This week we hear a shocking tale of escape from the cuffs of a killer and the defense begins the motion work phase. Trial by media however, is well underway and has been now for over a week. Fingers are pointed and names are named in regard to whom is thought responsible for the seemingly never ending flow of information from inside the house on Summerdale to the waiting pens and typewriters of reporters and journalists alike.  

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We finish our five part bonus collaboration with Truye Crime IRL 

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Somehow Amirante is back in an interrogation room with Des Plaines PD and Gacy. This time they're, amongst other things, discussing the location of Rob Piest's jacket. We get a forensic genealogy lesson from the wonderful people at the Doe Project, namely Cairenn Binder, and we also hear from Det. Albrecht and Hachmeister, Bill Kunkle, and David Nelson 

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Shockingly, Sam Amirante agrees to allow Gacy to continue talking to Des Plaines PD about certain aspects of their investigation. We also discuss the amazing job done by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Det. Jason Moran and the nonprofit DNA Doe project as they successfully ID one of the remaining unidentified Gacy victims. The family of Frances "Wayne" Alexander was notified after a positive DNA match due to the use of forensic genealogy. Never to be just "Victim number Five" ever again. R.I.P Frances Wayne Alexander.

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As the twenty seventh victim is unearthed from the crawl space, the creep has a rather disturbing conversation about money and his plans for the future. The recent trend of his aspirations not coming to fruition lives on, for he seems to have left, Spend the rest of life in prison, off of his to do list.

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1978 coming to an end was unfortunately only the beginning of the unveiling of terror at 8213 W Summerdale. The number of victims unearthed by the excavation team has entered double digits. The number of these victims identified: 0

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