This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Compare and contrast to:

FARK: For decades, the man's family thought he was one of John Wayne Gacy's victims. Today, the family was saddened to learn that he had actually been living in Florida the whole time (new window)

Very similar, and not a repeat.

FTA: "December 21st, 2011"

/"news"

I remember reading this here on Fark back on the 21st of December, the mods really blew it tonight.

Apropos of nothing, seeing his name made me randomly wonder how come Hinckley was never known in the media by his complete name. It turns out he has a middle name, "Warnock". Almost all notorious killers and assassins are known by their complete names, but not him for some reason.

/Cool musing, bro

violentsalvation: Because this totally nullifies the fact that Gacy had a 26-person cemetery under his home.

And that totally nullifies the fact that the government has killed innocent people.

/what is wrong with locking up someone for life again?

He "had a disagreement" with his family and blew them off for THIRTY-FIVE YEARS, leaving them to imagine God knows what happening to him? Like a previous poster said, unless there was some absolutely foul shiat going on, they didn't deserve that. (And frankly, the guy sounded like a jerk -- if something really nasty had been going on, I didn't get the impression that he would conceal it to protect them or anything like that). If you really can't stand your family that much, tell them you won't be there at Thanksgiving, move across the country if you want, don't give them your contact info if you're really determined to cut the cord, but at least give them a ring every now and then to let them know you're not rotting in some serial killer's basement.

/going through a divorce, hmm? Hope there weren't any kids involved. If there were, I hope they collect every cent of back child support from this guy's egomaniacal ass.

"He told the paper he figured his family could find him on the internet if they tried."

"Officials were able to find Szal as they embarked on a search to identify him as part of an ongoing effort to identify Gacy's unknown victims"


awkward.

"Szal hasn't spoken with his relatives yet. It's overwhelming, he said, and he needs to digest the news. He told police they could give his address to relatives, and they'll start with letters."

basically he doesnt even want to speak to them..... even more awkward.

johnsoninca: This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

Am I the only one who read this as a hilariously sarcastic comment and not as an argument against the death penalty?

So he was a butt banger?

violentsalvation: johnsoninca: This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

Because this totally nullifies the fact that Gacy had a 26-person cemetery under his home.

Maybe he was just REALLY into composting.

"I believe Christmas has come early for the Szal family," Sheriff Dart said. "Being able to tell an 88-year-old father that his son, whose picture he has been carrying around for 34 years in his breast pocket, has been found alive is something special."

I am sure that is special. Nothing would make me more happy to find out my father wasn't murdered...instead he just didn't give a shiat about you.

DCSteve: johnsoninca: This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

Am I the only one who read this as a hilariously sarcastic comment and not as an argument against the death penalty?

Smart button pressed

He was 24 at the time... Unless I'm mistaken, I thought Gacy's MO was typically much younger males?

TFA: "After talking with the detective for a while, he asked him to relay a message to his dad; he wanted his dad to know that he was still fishing, just the way his dad taught him when he was growing up."

That sounds like some kind of spy code.

"That's great, son. And remember: the cuckoo flies at dawn."

fusillade762: So if everyone thought he was dead, how was this guy supporting himself? It is my understanding that in order to get a job (or a loan or a number of other things) you need to identify yourself. Did this dude steal somebody else's identity or something?


approves

Szal's description fit the profile that profile, and the general profile of several of Gacy's victims

oh noes another newspaper dies.

"/what is wrong with locking up someone for life again?"

cause it costs us more money to keep him in for life then to kill him and be done with it.

"and he disappeared while going through a divorce? was it so he didnt have to pay support/child support?
farktard needs to go to jail for this kind of BS"

not encouraging this but depending on the family situation that would make sense. the guys usually gets boned when it comes to divorce. whether or not it was their fault they're getting a divorce.

"For 35 years, Theodore "Ted" Szal's family thought they had lost him."

Um, they did lose him.

violentsalvation: johnsoninca: This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

Because this totally nullifies the fact that Gacy had a 26-person cemetery under his home.

Yes.

Like it's gay.

BUT its fun. as in FARK

Pogo happy clown molester
Paints his face to disguise the jester
Joined the local moose lodge chapter
Spawning evil ever after
He picks his prey up at the bar
Gets him drunk and in the car
Drives him home and down the stairs
Strips to his underwears
Pogo you're gonna burn in hell

Murder victim slice and smile
Serial killer pedophile
Look into those empty eyes
You know when it's your time to die
He cuts you up in little bits
Cuts you up in little bits
Goes bop bop on your head again
Spills your blood now he's soaked in sin
Pogo you're gonna burn in hell

Drives all night through the city streets
Where he carves his victims like a piece of meat
Spoke to the devil the other day
And john is doing fine

Drives all night through the city streets
Where he carves his victims like a piece of meat
Spoke to the devil the other day
And john is doing fine

Oh the end is true
When the sun goes down on the city streets
You know pogo's comin after you

Oh the end is true
When the sun goes down on the city streets
Pogo's comin after you

Drives all night through the city streets
Where he carves his victims like a piece of meat
Spoke to the devil the other day
And john is doing fine

Drives all night through the city streets
Where he carves his victims like a piece of meat
Spoke to the devil the other day
And john is doing fine

Pogo you're gonna burn in hell (new window)

fusillade762: So if everyone thought he was dead, how was this guy supporting himself? It is my understanding that in order to get a job (or a loan or a number of other things) you need to identify yourself. Did this dude steal somebody else's identity or something?

It sounds like he was using his own name, but since his family assumed him to be dead, they never looked for the live guy.

Also: They have been asking anyone who believes to submit DNA samples to see if they match any of the unidentified victims.

Are they on a spiritual quest? I BELIEVE, BROTHER! I BELIEVE!

Mogani: "/what is wrong with locking up someone for life again?"

cause it costs us more money to keep him in for life then to kill him and be done with it.


Nope. (new window)

Transferred to a different hospital?

December 21st, 2011

Yeah, I remember hearing this a few weeks ago.

I have good news and bad news, son. The good news is I was not a murder victim. The bad news is I don't love you.

johnsoninca: This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

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UR DEAD PILGRIM
I KILLED YA

I just love old news.

fusillade762: So if everyone thought he was dead, how was this guy supporting himself? It is my understanding that in order to get a job (or a loan or a number of other things) you need to identify yourself. Did this dude steal somebody else's identity or something?

Let's say for example, that my name is Johnny Glasscock. Aside from having a really shiatty name, there are probably several other Johnny Glasscocks in the country with very sadistic parents. One of them goes missing. Do you really think the police will knock on my door, 300 miles away, to verify that I am not in fact, the dead Glasscock? Really?

Yaxe: fusillade762: So if everyone thought he was dead, how was this guy supporting himself? It is my understanding that in order to get a job (or a loan or a number of other things) you need to identify yourself. Did this dude steal somebody else's identity or something?

Let's say for example, that my name is Johnny Glasscock. Aside from having a really shiatty name, there are probably several other Johnny Glasscocks in the country with very sadistic parents. One of them goes missing. Do you really think the police will knock on my door, 300 miles away, to verify that I am not in fact, the dead Glasscock? Really?

No. I think they will knock on the door of the glass dildo factory

Sabyen91: I have good news and bad news, son. The good news is I was not a murder victim. The bad news is I don't love you.

I read it wrong. I thought he had a son. It isn't as bad as I thought. Still a dick move.