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John Wayne Gacy Murders

Victim
Name withheld
Location
Chicago, Illinois
Incident date
1972
Case ID
UV-000061
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John Wayne Gacy Murders (1972). John Wayne Gacy was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 boys and young men and was executed in 1994.

CASE OVERVIEW John Wayne Gacy Murders concerns a homicide or multiple homicides in the United States. The primary recorded location is Chicago, IL. For older or multi-location investigations, this is a general marker rather than an exact crime-scene address.

DOCUMENTED LEGAL OUTCOME John Wayne Gacy was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 boys and young men and was executed in 1994.

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