In 2017, the sheriff’s office identified 16-year-old James Byron Haakenson, a runaway from Minnesota, as another Gacy victim.įive other victims remain unidentified, and Dart said his office is committed to continuing its work to find out who they were. He was a Senn High School dropout who disappeared in 1976. In 2011, detectives used DNA to confirm that 19-year-old William George Bundy was one of Gacy’s unidentified victims. He later got divorced and then disappeared, according to Dart.įor more than a decade, Dart’s office has been working to identify previously unidentified victims of Gacy’s killing spree, using new DNA testing technology. The sheriff said Alexander was born in North Carolina, and his family later moved to New York, where he got married, before moving to Chicago in 1975. Dart said Alexander likely was killed by Gacy between early 1976 and early 1977, and would have been 21 or 22 years old at the time of his murder. 25, 2021, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart announced that another of Gacy’s victims had been identified as Francis Wayne Alexander, of North Carolina. Well over four decades after Gacy was arrested, authorities continue to identify his victims. Another four bodies were found in the Des Plaines River. Police discovered 29 bodies buried in a crawl space of his house and the surrounding yard of his house in unincorporated Norwood Park Township.
READ MORE: Thief Smashes Front Door Of Halal Guys Restaurant On Near North Side To Steal Money From Cash Register But to many, John Wayne Gacy stands out as especially villainous even among them. This edition includes some updates from the years since.ĬHICAGO (CBS) - There are only a few serial killers whose acts were so heinous that even saying their names can cause people to wince. The accompanying written story was originally published on on May 19, 2007, and was also previously posted on on Jan.
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