He even had drawn a detailed map of the crawl space, showing where the bodies were buried. But now he was changing his story for the very attorneys charged with formulating a defense. Still, even with those deceptions, Gacy would sometimes offer shocking and casual details about some of the killings. On another tape, he spoke of how he dug in the crawl space, where dozens of his victims were buried.
When asked how much room he has, the killer estimated the space was about two-feet high. Gacy was eventually brought to trial on Feb. The jury, selected from Rockford, convicted him of 33 murders after less than two hours of deliberations.
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He stabs one victim. Other Gacy victims were also found stashed under the home, buried elsewhere on his property or in waterways south of Chicago.
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