John Wayne Gacy

A.K.A.: "The Killer Clown"

Classification: Serial killer
Characteristics: Rape
Number of victims: 33
Date of murders: 1972 - 1978
Date of arrest: December 21, 1978
Date of birth: March 17, 1942
Victims profile: Boys and young men
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Status: Executed by lethal injection in Illinois on May 10, 1994