Editing John Wayne Gacy (section)

====1978====
Donnelly reported the assault, and police questioned Gacy on January 6, 1978. Gacy admitted to having had a "[[BDSM|slave-sex]]" relationship with Donnelly, but insisted everything was consensual, adding that he "didn't pay the kid" the money he had promised him.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|p=200}} The police believed him and filed no charges.{{sfn|Linedecker|1980|pp=140–153}} The following month, Gacy killed 19-year-old William Kindred, who disappeared on February 16 after telling his fiancée, who knew Gacy,<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703214009/https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-john-wayne-gacy-victims-20181215-htmlstory.html|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-john-wayne-gacy-victims-20181215-htmlstory.html|title=Here are John Wayne Gacy's Victims|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 17, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2019|author1=Kori Rumore|author2=Kyle Bentle|access-date=April 26, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref> that he was going to a bar.{{sfn|Linedecker|1980|pp=140–153}} Kindred was the final victim buried in the crawl space.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=205–233}}{{sfn|Foreman|1992|pp=68–77}}

On March 21, Gacy lured 26-year-old [[Jeffrey Rignall]] into his car.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19800222&id=bqMfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2645,3663452|title=Gacy Defense Witness Tells of Rape, Torture by Accused|work=Gadsden Times|date=February 22, 1980|access-date=May 21, 2021|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521043258/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19800222&id=bqMfAAAAIBAJ&pg=2645,3663452|url-status=live}}</ref> Gacy [[chloroform]]ed him and drove him to his house, where his arms and head were restrained in a [[pillory]] device affixed to the ceiling and his feet locked into another device.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|p=207}} He raped and tortured Rignall with instruments including lit candles and whips and repeatedly chloroformed him into unconsciousness. Gacy then dumped Rignall in Chicago's [[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]], unconscious but alive.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=205–233}}

Rignall managed to stagger to his girlfriend's apartment. Police were informed of the assault but did not investigate Gacy. Rignall was able to recall the Oldsmobile, the [[Kennedy Expressway]] and particular side streets. He and two friends staked out the Cumberland exit of the Expressway and, in April, Rignall saw the Oldsmobile, which he and his friends followed to 8213 West Summerdale.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=205–233}} Gacy was arrested on July 15; he faced trial for assault and battery against Rignall.{{sfn|Linedecker|1980|pp=140–153}}

By mid-1978, the crawl space had no room for further bodies.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=256–278}}{{sfn|Stone|2019|pp=196–203}}{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=166–179}} Gacy later confessed to police that he considered stowing bodies in his attic, but had been worried about complications arising from "leakage".{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=101–102}} Therefore, he chose to dispose of his victims off the [[Interstate 55|I-55]] bridge into the Des Plaines River.{{sfn|Linedecker|1980|pp=140–153}} Gacy stated he had thrown five bodies into this river in 1978, one of which he believed had landed on a passing barge;{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=166–179}} only four were ever found.<ref name=timeline>{{cite news|last=Rumore|first=Kori|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-john-wayne-gacy-timeline-htmlstory.html|title=Timeline: Suburban Serial Killer John Wayne Gacy and the Efforts to Recover, Name His 33 Victims|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=March 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923063553/https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-john-wayne-gacy-timeline-htmlstory.html|archive-date=September 23, 2020}} {{Open access}}</ref>

The first known victim thrown from the bridge was 20-year-old Timothy O'Rourke. He was murdered in mid-June after leaving his apartment to purchase cigarettes. Shortly before his disappearance, O'Rourke had told his roommate a contractor on the [[Community areas in Chicago#North Side|Northwest Side]] had offered him a job.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=205–233}}{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=207–223}} On November 4, Gacy killed 19-year-old Frank Landingin.{{sfn|Nelson|2021|p=177}} He was last seen alive by his father walking along [[Foster Avenue]]; his naked body was found close to an [[inlet]] in the Des Plaines River by two duck hunters on November 12.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=207–223}} On November 24, 20-year-old James Mazzara disappeared after Thanksgiving dinner with his family.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-04-22-9404220159-story.html|title=Gacy Execution Shut to Victims' Families | first = Sharon | last = Kuczka |work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=April 22, 1994|access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref> Mazzara had informed his sister the day before that he was working in construction.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=207–223}} He was last seen walking in the direction of Bughouse Square.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=205–233}}