DNA Helped Police ID One of Serial Killer, John Wayne Gacy’s Victims Over 40 Years Later

Also known as the ‘Killer Clown’, five of Gacy’s 33 victims are still unidentified

Jennifer Geer
True Crime Tragedies
5 min readOct 29, 2021

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The family of Francis Wayne Alexander finally has closure on his disappearance. By using genetic genealogy, authorities were able to identify his body which had been found 45…

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Jennifer Geer
True Crime Tragedies

Writer, blogger, mom, owner of pugs, wellness enthusiast, and true crime obsessed.