A Thousand Miles of True Crime

20. John Wayne Gacy: The victims

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This week we cover each of John Wayne Gacy’s known victims. Learn more about their lives and how they possibly encountered the killer clown. It is important to remember each and everyone of the boys that have been harmed by this horrific serial killer.

  • Timothy Jack McCoy, 16, murdered on 3 January 1972,
  • John Butkovich, 18, murdered on 31 July 1975
  • Darrell Julius Samson, 18, murdered on 6 April 1976
  • Randall Wayne Reffett, 15, murdered on 14 May 1976
  • Samuel G Dodd Stapleton, 14, murdered on 14 May 1976
  • Michael Lawrence Bonnin, 17, murdered on 3 June 1976
  • William Huey Carroll Jr, 16, murdered on 13 June 1976
  • James Byron Haakenson, 16, murdered on 5 August 1976
  • Rick Louis Johnston, 17, murdered on 6 August 1976
  • Kenneth Ray Parker, 16, murdered on 24 October 1976
  • Michael M Marino, 14, murdered on 24 October 1976
  • William George Bundy, 19, murdered on 26 October 1976
  • Francis Wayne Alexander, 21, murdered on 1 December 1976
  • Gregory John Godzik, 17, murdered on 12 December 1976,
  • John Alan Szyc, 19, murdered on 20 January 1977
  • Jon Steven Prestidge, 20, murdered on 15 March 1977
  • Matthew Walter Bowman, 19, murdered on 5 July 1977
  • Robert Edward Gilroy Jr, 18, murdered on 15 September 1977
  • John Antheney Mowery, 19, murdered on 25 September 1977
  • Russell Lloyd Nelson, 21, murdered on 17 October 1977
  • Robert David Winch, 16, murdered on 10 November 1977
  • Tommy Joe Boling, 20, murdered on 18 November 1877
  • David Paul Talsma, 19, murdered on 9 December 1977
  • William Wayne Kindred, 19, murdered on 16 February 1978
  • Timothy David O’Rourke, 20, murdered 16 – 23 June 1978
  • Frank William Landingin, 19, murdered on 4 November 1978
  • James Mazzara, 20, murdered on 24 November 1978
  • Robert Jerome Piest, 15, murdered on 11 December 1978

    • The details of the five unidentified victims are:

    • Male aged 14–18, murdered 3 January 1972 – 31 July 1975
    • Male aged 23–30, murdered 13 June – 5 August 1976
    • Male aged 17–22, murdered 6 August – 5 October 1976
    • Male aged 15–24, murdered 6 August – 24 October
    • Male aged 17–21, murdered 15 March – 5 July 1977
      • ...more
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