IT'S been almost three decades since a needle containing a lethal cocktail was jabbed into the chubby arm of 'killer clown' John Wayne Gacy.
But while the Chicago-born mass murderer – responsible for the sexual torture and murders of at least 33 young men and boys – is now dead, the investigation into his chilling crimes has no end in sight.
Gacy terrorised the Chicago area for six years until 1978, and earned his chilling nickname after it emerged that he worked as a clown prior to his crimes.
Most of his victims were buried in a small crawl space underneath his house of horrors, while others were thrown into the Des Plaines River.
Typically he lured victims to his home, duped them into wearing handcuffs as part of a 'magic trick', then raped, tortured and strangled them.
He spent 14 years on death row before he was executed aged 52-year, but questions remain about the the suburban contractor and local Democratic Party player.
Are there more victims? Who are the five young men and boys whose identities remain unknown? Did Gacy have accomplices? And was the Killer Clown part of a cross-country paedophilic sex ring?
Unknown victims
Retired homicide detective Rafael Tovar is convinced there are more victims; he said Gacy told him so.
"I honestly believe that he was honest with me. He was convinced that if you knew the answer or could find out, he'd tell you the truth," Tovar said in 2020.
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