Gacy Victim Identified 35 Years Later

DNA technology allows a match to be made
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 29, 2011 1:29 PM CST
John Wayne Gacy Victim Identified, 35 Years Later, Thanks to DNA Technology
This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy.   (AP Photo/File)

Thanks to recent DNA technology, a previously unidentified John Wayne Gacy victim is no longer anonymous. The Cook County Sheriff’s office matched the remains found in Gacy’s crawlspace to a 19-year-old who went missing in 1976 on his way to a party, William George Bundy, the Chicago Tribune reports. Bundy’s sister says she always suspected Gacy killed her brother, because he often ensnared victims through his construction company, and Bundy worked construction jobs. Eight other Gacy victims remain unidentified. (Click for one suspected Gacy victim who turned up alive.)

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