Francis Wayne Alexander (21)
Born
Manchester, Cumberland County, North Carolina
Death
01 Dec 1976, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois
Tragically, Francis Alexander was one of the victims of Illinois serial killer and sex offender John Wayne Gacy who raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and boys between 1962 and 1977. His conviction for thirty-three murders (by one individual) then covered the most homicides in United States legal history. Gacy was sentenced to death and was executed by lethal injection at Statesville Correctional Center on May 10, 1994. He became known as “The Killer Clown” due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes and is one of the most prolific serial murderers in Chicago history.
On December 01, 1976, 21-year-old Francis Alexander, “Wayne,” who was raised in North Carolina and also lived in New York, moves to the Chicago area in February 1975. He marries but soon divorces his wife and no one hears from him afterward. Alexander’s family assumes he wants to be left alone and doesn’t submit a missing person’s report to police. He is “Body #5” and was buried under the crawl space.
He’s identified through a DNA profile match with a potential relative on a genealogy website. His identity is announced by the Cook County sheriff’s office in October 2021.
He’s identified through a DNA profile match with a potential relative on a genealogy website. His identity is announced by the Cook County sheriff’s office in October 2021.
