Editing John Wayne Gacy (section)

====Assault of Donald Voorhees====
In August 1967, Gacy sexually assaulted 15-year-old Donald Voorhees Jr., the son of [[Donald E. Voorhees|Donald Edwin Voorhees]], a local politician and fellow Jaycee. Gacy lured Voorhees to his house with the promise of showing him heterosexual [[Stag film|stag films]] regularly played at Jaycee events. Gacy plied Voorhees with alcohol, allowed him to watch a stag movie, then persuaded him to engage in mutual oral sex, adding, "You have to have sex with a man before you start having sex with women."{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=40–57}} Over the following months Gacy abused several other youths, including one whom he encouraged to have sex with his own wife before blackmailing him into performing oral sex on him. Gacy also tricked several teenagers into believing he was commissioned to conduct homosexual experiments for scientific research, and paid them up to $50 each.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=256–278}}

In March 1968, Voorhees told his father that Gacy had sexually assaulted him. Voorhees&nbsp;Sr. immediately informed the police, who arrested Gacy and charged him with performing oral sodomy on Voorhees and the attempted assault of 16-year-old Edward Lynch.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=265–266}} Gacy vehemently denied the charges and demanded to take a [[polygraph test]]. The results of these tests were "indicative of deception".{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=65–72}} Gacy publicly denied any wrongdoing and insisted the charges were politically motivated—Voorhees Sr. had opposed Gacy's nomination for appointment as president of the Iowa Jaycees. Several fellow Jaycees found Gacy's story credible and rallied to his support. However, on May 10, 1968, Gacy was indicted on the sodomy charge.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=65–72}}

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On August 30, Gacy promised one of his employees, 18-year-old Russell Schroeder, $300 if he physically assaulted Voorhees in an effort to discourage the boy from testifying in court.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36974956/john-gacy/|title=Man is Charged in Beating Plot|work=[[Quad-City Times]]|date=September 10, 1968|access-date=October 31, 2021|archive-date=October 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031000321/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36974956/john-gacy/|url-status=live}}</ref> Schroeder lured Voorhees to an isolated park, sprayed [[Mace (spray)|Mace]] in his eyes, then beat him.{{sfn|Cahill|1986|pp=65–72}}{{sfn|Stone|2019|pp=196–203}} Voorhees escaped and reported Schroeder's actions to police. Schroeder was arrested the next day; initially denying involvement, he soon confessed to assaulting Voorhees, indicating he had done so at Gacy's request. Police arrested Gacy and charged him with hiring Schroeder to assault and intimidate Voorhees.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=256–278}}

On September 12, Gacy was ordered to undergo a [[psychiatric evaluation]] at the Psychiatric Hospital of the [[University of Iowa]]. Two doctors concluded he had an [[antisocial personality disorder]] (the clinical term for [[sociopathy]] and/or [[psychopathy]]), was unlikely to benefit from treatment, and that his behavior pattern was likely to bring him into repeated conflict with society. The doctors concluded Gacy was mentally competent to stand trial.{{sfn|Sullivan|2000|pp=256–278}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder|title=Antisocial Personality Disorder|magazine=[[Psychology Today]]|publisher=Sussex Publishers|date=April 19, 2017|access-date=January 13, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141026172632/http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/antisocial-personality-disorder|url-status=live}}</ref>