John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown
His nickname is due to the costume he wore. He raped and killed 33 young men between 1972 and 1978. No suspicion fell on him until December 1978, when a 15-year-old man who was going to a job interview was last seen with Gacy. The inspection of John’s house revealed evidence of other disappearances. In December of that year, Gacy went to his lawyers and confessed his crimes. He stated that when he stabbed a knife into the body of a young man, the blood pouring from the body excited him. He told police the location of the bodies. The youngest were 14 and the oldest 21. Seven of the victims were never identified. In 1998, when some repairs where being made at the back of Gacy’s mother’s house, they found remains of four other victims.On February 6, 1980 he pleaded not guilty in the trial, alleging mental impairments, which was refuted by the experts. His lawyer argued temporary insanity at the time of each murder, but this was also rejected. He was found guilty on March 13 and sentenced to 21 life imprisonments and 12 death sentences. His execution by lethal injection took place on May 10, 1994. Gacy’s brain was removed for examination. The results revealed there were no abnormalities.
