The horrific crimes of Killer Clown and the Candy Man - and why 'nobody cared' about many victims. Violence against women — how men can change the narrative. Gacy, a builder from a suburb of Chicago, lured victims to his home by pretending to be a police officer or by promising them work. He became known as the Killer Clown after performing as Pogo the clown at fundraising events and hospitals throughout the years of his murders. Mr Alexander's sister thanked the sheriff's office for giving the family some level of "closure".
Our hearts are heavy. Mr Alexander's remains was one of 26 sets discovered in the crawl space under Gacy's home in a Chicago suburb. Another three victims were buried on Gacy's property, while the remaining four that Gacy admitting murdering were found in waterways south of the city. Mr Alexander's remains were exhumed in , along with those of eight other victims who had been buried without being identified.
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In , Richard Speck committed one of the most horrifying mass murders in American history when he brutalized and killed eight student nurses living on Chicago's South Side. He would have been 21 or 22 when Gacy killed him between and , Mr Dart's office said.
Gacy was convicted of killing 33 young men between and and burying them on his property. He was executed in He often lured young men to his home for sex by pretending to be a police officer or promising them construction work. In reopening the investigation, Sheriff Dart asked families of youngsters who had vanished between and Gacy's arrest to submit saliva samples to compare DNA with the eight victims who were buried without being identified.
Months later, William George Bundy, a year-old construction worker, was identified as a Gacy victim. In , James Byron Haakenson - a missing teenager from Minnesota - was named as another victim. Alexander's sister, Carolyn Sanders, thanked the sheriff's office for giving the family "closure". He was killed at the hands of a vile and evil man," Ms Sanders said.
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