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John Wayne Gacy's Conspiracy
Between April 6, 1976 and July 15, 1978 there were 20 plus reported rapes and murders connected to John Wayne Gacy Jr. some of these boys were unidentified and remain unidentified. Most of these boys were found buried in Gacy’s crawlspace under his house. Most of his victims ranged in age from fifteen to twenty-one. A particular murder of Gacy’s was one that occurred in March 1978. Gacy lured a 26 year old man named Jeffery Rignal into his car. He then chloroformed him and took him back to his house. He then began to torture the young man with whips, candles and large amounts of chloroform. Rignal was dropped off at Lincoln Park and later identified Gacy as the man who had abducted and tortured him. He was arrested on July 15th.

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