As a young adult, the outgoing and sociable John Gacy became a successful building contractor and a married man and father. He was well known and respected in his suburban Chicago community. He became heavily involved in local politics and was named Jaycee (Junior Chamber of Commerce) “Man of the Year.” He even escorted President Jimmy Carter’s wife, Rosalyn, on one of her visits to Chicago.
John Wayne Gacy’s childhood wasn't good and fun for him. Gacy’s father wasn’t a role model for him. John Gacy, Sr. was an alcoholic and would regularly beat Gacy, Jr. His father would also always beat his mother and he would always witness it and it was really hard for him. The beatings from his father were so bad that he would suffer and have seizure and blackouts and would go to the hospital. Gacy was also bullied in school because he was an overweight kid and this was because of his heart condition. His condition was never diagnosed so his father would think that he was just faking his condition to be in the hospital and so that he could get away from his father’s beatings.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was also known as the Clown Killer …show more content…
It happened at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois. Other people and the people in his state were saying that he deserves more than just a death punishment right away, they want him to suffer more because of all the bodies he killed. After Gacy’s trial and execution, his brain was removed and it was examined by Dr. Helen Morrison. She was the doctor that interviewed Gacy and she also interviewed some other serial killers to try and find the common personality traits of all these violent killers. After all the examination that Dr. Morrison did of Gacy’s brain, they were surprised that it showed no