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johnsoninca		2012-01-07 04:40:29 PM

This is why we need to overturn the death penalty.

basemetal		2012-01-07 04:48:11 PM

Upgraded to selfish turd?

violentsalvation		2012-01-07 05:08:00 PM

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.

hitchking		2012-01-07 05:18:23 PM

This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Speaker2Animals		2012-01-07 05:26:58 PM

basemetal: Upgraded to selfish turd?
hitchking: This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Unless there's a Jerry Sandusky in his family, "selfish" doesn't even approach describing what this asshole is.

Mugato		2012-01-07 05:39:16 PM

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.

I agree that just because this one person wasn't killed, it doesn't negate all the other people he did kill. I'm opposed to the death penalty for and entire separate reason, the people who have been found innocent or could have been found innocent due to DNA evidence and other new investigative technologies. I'm not talking about CGI "enhance grid 34" shiat but you know what I mean. And the fact that in theory, we're supposed to be better than the criminals we prosecute.

Paris1127		2012-01-07 05:41:59 PM

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.

In addition to the 7 victims buried around his yard or dumped in the Des Plaines River... And who knows how many victims we don't know about...

Also: Illinois has abolished capital punishment as of 2011.

basemetal		2012-01-07 06:24:36 PM

If anyone deserved to fry, it was Gacy.

RoyBatty		2012-01-07 06:29:33 PM

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.

walkerhound		2012-01-07 06:30:32 PM

FTA: "December 21st, 2011"

/"news"

namatad		2012-01-07 06:39:10 PM

Speaker2Animals: basemetal: Upgraded to selfish turd?
hitchking: This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Unless there's a Jerry Sandusky in his family, "selfish" doesn't even approach describing what this asshole is.

came here to say this this and MORE FARKING THIS

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

Speaker2Animals		2012-01-07 07:35:40 PM

walkerhound: FTA: "December 21st, 2011"

/"news"

Wow -- skipped right over that. And, looking back, the mods blew it big time. Five Gacy links submitted on 12/21, and none of them greenlighted.

skinink		2012-01-07 07:50:02 PM

Selfish turd? Unless you really know what was going on with his divorce and his relationship with his family, the knee jerk reaction that he's selfish is going overboard. Maybe it was for the best he put distance between himself and his problems or do you guys not read enough stories about people murdering their family members then committing suicide?

He said he had a disagreement with his family. So he did what he thought was best.

Dark1SAn		2012-01-07 07:51:45 PM

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

B.L.Z. Bub		2012-01-07 07:51:59 PM

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

bravian		2012-01-07 07:53:04 PM

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?

RenownedCurator		2012-01-07 07:54:17 PM

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.

Genta		2012-01-07 07:54:21 PM

"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.

cookiefleck		2012-01-07 07:55:17 PM

How is this a selfish act? We don't know what was going on

DCSteve		2012-01-07 07:56:06 PM

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?

gamergirl23		2012-01-07 07:56:13 PM

hitchking: This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Exactly what I was thinking. You want to never talk to someone again? Man up and say so. Don't just disappear.

drjekel_mrhyde		2012-01-07 07:56:51 PM

So he was a butt banger?

Impasse		2012-01-07 07:56:55 PM

The Angry Hand of God		2012-01-07 07:57:20 PM

"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.

drjekel_mrhyde		2012-01-07 07:57:42 PM

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

fusillade762		2012-01-07 07:58:22 PM

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?

GranoblasticMan		2012-01-07 07:59:19 PM

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

Fish in a Barrel		2012-01-07 07:59:56 PM

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."

GranoblasticMan		2012-01-07 08:01:41 PM

approves

starlost		2012-01-07 08:02:52 PM

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

oh noes another newspaper dies.

cookiefleck		2012-01-07 08:02:53 PM

gamergirl23: hitchking: This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Exactly what I was thinking. You want to never talk to someone again? Man up and say so. Don't just disappear.

Some people don't respect that. You can blunty tell them I don't want you in my life, even though you're family, but they'll find a way to guilt trip themselves back into your life.

Mogani		2012-01-07 08:02:56 PM

"/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.

Daraymann		2012-01-07 08:04:46 PM

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

Um, they did lose him.

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-01-07 08:05:17 PM

Now I Is!		2012-01-07 08:05:48 PM

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)

namegoeshere		2012-01-07 08:07:52 PM

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!

gamergirl23		2012-01-07 08:10:19 PM

cookiefleck: gamergirl23: hitchking: This guy sounds like the most selfish prick alive.

Exactly what I was thinking. You want to never talk to someone again? Man up and say so. Don't just disappear.

Some people don't respect that. You can blunty tell them I don't want you in my life, even though you're family, but they'll find a way to guilt trip themselves back into your life.

He clearly had the will. And since I had someone do that to me for 10 years, I know how much it sucks.

namegoeshere		2012-01-07 08:10:22 PM

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)

macross87		2012-01-07 08:13:00 PM

Transferred to a different hospital?

Begoggle		2012-01-07 08:15:49 PM

December 21st, 2011

Yeah, I remember hearing this a few weeks ago.

control-h.org

Sabyen91		2012-01-07 08:21:17 PM

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.

snailbarf		2012-01-07 08:22:46 PM

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

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Jon iz teh kewl		2012-01-07 08:26:21 PM

UR DEAD PILGRIM
I KILLED YA

upload.wikimedia.org

namatad		2012-01-07 08:26:45 PM

namegoeshere: 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)

thought that EVERYONE knew this already

Baz the Spaz		2012-01-07 08:29:31 PM

I just love old news.

noisycat		2012-01-07 08:31:03 PM

RoyBatty: 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.

Sooo, this means there are 2 "victims" of the same mass murderer that have been found alive? wow. At first I thought this one was a repeat, thanks for posting the link to the other article RoyBatty

Yaxe		2012-01-07 08:32:57 PM

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?

schief2		2012-01-07 08:34:40 PM

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

In 1976?

I'm going to go ahead and say douche. And one who's not particularly good at lying either.

Jon iz teh kewl		2012-01-07 08:35:48 PM

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		2012-01-07 08:37:36 PM

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.

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