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The Gacy Tapes Ep. 22 When Numbers Become Names

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True Crime

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Shockingly, Sam Amirante agrees to allow Gacy to continue talking to Des Plaines PD about certain aspects of their investigation. We also discuss the amazing job done by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Det. Jason Moran and the nonprofit DNA Doe project as they successfully ID one of the remaining unidentified Gacy victims. The family of Frances "Wayne" Alexander was notified after a positive DNA match due to the use of forensic genealogy. Never to be just "Victim number Five" ever again. R.I.P Frances Wayne Alexander. Become a defense team member by signing up to support the show at www.patreon.com/defensediaries This weeks show sponsors: Hello Fresh - Get up to 14 free meals and 3 gifts when you use www.hellofresh.com/defense14 Lightstream- Get lower interest rates when you sign up using www.lightstream.com/defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Let's get back to it.

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So for those of you who may not be aware, on October 25th of this year, the Cook County

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Sheriff in conjunction with DNA Doe Project, after 45 years was able to identify one of the

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six remaining unidentified victims of John Wayne Gacy, it has been determined that Francis

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Wayne Alexander, born in 1955, was in fact previously known as the victim number five.

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Remember, as we've been going through the horrific task of the excavation of the

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creeps crawl space, as remains are unearthed, they're assigned a number.

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With respect to Francis Wayne, who was referred to as Wayne by his family, his remains were

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