“Do you want to take a ride?” » This is what the serial killer would have said John Wayne Gacy in 1978, talking from his car with Jack Merrill, an actor known for his supporting roles in series like “New York Judicial Police,” “Greys Anatomy” and “Sex and the City.” If we don’t talk much about him for his performances in the cinema, his testimony was broadcast on Wednesday by the magazine Peoplethe situation could change. The American actor, now 65, says he was abducted, kidnapped, raped and then released by the serial killer who had a habit of dressing up as a clown. wear to deceive his victims.
According to Jack Merrill’s account, he was only a “puny young man of 19” in 1978 when John Wayne Gacy approached him in Chicago. In the car, the killer, who was known to have murdered at least 33 teenagers and young men, filled a cloth with poppers, inhaled this substance to create happiness and euphoria, and applied it to the young man’s face.
“I knew I couldn’t make him angry. “
Jack Merrill then woke up in John Wayne Gacy’s house, near the Chicago airport. That’s when he started to get scared: “He told me to be quiet (…) I suddenly realized how dangerous he was (…) I knew I couldn’t make him angry.” I just had to calm the situation down and pretend everything was fine. »
The criminal offers his victim beer and some herbs. Then Jack Merrill would be handcuffed, and his neck tied with a system of nooses and ropes that would strangle him if he struggled. According to reports, the man put a weapon into the teenager’s mouth before raping him. “I knew I didn’t have much of a chance if I fought him. I never panicked or screamed. »
And then the program ends. John Wayne Gacy reportedly agreed that he was going to “bring the young man home.” ” Then he would be dropped off where he picked it up earlier. Then the murderer took his phone number written on a piece of paper, thinking: “Maybe we’ll see each other again one day”.
“I didn’t know he was a killer at the time”
Jack Merrill never tells his story: “I didn’t call the police, I didn’t know he was a killer at the time (…) I made a deal with myself: I was going to get through this test. I was not going to leave my happiness in this house. » The actor said: “I thought that if the police needed my help, I would come forward. » If he has confidence today, he is sure that it is because he is proud of the progress he has made since this problem.
John Wayne Gacy was convicted of raping, torturing and murdering at least 33 men between the ages of 14 and 21. Twenty-six bodies were found in the crawl space of his Gacy home. Some victims are still unidentified. He was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 1994.
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