Did serial killer John Wayne Gacy have accomplices?

New evidence emerges suggesting that the "Killer Clown" may not have acted alone during his notorious 1970s murder spree

Serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was executed in 1994 for the brutal death of 33 people, may not have worked alone, according to two lawyers.
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Long before Hannibal Lecter, John Wayne Gacy was the poster boy for the criminally insane. The Iowa native brutally sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 victims in the 1970s. But now, two criminal defense attorneys in Chicago say that Gacy likely had help abducting and killing at least three of the victims, and that one or more accomplices may still be at large. Here, a guide to the new developments in this "sordid saga":

What exactly was Gacy convicted of?

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