John Wayne Gacy: Defending a Monster: Defending a Monster: The True Story of the Lawyer Who Defended One of the Most Evil Serial Killers in History

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In 1973, Gacy and a teenage employee traveled to Florida to view a property Gacy had purchased; while there, Gacy raped the employee in their hotel room. Both FBI sniffer dogs and ground-penetrating radar equipment were used, but no human remains were found. Gacy was found guilty of 33 charges of murder; he was also found guilty of sexual assault and taking indecent liberties with a child, both in reference to Robert Piest. Gacy regularly stuffed rags, the victim's own underwear, or a sock into the mouths of subsequent victims to prevent such a leakage.

Gacy's parole ended on October 18, 1971, [43] and a month later the records of Gacy's criminal convictions in Iowa were sealed. His body was buried in the crawl space beneath 17-year-old Rick Johnston, who was last seen alive on August 6. e] Carole observed Gacy bringing teenage boys into his garage in the early hours and also found gay pornography and men's wallets and identification inside the house. In the late 1970s, Norman operated a nationwide sex trafficking ring based in Chicago known as the Delta Project.On August 5, 16-year-old James Haakenson is last known to have phoned his family, possibly from Gacy's home. Gacy employees had a nasty habit of ending up dead: In his crawl space or dumped into the Des Plaines River. On November 7, 1968, Gacy pleaded guilty to one count of sodomy in relation to Voorhees, but not guilty to the charges related to other youths. Early on December 18, he invited them into another restaurant where, over breakfast, he discussed his business, his marriages and his clowning.

Despite their challenging relationship, Gacy loved his father, [9] but felt he was "never good enough" in his father's eyes. One of Gacy's earliest childhood memories was of his father beating him at age four for accidentally disarranging car engine components. the authors] take pains to demystify the man who has been known as the Clown Killer" [and] paint a much more nuanced picture of a deeply conflicted man. Kunkle also referred to the testimony of one of the doctors who had examined Gacy in 1968 and had concluded he was an antisocial personality, stating that had the recommendations of this doctor been heeded, Gacy would not have been freed.The film focuses on the correspondence between Moss and Gacy before Gacy invited Moss to visit him on death row in 1994. Using his long experience and psychological expertise, Berry-Dee seeks to understand the motivation, the amoral urges and the merciless horror behind Dahmer's inhuman behaviour: what could make a man do this?

Gacy frequently manacled his captives' ankles to a two-by-four with handcuffs attached at each end, an act inspired by the Houston Mass Murders. Shortly before his disappearance, Prestidge had mentioned he had obtained work with a local contractor. i] He also taunted many victims throughout their abuse, [76] and was known to have partly drowned several in the bathtub before repeatedly reviving them.This six-part series includes interviews with Gacy, investigators responsible for his apprehension, and Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart.