Today, December 21st, 1978 the most vicious serial killer in American history was arrested in his home in Illinois, charged with the murder of 33 adolescent males that he buried under his house. On December 11, 1978, John Gacy visited a pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois, to discuss a potential remodeling deal with the store’s owner. While at the store to discuss the potential deal, Gacy spoke to a 15 year old store employee about hiring him to do construction work. After Gacy left the store, the teenager informed his mother, who had come to pick him up, that some contractor wanted to talk to him about a potential summer job. The young man left the store, promising to return shortly. The teen never returned, leaving his mother waiting.
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The owner of the pharmacy, when questioned by law enforcement, named Gacy as the contractor the teenager had most likely left the store to talk with. When Gacy was questioned by police, he profusely denied talking to the boy. Police, however, were convinced Gacy was behind the boy’s disappearance. After checking Gacy’s criminal history, they discovered that he had served a prison sentence for sodomy involving two teens and was charged with a sexually driven aggravated assault involving two other teens. Having recieved with a search warrant, on December 13, investigators found several suspicious items: a 1975 high school class ring, other people's driver's licenses, handcuffs, a syringe, clothing too small for Gacy, and a photo receipt from the pharmacy where the teenager had worked. Law enforcement assigned two surveillance teams to follow Gacy, while they continued their investigation. Further digging into Gacy's background linked him to the disappearance of three additional young people. On December 18, the Pharmacy photo receipt found in Gacy's home was traced to a friend of the missing teenager, who said she had placed it in his pocket just before he left the store. This evidence indicated that the missing teen had been inside
The owner of the pharmacy, when questioned by law enforcement, named Gacy as the contractor the teenager had most likely left the store to talk with. When Gacy was questioned by police, he profusely denied talking to the boy. Police, however, were convinced Gacy was behind the boy’s disappearance. After checking Gacy’s criminal history, they discovered that he had served a prison sentence for sodomy involving two teens and was charged with a sexually driven aggravated assault involving two other teens. Having recieved with a search warrant, on December 13, investigators found several suspicious items: a 1975 high school class ring, other people's driver's licenses, handcuffs, a syringe, clothing too small for Gacy, and a photo receipt from the pharmacy where the teenager had worked. Law enforcement assigned two surveillance teams to follow Gacy, while they continued their investigation. Further digging into Gacy's background linked him to the disappearance of three additional young people. On December 18, the Pharmacy photo receipt found in Gacy's home was traced to a friend of the missing teenager, who said she had placed it in his pocket just before he left the store. This evidence indicated that the missing teen had been inside