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John Wayne Gacy

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John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer and pederast who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys. Gacy regularly performed at children's hospitals and charitable events as "Pogo the Clown" or "Patches the Clown", personas he had devised. He became known as the Killer Clown due to his public services as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.

Gacy committed all of his murders inside his ranch house near Norridge, a village in Norwood Park Township, metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. Typically, he would lure a victim to his home and dupe him into donning handcuffs on the pretext of demonstrating a magic trick. He would then rape and torture his captive before killing him by either asphyxiation or strangulation with a garrote. Twenty-six victims were buried in the crawl space of his home, and three others were buried elsewhere on his property; four were discarded in the Des Plaines River.

Gacy was convicted of the sodomy of a teenage boy in Waterloo, Iowa, in 1968 and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment, but served eighteen months. He murdered his first victim in 1972, had murdered twice more by the end of 1975, and murdered at least thirty subsequent victims after his divorce from his second wife in 1976. The investigation into the disappearance of Des Plaines teenager Robert Piest led to Gacy's arrest on December 21, 1978.

His conviction for thirty-three murders (by one individual) then covered the most homicides in United States legal history. Gacy was sentenced to death on March 13, 1980. On death row at Menard Correctional Center, he spent much of his time painting. He was executed by lethal injection at Stateville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994.

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John Wayne Gacy (17 de marzo de 1942 - 10 de mayo de 1994) fue un asesino en serie y pederasta estadounidense que violó, torturó y asesinó al menos a 33 jóvenes de ambos sexos. Gacy actuaba regularmente en hospitales infantiles y actos benéficos como "Pogo el payaso" o "Patches el payaso", personajes que él mismo había ideado. Se le llegó a conocer como el Payaso Asesino debido a sus servicios públicos como payaso antes del descubrimiento de sus crímenes.

Gacy cometió todos sus asesinatos en el interior de su rancho, cerca de Norridge, un pueblo del municipio de Norwood Park, en el área metropolitana de Chicago (Illinois). Normalmente, atraía a la víctima a su casa y la embaucaba para que se pusiera las esposas con el pretexto de mostrarle un truco de magia. A continuación, violaba y torturaba a la víctima antes de matarla por asfixia o estrangulamiento con un garrote. Veintiséis de sus víctimas fueron enterradas en el sótano de su casa, otras tres fueron enterradas en otro lugar de su propiedad y cuatro fueron arrojadas al río Des Plaines.

Gacy fue declarado culpable de sodomía de un adolescente en Waterloo (Iowa) en 1968 y condenado a diez años de prisión, pero cumplió dieciocho meses. Asesinó a su primera víctima en 1972, había asesinado a dos más a finales de 1975 y asesinó al menos a treinta víctimas posteriores tras divorciarse de su segunda esposa en 1976. La investigación sobre la desaparición de Robert Piest, un adolescente de Des Plaines, condujo a la detención de Gacy el 21 de diciembre de 1978.

Su condena por treinta y tres asesinatos (cometidos por un solo individuo) supuso entonces el mayor número de homicidios de la historia judicial de Estados Unidos. Gacy fue condenado a muerte el 13 de marzo de 1980. En el corredor de la muerte del Centro Correccional Menard, pasó gran parte de su tiempo pintando. Fue ejecutado mediante inyección letal en el Centro Correccional de Stateville el 10 de mayo de 1994.

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