Killer Clown The John Wayne Gacy Kills Summary

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Killer Clown: The John Wayne Gacy Murders
Criminal Justice 370
Cornada McLester
Mercer University

Abstract This is a book review on killer clown. The John Wayne Gacy Murders. The author this book is Terry Sullivan with Peter T. Maiken and this book was published by Pinnacle Publishing Corp. they are located on 119 west 40th street New York, New York. Killer clown the John Wayne Gacy Murders was first copyright in 1983 and then again in 2013. Updated with the latest DNA findings. The volume has 393 pages. This is a true crime novel done in English on paper book and is also available on eBook. This book retails for about $7.00 from most book distribution retailers. Some of the names was changed to protect the identity of the individuals connected to the story.
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The author style was very formal when giving the gruesome discovery of the almost thirty bodies they found in Gacy house in the crawl space. Even though I never been in a morgue when the detectives were inside Gacy’s home and he described the smell, I could smell an awkward smell while reading that part of the book. Gacy made a statement to one of the officers. “Clowns get away with murder” (Sullivan & Maiken, 2013, p. 90). This just made me look at clowns in a totally different way. I know not all that John Gacy dressed up like a clown and volunteered at the children’s hospital I will be giving all clowns a second look.
Terry Sullivan was very persistent in getting justice for Rob Piests and his family. Sullivan main topic was the two weeks investigation, the search of the crawl space, the identification of the 33 victims, and the trail and sentencing. During the investigation is where the reader can learn about the investigation process and how you Obtain a search warrant and what you can search while you are you doing a

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