Netflix releases in April are very different and one of the most impressive is the documentary series ‘Conversations with a killer: The John Wayne Gacy tapes’ which, as its name suggests, will focus on this American criminal and will be available on April 20.
The difference with other productions of this character is that here will be analyzed the discussions that Gacy had with his lawyers, in order to give a new perspective to the mentality of one of the most famous serial killers in history.
Who was John Wayne Gacy?
This man, originally from Chicago, Illinois, was responsible for the torture, rape and murder of 33 young people and children between 1972 and 1978. Before his crimes were uncovered, he established himself as a respected member of his community with his own company. , go to church and dress up clowns to make sick children available to hospitals in their spare time.
Although he looked like a normal person, the reality is that “Pogo the Clown” grew up in a dysfunctional family, where he regularly suffered physical and psychological violence from his father, which could be a factor in committing atrocities. his crimes. .
Growing up he started a family with his wife and two children and no one imagined that this man was dedicated to kidnapping young people at bus stops or on the streets to cause them great harm and eventually kill them.
John Wayne Gacy’s first venture
was in 1967
John Wayne Gacy’s crimes began when he sexually abused several teenagers and men who worked for him. However, the first time he was officially arrested was when it was discovered that he had forced a 15-year-old boy named Donald Voorhees, who was his neighbor, to have sex.
His wife divorced him shortly afterwards and he was jailed for 17 months (although his sentence was 10 years, he was given parole).
Gacy had been recorded as a sex offender, although he had not killed anyone. But that changed when he took the life of a teenager named Timothy McCoy, who attacked him with a knife. To cover up his crime, he buried the body in the basement.
John Wayne Gacey becomes a serial killer
After that he continued to do the same thing for several years, until in 1978 a woman named Elizabeth Piest called the police to report that her son was missing and the authorities went to John Wayne’s house because of his record.
After securing a search warrant, it was discovered that Robert Piest, the missing 15-year-old, was just one of his victims, as another 29 bodies were found buried in his possession.
Gacy was arrested, found guilty and spent 14 years awaiting execution. He died of a fatal injection on May 10, 1994, and his last words were rumored to be “Killing me will not bring back any of the victims.”
To date, 6 bodies found in his home remain unknown, making his case one of the most shocking.
Source: univision
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