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+ | |name = Timothy Jack McCoy |
|sex = {{M}} |
|sex = {{M}} |
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+ | |discovered = December 26, 1978 |
|location= Norwood Park, Illinois |
|location= Norwood Park, Illinois |
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+ | |missing_from = Glenwood, Iowa |
|identified = May 1986 |
|identified = May 1986 |
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|age = 16 |
|age = 16 |
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+ | |title1=|caption1=|disappeared=January 2, 1972|span=14 years|cod={{stab}}}} |
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− | '''Timothy Jack "Tim" McCoy ''' (May 14, 1955 - c. January 2, 1972) was the first-known victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. |
+ | '''Timothy Jack "Tim" McCoy ''' (May 14, 1955 - c. January 2, 1972) was the first-known victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He was known as '''Body 9''' or the "'''Greyhound Bus Boy'''" while unidentified. |
== Case == |
== Case == |
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− | McCoy was stabbed to death in early January of 1972 in Gacy's home and subsequently buried in the crawlspace under the kitchen floor. His body was discovered along with many other of Gacy's victims in December of 1978 after the police executed a search warrant for Gacy's house as part of the investigation into the whereabouts of Robert Piest, Gacy's last victim. |
+ | McCoy was stabbed to death in early January of 1972 in Gacy's home and subsequently buried in the crawlspace under the kitchen floor. McCoy had spent the night at Gacy's house on Gacy's suggestion. The two met at a bus terminal in Chigaco and McCoy was returning home after having celebrated Christmas with friends in Michigan. His body was discovered along with many other of Gacy's victims in December of 1978 after the police executed a search warrant for Gacy's house as part of the investigation into the whereabouts of Robert Piest, Gacy's last victim. |
He was identified in 1986 via dental records. |
He was identified in 1986 via dental records. |
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+ | *{{Wikipedia|John_Wayne_Gacy|John Wayne Gacy}} |
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− | *[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-10-8602020800-story.html Chicago Tribune] |
+ | *[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-05-10-8602020800-story.html ''Chicago Tribune''] |
*{{Find a grave|153216679|Tim McCoy}} |
*{{Find a grave|153216679|Tim McCoy}} |
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Revision as of 01:46, 7 January 2021
Timothy Jack "Tim" McCoy (May 14, 1955 - c. January 2, 1972) was the first-known victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. He was known as Body 9 or the "Greyhound Bus Boy" while unidentified.
Case
McCoy was stabbed to death in early January of 1972 in Gacy's home and subsequently buried in the crawlspace under the kitchen floor. McCoy had spent the night at Gacy's house on Gacy's suggestion. The two met at a bus terminal in Chigaco and McCoy was returning home after having celebrated Christmas with friends in Michigan. His body was discovered along with many other of Gacy's victims in December of 1978 after the police executed a search warrant for Gacy's house as part of the investigation into the whereabouts of Robert Piest, Gacy's last victim.
He was identified in 1986 via dental records.
Sources
- John Wayne Gacy on Wikipedia
- Chicago Tribune
- Tim McCoy at Find a Grave