The Man Who Killed Boys (33 page)

John Butkovich was another youth employed by Gacy's construction company. He disappeared the day after a heated argument with Gacy concerning his paycheck.

Russell Nelson walked outside of a bar with a friend while vacationing in Chicago. Distracted by a group of people, the friend turned away for a moment. When he turned back around, Nelson had disappeared.

Martin Zielinski was a young free-lance photographer whom Gacy befriended and hired on several occasions to take photographs. (
Courtesy Chicago Tribune
)

Gregory Godzik disappeared after taking his date home for the evening, just a few months before his high school graduation. (
Courtesy Chicago Tribune
)

Frank Wayne "Dale" Landingin, Jr. Nine days after his disappearance, Landingin's body was pulled from a marina on the Des Plaines River.

Wreckers tear down roof of Gacy's home, April 11, 1979. (
Photo by Chicago Sun-Times
)

Diagram of Gacy's property in Des Plaines, a suburb of Chicago. (
Wide World Photos
)

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Prologue: Blood and a Euchre Deck

7... Murder City

2... Waterloo

3 ... A Model Neighbor

4... Disappearances

5... Lavender City

6... Buried Dreams and a President's Wife

7... The Rack

8... The Apocalypse

9... Death House

10 ... John and Jack

Epilogue

Footnotes

PHOTOS