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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

07 Feb 1980

Page 11

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1980

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11

Gacy Insanity Defense Opens in Mass Murder Case

Prosecutors prepared to present the case against John Wayne Gacy Jr. as a sensational mass murder trial. Defense attorney Robert Motta argued Gacy is deranged and insane, while prosecutors portrayed him as a rational, premeditated killer who harmed 33 young men and boys between 1972 and 1978.

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Chicago John Wayne Gacy Jr Gacy Robert Egan Egan John Gacy Matta Robert Piest
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Inmates fear more violence as New Mexico prison faces aftermath

Black state prison inmates say they joined to avoid death at hands of the Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood as the New Mexico State Penitentiary returns to normal. Authorities report 33 dead and about 50 missing or unaccounted for after a weekend siege that began Saturday and ended Sunday with fires and mass killings.

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Santa Fe, N.M New Mexico State Penitentiary Corrections Division Felix Rodriguez Bruce King Rodriguez Aryan Brotherhood Albuquerque Journal
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Motta Jessie Wright Wright Boyson’s Jewelry J Company Third Avenue SE Killian 16Th Ave Cedar Rapids FTC America Belair
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