Crime & Safety

Gacy Nephew on Trial for Sexual Assault

Nephew of famed serial killer is charged with abusing a 12-year-old girl last year. The case is being argued in a Woodstock courtroom, the "Northwest Herald" Reports.

An Algonquin man is now on trial for sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl during a number of encounters in 2011, according to the Northwest Herald

The defendant, Raymond M. Kasper, is a nephew to infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy. The Northwest Herald reports the judge previously ruled that information could not be given to jurors, due to its irrelevence to the case.

The jury trial began Tuesday and is being heard in a Woodstock courtroom, the article reports. 

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Gacy lived in unincorporated Norwood Township, near Niles and Park Ridge, and that ultimately brought him to justice. 

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