We wrap up our coverage of John Wayne Gacy with a discussion about why so many young men and boys went missing in Chicagoland without any repercussions, the locations that Gacy was known to cruise for sexual partners and for victims, and the long term impact that these crimes have had on Chicago.
TW: Kidnapping, sexual assault involving minors, torture, murder
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Stroud, Matt. “Grave Mistake: The Controversial, High-Tech Search for John Wayne Gacy’s Lost Victims.” The Verge, 10 May 2013, https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/10/4315390/the-controversial-high-tech-search-for-john-wayne-gacy-lost-victims.
People v. Gacy, 103 Ill. 2d 1 (1984) | Caselaw Access Project. https://cite.case.law/ill-2d/103/1/.
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