an investigation lead to his front door)
• December 11, 1978 Gacy met with a potential client where he abducted 15 year old Rob Priest (his 33 victim). He lured Priest with promises of better employment.
• With Priest missing, the police retained a warrant. , they found nothing to do with Priest but did uncover items belonging to other missing teens.
• During the first day of the investigation he purchased dinner for the officers.
• After that he invited the officers over for a fish-fry. It was this event that lead to a second warrant (During the fish fry officers smelled fowl odors coming from the heat ducts.) That evening Gacy spent the night w/ his attorney Sam Amirante.
• Dec 1, 1978 Gacy was arrested.- He joked with the police saying He was "Born in a state of confusion". He was more worried about his bar & dirty floors than the crime details.
• He also claimed he suffered from MPD
• 1980 Gacy entered a not guilty plea for the murders of 33 young men. He was less worried about being prosecuted for the murders and more concerned with the public opinion of his sexuality (Being gay). He stated that he was not against homos but he is bisexual. 
• Killed 33 people between 1972-1978 (victim information includes)
  1. -16 year-old Timothy McCoy     Jan 1972    
  1. -Unknown               Jan 1974      (?)
  2. -John Butkovich      July 1975      (17 years old)
  3. -Darly Samson         April 1976   (18 years old)   
  4. -Samuel Stapleton   May 1976     (14 years old)
  5. -Randell Reffett        May 1976    (15 years old)
  6. -Michael Bonnin       June 1976    (17 years old)
  7. -William Corroll Jr.   June 1976    (17 years old)
  8. -Rich Johnson          Aug 1976     (18 years old)
  9. -Mike marino           Oct 1976      (14 years old)
  10. -Kenneth Parker       Oct 1976      (16 years old)
  11. -Gregory Godzik      Dec 1976      (17 years old)
  12. -John Szyc                Jan 1977       (19 years old)
  13. -John Prestige           March 1977  (20 years old)
  14. -Matthew Bowman   July 1977       (19 years old)
  15. -Robert Gilroy          Sept 1977      (18 years old)
  16. -John Mowery          Sept 1977      (19 years old)
  17. -Russell Nelson         Oct 1977       (20 years old)
  18. -Robert Winch         Nov 1977        (16 years old)
  19. -Tommy Boling        Nov 1977        (20 years old)
  20. -David Talsma         Dec 1977         (19 years old)
  21. -William Kindred       Feb 1978        (19 years old)
  22. -Timothy O'Rourke  June 1978        (21 years old)
  23. - Frank Laudingan    Nov 1978        (19 years old)
  24. - James Mazzara      Nov 1978        (20 years old) 
  25. -Robert Piest            Dec 1978        (15 years old)
•  (Along with 7 other unidentified males who's death dates are unknown)
• Due to the fact that Gacy was not a text-book criminal, his story baffled professionals. (According to Helen Morrison the defense psychiatristm, he fit nowhere) She said "We don't know what these serial killers are; we know what they do, but not what they are."
• March 13, 1980 Gacy was found guilty and sentenced to death. He consoled his defense team and asked to speak to the prosecutors. During that meeting he congratulated them for getting the death penalty and told them he respected them.
• Gacy was sent to Manard Correctional where he cashed in by becoming an artist and writing "A Question of Doubt".
• 1989- Gacy's mother died after a series of strokes (By then she had lost all memory of Gary & his crimes)
• May 10, 1994 @ 12:40am - John Wayne Gacy died of lethal injection in a Crest Hill Illinois Prison. (A lady by the name of Karen was present. He told her he had made his place with God and that loved her)
• Once dead, Gacy was secretly transported to a near by hospital where for research purposes, forensic psychiatrists extracted his brain. (Helen Morrison thought Gacy's brain might show abnormalities that could explain his actions, but her examination came up empty handed. There was no evidence to support her theory)
• At best Gacy was motivated, successful and driven.... At worst he was an evil murderer/rapist. He was uncontrolable and capable of anything!

 

• Further information reveled that Gacy had Medical Problems 

1. age 11 - hit by a swing, causing a blood clot, which caused black out spells. These spells ended when he was diagnosed and medication was used to disolve the clot.
2. Age 17- diagnosed with a heart condition. He was hospitalized, but the exact cause was never found. (Never actually suffered a heart attack)
3. Childhood -Suffered physical and emotional abuse by his alcoholic father.
4. Adult - spinal injury
5. Adult- weight problems
6. Adult heart problems
7. Adult Back problems

Resource: 
2009 Serial Killer Database   www.serialkillerdatabase.net/johngacy.html  
2000 A&E Biography John Wayne Gacy "A Monster In Disguise"

• Movies about John Wayne Gacy 

1. 1999 Serial Killers Profiling the Criminal Mind Volume 3 John Wayne Gacy 1999 
2. 2000 A&E Biography John Wayne Gacy "A Monster In Disguise"
3. 2000 A&E American Justice "John Wayne Gacy Buried Secrets" 
4. 2000 Court TV Crime Stories The trial of John Wayne Gacy
5. (Unknown date) Court TV - Mug Shots - John Wayne Gacy
6. 1996 The History Channel "Great Crimes & Trials" John Wayne Gacy- Killer Clown
7. 2006 Investigation Discovery- Most evil cold blooded killers 2006
8. 2002 Unlicense Cemetary "The John Wayne Gacy Murders" (Directer Keith Rateliff)
9. 2003 Gacy (Directer Clive Sounders)
10.  1992 To Catch a serial Killer (Directer Eric Till)

• Books about John Wayne Gacy Jr.

1.  1993 The man Who Killed Boys By Clifford L. Linedecker
2. 1995 A Question of Doubt; The John Wayne Gacy story By John Wayne Gacy
3. 1996 Fall of The House Of Gacy By: Harlan H Mendenhall
4. 2000 Killer Clown; John Wayne Gacy Murders by Terry Sullivan & peter T Maiken
5. 2003 The Killer Clown By Joseph R Kozenczak & Karen M. Henrikson
6.  The The Last Victim By Jason Moss