By the age of twenty-five, John Wayne Gacy and his wife Marlynn had moved to Waterloo, Iowa. Gacy managed three Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchises owned by his father-in-law. During their time in Iowa, the couple had two children: Michael was born in March 1967, followed by a daughter named Christine in September 1968. While in Waterloo, John remained heavily involved in the local Junior Chamber of Commerce organization.
Until this point in his life, John Wayne Gacy had kept his first two homosexual encounters tightly under wraps, and they remained that way until an interview was conducted from prison in the spring of 1992. During the interview, John confessed that during his stint at the mortuary in Las Vegas he had crawled into the coffin of a deceased teenage male and had caressed the corpse. He also stated that he had conducted experiments on dead bodies and memorized the embalming process in the few months of his employment there. Gacy also recounted consuming a large amount of alcohol with a fellow Springfield Junior Chamber of Commerce member who then performed oral sex on Gacy while he was drunk in 1964. However, on December 3, 1968, a glimpse into John Wayne Gacy's alternative lifestyle was publicly exposed when John was first arrested and accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to rape two teenage boys, Donald Voorhees, and Edward Lynch. John was court ordered to receive a psychiatric evaluation where he was diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder and found mentally competent to stand trial. Gacy ultimately pleads guilty to the oral sodomy on Donald Voorhees and was sentenced to 10 years in the Anamosa State Penitentiary. During his time in prison, Marlynn obtained a divorce from Gacy and gained sole custody of the children. John Sr. also passed away during John Wayne Gacy's stint in jail. After a short 18-month imprisonment, Gacy was paroled and returned to live with his mother in Chicago upon his release where he obtained a job as a short-order cook at a local restaurant. In 1971, Gacy found himself once more in trouble with the law, just a mere eight months after his release from the Anamosa State Penitentiary, he was arrested for attempted sexual assault on another teenage boy he tried to solicit from Chicago's Greyhound bus station. The boy failed to appear in court, so all charges against Gacy were dismissed. John resumes a seemingly ordinary life and begins doing contract work, quits his job as a cook and purchases a home with his mother at 8213 West Summerdale Avenue. At nearly 30 years old, John committed his first murder. Later identified as 15-year-old Timothy McCoy, John's first victim was picked up at a Chicago Greyhound bus terminal. Gacy claimed the death of McCoy was in self-defense as he awoke with the teen standing in his bedroom doorway armed with a knife. John disarmed the boy and stabbed him twice in the chest. Gacy buried the young boy in the crawl space of his home. On July 1, 1972, John married his recently divorced high school sweetheart, Carole Hoff. Carole and her two daughters from her previous marriage then moved into Gacy's residence on Summerdale. After Carole had complained of a horrible smell in the home, John returned to the crawl space to lay concrete over McCoy's decaying corpse. Later that same year, John Wayne Gacy launched his own contracting business, PDM Contractors, which he then used to lure his young male victims with the promise of work. During his imprisonment, Gacy admitted that he needed to relive the thrill of killing and in January of 1974, he strangled his second victim, an unidentified teen that authorities believed …show more content…
Among the victims killed were 19-year-old PDM Construction employee John Szyc, 20-year-old Jon Prestidge. John Wayne Gacy conducted a majority of his 1977 killings during the later half of the year, including the murders of 19-year-old Matthew Bowman, 18-year-old Robert Gilroy, 19-year-old United States Marine John Mowery, 21-year-old Minneapolis architecture student Russell Nelson, 16-year-old Robert Winch from Michigan, 20-year-old Tommy Boling, and 19-year-old David Talsma. There were two murders with unidentified victims that took place at some point in
Until this point in his life, John Wayne Gacy had kept his first two homosexual encounters tightly under wraps, and they remained that way until an interview was conducted from prison in the spring of 1992. During the interview, John confessed that during his stint at the mortuary in Las Vegas he had crawled into the coffin of a deceased teenage male and had caressed the corpse. He also stated that he had conducted experiments on dead bodies and memorized the embalming process in the few months of his employment there. Gacy also recounted consuming a large amount of alcohol with a fellow Springfield Junior Chamber of Commerce member who then performed oral sex on Gacy while he was drunk in 1964. However, on December 3, 1968, a glimpse into John Wayne Gacy's alternative lifestyle was publicly exposed when John was first arrested and accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to rape two teenage boys, Donald Voorhees, and Edward Lynch. John was court ordered to receive a psychiatric evaluation where he was diagnosed with anti-social personality disorder and found mentally competent to stand trial. Gacy ultimately pleads guilty to the oral sodomy on Donald Voorhees and was sentenced to 10 years in the Anamosa State Penitentiary. During his time in prison, Marlynn obtained a divorce from Gacy and gained sole custody of the children. John Sr. also passed away during John Wayne Gacy's stint in jail. After a short 18-month imprisonment, Gacy was paroled and returned to live with his mother in Chicago upon his release where he obtained a job as a short-order cook at a local restaurant. In 1971, Gacy found himself once more in trouble with the law, just a mere eight months after his release from the Anamosa State Penitentiary, he was arrested for attempted sexual assault on another teenage boy he tried to solicit from Chicago's Greyhound bus station. The boy failed to appear in court, so all charges against Gacy were dismissed. John resumes a seemingly ordinary life and begins doing contract work, quits his job as a cook and purchases a home with his mother at 8213 West Summerdale Avenue. At nearly 30 years old, John committed his first murder. Later identified as 15-year-old Timothy McCoy, John's first victim was picked up at a Chicago Greyhound bus terminal. Gacy claimed the death of McCoy was in self-defense as he awoke with the teen standing in his bedroom doorway armed with a knife. John disarmed the boy and stabbed him twice in the chest. Gacy buried the young boy in the crawl space of his home. On July 1, 1972, John married his recently divorced high school sweetheart, Carole Hoff. Carole and her two daughters from her previous marriage then moved into Gacy's residence on Summerdale. After Carole had complained of a horrible smell in the home, John returned to the crawl space to lay concrete over McCoy's decaying corpse. Later that same year, John Wayne Gacy launched his own contracting business, PDM Contractors, which he then used to lure his young male victims with the promise of work. During his imprisonment, Gacy admitted that he needed to relive the thrill of killing and in January of 1974, he strangled his second victim, an unidentified teen that authorities believed …show more content…
Among the victims killed were 19-year-old PDM Construction employee John Szyc, 20-year-old Jon Prestidge. John Wayne Gacy conducted a majority of his 1977 killings during the later half of the year, including the murders of 19-year-old Matthew Bowman, 18-year-old Robert Gilroy, 19-year-old United States Marine John Mowery, 21-year-old Minneapolis architecture student Russell Nelson, 16-year-old Robert Winch from Michigan, 20-year-old Tommy Boling, and 19-year-old David Talsma. There were two murders with unidentified victims that took place at some point in