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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Crime John Wayne Gacy "Victim" Found in Beaverton... Alive!

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:19 PM

A man presumed killed by serial killer/amateur clown John Wayne Gacy has turned up, very much alive, 35 years later in Beaverton.

Take it away, Associated Press!

“My family thought I was dead. That hurt when I heard that,” the 59-year-old carpenter told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “There’s a difference between being murdered and running away, and I basically just ran away.”

Szal was 24 when he parked his car at Chicago's O'Hare airport in 1977, threw his keys down a sewer grate and got on a plane to Colorado Springs. He abandoned his relatives after the turmoil of a divorce and a bitter family feud.

He intended to never look back, Szal said. But it wasn’t that easy. Holidays and birthdays were tough, and his wife pleaded with him to reconnect, he said, but he was too stubborn to make the phone call.

Who says nothing exciting ever happens in Beaverton?

 

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I can't think of too many things to say in Beaverton's favor, but I guess it's better than being murdered by a serial killer and buried in a crawl space under a house in Des Plaines, Ill.
Posted by dmitrir on December 22, 2011 at 6:00 PM · Report
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Andy?
Posted by Spindles on December 22, 2011 at 7:38 PM · Report
3
Oh, sure! Blame the victim!
Posted by Marq on December 22, 2011 at 7:49 PM · Report
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Who was it that confused John Wayne Gacy and John Wayne? I want to say Palin. Confusing mavericky from murdery. Sounds like something she'd do, anyway.
Posted by sleepy on December 22, 2011 at 7:52 PM · Report
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Sooo, why would his family just up and assumed that this guy Ted Szal was abducted and killed by a serial killer? Even during that specific time and place, the chances of that happening would've been extremely slim. What actually happened is FAR more plausible: he took off!

See what happens when people jump to crazy conclusions?
Posted by DamosA on December 22, 2011 at 9:10 PM · Report
6
You keep coming back???
Posted by Leaky on December 22, 2011 at 9:53 PM · Report
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Well someone has to call attention to this stuff, Leaky. You understand, i'm sure.
Posted by DamosA on December 23, 2011 at 2:39 AM · Report
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Really Mirk? Could'nt avoid a cheap hokey shot at the suburbs in a news piece? How very Portland Mercury of you. What, going the Johnny Carson route now? You're better than that. As for you DaDaA...do us all a favor....die. Or at least don't post on every fucking blog piece you ass clown
Posted by The Showstopper on December 23, 2011 at 11:08 AM · Report
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@DaDaA: What I understand is that you have some kind of problem. I really dont care if it goes by seasons or if its cyclical, or if its really just there to stay.
Posted by Leaky on December 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM · Report
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#4: No, it was Michele Bachmann.
Posted by dmitrir on December 23, 2011 at 7:26 PM · Report

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