Gacy to be executed after long delay in Illinois
John Wayne Gacy, 52, is scheduled for lethal injection Tuesday morning after decades on death row. Authorities say he killed 27 people, admitting to the slayings after his 1978 arrest but later recanting. Legal challenges over mental state and separate suits have stalled his execution previously. He will have a last meal of fried strawberries six hours before death and a coroner will examine the body.
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David Keefe
Keefe
Supreme Court
Cook County
Illinois Supreme Court
Iowa
The
Menard
The Gacy Case Deepens As Victims Are Recovered
In December 1978 police unearthed 27 bodies under John Wayne Gacy's Chicago home and others on his lot, revealing a pattern of kidnapping and murder from 1972 to 1978. Victims included teens and young men, many handcuffed, raped, and strangled, with trial testimony detailing sodomy and torture. Gacy denied confessing while appeals stretched into 1980 as family members recall nightmares and the mother smiles at memories of Johnny.
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John Wayne Gacy
Gacy
Chicago
Cook County Sheriffs Police
Szyc
Rosemarie
Richard Szyc
Des Plaines
Ill
Skull Cave massacre tale recalls forgotten killings in the Superstitions
First person accounts recount a mass killing near Skull Cave in the Superstition Mountains. Army actions, burial neglect, and later vandalism are tied to the site 6.5 miles up Salt River from Palo Verde, with decades of neglect and misplacement on maps.
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John Gregory Bourke
Crook
Bourke
U.S. Geological Survey
Blue Tank Canyon
Skull Cave
Brownie
Brownie Holmes
Worst
Holmes
Salt River
Palo Verde
Arizona water law debate opens as stream adjudications panel convenes
A Phoenix water law debate begins at 1 p m Tuesday in the Arizona House to discuss a proposed new water rights system. Supporters urge stronger protection for wildlife habitats along rivers, arguing private property rights clash with federal controls and potential land reclamation if waterways are deemed navigable. Environmentalists warn loss of habitats could follow.
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Bowers
Arizona
State House of Representatives
Phoenix
Don Steuter
The
Sierra Club
Lamet
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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