It was only after killing the teen that Gacy realized Timothy had been setting the table for breakfast, and happened to wander into Gacy's room holding the knife as Gacy awoke. The knife in Timothy's hands slashed through Gacy's arm, and Gacy pounced on Timothy and stabbed him multiple times. According to Gacy, he leapt from his bed and Timothy raised his arms in a gesture of surrender, which Gacy took as an act of aggression. The next morning, Gacy claims to have awoken to Timothy standing over him with a knife. Gacy’s first murder victim was a 16-year-old by the name of Timothy McCoy, a hitchhiker whom he offered a ride and a place to sleep. Related: Married to a Murderer: 5 People Who Unknowingly Married a Killer Meanwhile, without his wife’s knowledge, Gacy lured several youths to their home, coercing or outright forcing them into sexual acts. This marriage was strained and later crumbled completely, due in part to Gacy’s refusal to have sex with his wife. Gacy remarried in 1972, the same year that he descending into killing teenage boys and young men. No one knew that the friendly clown who devoted his spare time to making children laugh had another hobby: committing shockingly brutal murders. Among other community service and acts of charity, Gacy volunteered to dress as a clown to entertain at local children’s parties. Gacy was admired by members of the community, who were blissfully unaware of his crimes. Now free to roam the streets again, Gacy’s sexual deviancy raged unchecked and he continued assaulting youths. While incarcerated, he had been diagnosed with an antisocial personality disorder, which limited his ability to empathize or consider the impact his actions had on other people. Considered a model prisoner, Gacy was paroled after serving 18 months of his 10-year prison sentence. His wife filed for divorce and he never saw her or their two children ever again. Five years later, that marriage dissolved when he was sent to prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy. Related: These True Creepy Clown Stories Will Make You Want to Hide Forever Gacy's youth was marked by long stays in the hospital for a separate, undiagnosed condition that caused him to experience seizures and blackouts. His school years were friendless, thanks in part to his inability to play sports due to a heart condition. As a young boy, he was molested by a family friend, an incident he kept secret for years for fear that he would be blamed for the abuse and subjected to further beatings by his father. He was regularly beaten and belittled by his alcoholic father. It was a routine he'd begun in 1972, and would not give up for six years.īorn in 1942, Gacy had a troubled childhood. Gacy targeted young men-preferably underage-whom he would rape, torture, and murder in his home. But behind the mask of normalcy and circus makeup lay a monster awaiting his next victim. He was a successful businessman, a devoted father, a loving husband, and the friendly clown of Illinois’ Norwood Park community.
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