March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994 was an American serial killer and rapist. He sexually assaulted, tortured and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois (a part of metropolitan Chicago). John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy.jpg John Gacy, John Wayne Gacy Jr. March 17, 1942
Chicago, Illinois, US Died May 10, 1994 (aged 52) Stateville Correctional Center, Crest Hill, Illinois, US Cause of death Execution by lethal injection Other names The Killer Clown Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Weight 230 lb (104 kg) Spouse(s) Marilynn Myers m. 1964; div. 1969 Carole Hoff m. 1972; div. 1976 Children, Michael and Christine Gacy Conviction(s) 1 count of sodomy 33 counts of murder 1 count of sexual assault 1 count of indecent liberties with a child March 12, 1980 Criminal penalty Death (12 counts; March 13, 1980) Details Victims 33+ Span of crimes January 3, 1972–December 11, 1978 Country United States State(s) Illinois, Date apprehended December 21, 1978 Imprisoned a Menard Correctional Center all of Gacy's known murders were committed inside his Norwood Park ranch house. His victims were typically induced to his address by force or deception, and all but one of his victims were murdered by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a makeshift tourniquet; his first victim was stabbed to death. Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of his home. Three other victims were buried elsewhere on his property, while the bodies of his last four known victims were discarded in the Des Plaines River. Convicted of 33 murders, Gacy was sentenced to death on March 13, 1980, for 12 of those killings. He spent 14 years on death row before he was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.
Gacy became known as the "Killer Clown" because of his charitable services at fund-raising events, parades, and children's parties where he would dress as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", characters he had devised.
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