Crimes:
-Sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys ad young men between 1972 and 1978
-Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawl space of hishome
-He buried three others elsewhere on his property and discarded the remains of his last four known victims in a nearby river.
-He was convicted of 33 murders and sentenced to death for 12 of these killings.
-He was executed in May 1994
Modus Operandi and Signature:
-John would dress up as a clown and go to young children’s birthday parties. This is how he got the name of the “Clown Killer”.
-Gacy would pick up male teenage runaways or male prostitutes from the Chicago Greyhound bus station, or off the streets.
-He would then take them back to his house by either, promising them money for sex, offering them a job with his construction company, or simply grabbing them by force.
-Once they got back to his house, he would handcuff them or tie them up in another way after intoxicating them with alcohol or another drug.
-Gacy would often stick clothing (even their own underwear) in their mouths to muffle their screams.
-After this, he would choke them with a rope or a board as he sexually assaulted them, and then bury the bodies in his crawlspace.
-He buried most bodies in his crawlspace but some were buried in other places of his property or dumped in a nearby river.
-His signature is to handcuff his victims then strangle them, and then bury them in his crawlspace