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John Wayne Gacy  

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  • John Wayne Gacy, Jr. (1942–94) was an American serial killer who was responsible for the sex-related slayings of 33 young men and teenage boys between 1972 and 1978. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Gacy, John Wayne]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZBZ1SL6N-0

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