oh yeah, john gacy. i know john gacy. so it was like that. the neighbor, a good brother, a good cousin, somebody who was helpful all the time. i mean, that's the reputation he had. he said, kid, do me a favor. sure, john. no problem. what do you need? he said, could you please find out why the des plaines police are tailing me? they're all over me. they're ruining my business. i was shocked at that and very curious as to know why they were tailing him. i said, john, i know those police officers. i know the chief over there. i'll ask them. i'll find out what's going on gacy was not a scary person. there was no reason to believe he would have done anything criminal or wrong. and i was just going to help him out. he he needed a favor, and that's what i was going to do it turned out, turned out to be my first case in private practice. >> gacy walked into the room. people just gravitated towards him. i mean, he was very popular, very well liked and very well respected. >> everyone that they talked to just swore up and down that gacy was like the b

pogo the clown, john wayne gacy, the painting contractor, john wayne gacy, the husband, john wayne gacy, the pedophile, john wayne gacy, the killer. he was an amalgamation of all of these things. >> he was probably the best con man this world has ever known it was the worst of evil. >> if you believe you've lived your life the right way, then you do not have nothing to fear. i've had confession. i have communion, and i am at peace with myself. >> in the end, police recovered 33 of john wayne gacy's victims. but back then, investigators weren't able to identify eight of the bodies. then in 2011, more than 30 years after gacy confessed, the cook county sheriff's office in chicago reopened the case using advances in forensics and dna technology, they identified two more of gacy's victims, providing at least some closure to those families. to this day, detectives continue working to identify the remaining six victims. i'm donnie wahlberg, thanks for watching

years after gacy confessed, the cook county sheriff's office in chicago reopened the case using advances in forensics and dna technology, they identified two more of gacy's victims, providing at least some closure to those families. to this day, detectives continue working to identify the remaining six victims. i'm donnie wahlberg, thanks for watching ello and welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. >> i'm ben hunt in london. it is so good to have you with me. coming up on cnn newsroom. america's top diplomat addresses. what's next for syria after the collapse of the assad regime and what role the us could play? we'll have analysis on the latest developments in the region. downtown san francisco experiences its first tornado warning in recorded history. details on the unprecedented storm, plus questions and unease, are only growing after those mysterious drone sightings along the northeastern u.s. us secretary of state antony blinken says the u.s. has been in direct contact with the lead group of syrian rebels. washington has designated that group a terroris