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     • For years, some of the victims of John Wayne Gacy had gone unidentified. DNA and expanding genealogical databases allowed officials to identify a victim this month.
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   Who was John Wayne Gacy?

   • Police officers outside the home of John Wayne Gacy in 1978. Bettman, via Getty Images CHICAGO — Authorities in Cook County have identified another victim of John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer who terrorized Chicago in the 1970s, murdering dozens of young men and burying their bodies at his suburban home.

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   What happened to John Wayne Gacy?

   • The mystery began in 1978, as an evidence technician for the sheriff’s office crouched in the crawl space under John Wayne Gacy’s home in unincorporated Chicago. The technician was searching for the body of a missing 15-year-old boy. Investigators knew Gacy had gone into the pharmacy where the boy worked part-time.

   DNA Sequencing Identified New Gacy Victim, Nearly 50 Years After

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   Was Francis Wayne Alexander a Gacy victim?

   • “DNA matches in the second cousin range were found, enabling DDP’s team of volunteer genetic genealogists to construct family trees and identify Francis Wayne Alexander as a candidate for Gacy Victim #5,” the DNA Doe Project said. Alexander’s remains were found December 26, 1978, under Gacy’s home in Norwood Park Township northwest of Chicago.

   John Wayne Gacy victim identified through DNA from tooth

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   How many people did Gacy murder?

   • Gacy confessed to torturing, sodomizing and murdering 33 young men between 1972 and 1978. He buried most of his victims on his property, but threw five bodies into area rivers. Investigators initially referred to the remains by a number, based on the order in which they were removed from Gacy’s property.

   DNA Sequencing Identified New Gacy Victim, Nearly 50 Years After

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   How did Gacy get arrested?

   • Gacy was arrested in December 1978. Authorities said he had lured his victims into his home over six years. To get them there, he had promised construction jobs, drugs and alcohol, or by posing as a police officer or by offering money for sex. Police said he often targeted hitchhikers and people at bus stations.

   John Wayne Gacy victim identified through DNA from tooth

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   What happened to Gacy?

   • Witnesses heard Gacy offer the boy a job, and the boy told his mother he was going to meet a contractor to discuss possible work. He was never seen again. After weeks of surveillance, investigators had a warrant to dig. The technician saw small red worms and suspected they were feeding on human remains.

   DNA Sequencing Identified New Gacy Victim, Nearly 50 Years After

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3. cookcountysheriffil.gov › departments › c-c-s-p-dUnidentified Victims John Wayne Gacy - Cook County Sheriff's ...

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   Five victims of the serial killer John Wayne Gacy remain unidentified. Originally recovered from Gacy’s residence in late 1978 and early 1979, the remains of five Gacy victims have never been identified.

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   Oct 26, 2021 · CNN — Francis Wayne Alexander’s remains were found more than 40 years ago in the crawl space of infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s home. For decades their identity was a mystery, but...

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5. www.nbcnews.com › news › us-newsLawyers: DNA proves John Wayne Gacy victim was misidentified

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   Oct 26, 2012 · Each time, she felt nothing, a feeling she brought to authorities, questioning whether the body in the grave belonged to her son, Michael Marino, a 14-year-old who went missing in 1976 who had ...

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7. www.cbsnews.com › news › dna-shows-presumed-johnDNA shows presumed John Wayne Gacy victim was misidentified ...

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   Oct 26, 2012 · DNA tests on exhumed remains show they're not those of Michael Marino, last seen alive in 1976, presumed victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

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   Oct 25, 2021 · CHICAGO — Authorities in Cook County have identified another victim of John Wayne Gacy, the serial killer who terrorized Chicago in the 1970s, murdering dozens of young men and burying...

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9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-us-canada-59040381John Wayne Gacy murder victim named 45 years after vanishing

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   Oct 25, 2021 · A man from North Carolina who vanished in the 1970s has been identified as one of dozens of victims murdered by serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Francis Wayne Alexander's remains were among...

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    Nov 1, 2021 · The mystery began in 1978, as an evidence technician for the sheriff’s office crouched in the crawl space under John Wayne Gacy’s home in unincorporated Chicago. The technician was searching for the body of a missing 15-year-old boy.