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Well, gacy said, sure, help yourself. and he went back in the bathroom and he said the smell came up from the ventilation system which was underneath the floor, that he said, i smelled decomposing flesh. >> he smells what he believed was similar, something similar to what he would smell at the county morgue. anybody that's been to the morgue would know what that smell is. it's something you don't really forget. >> detectives were alarmed. but they still needed evidence to build a case. while the surveillance team watched gacy's every move, investigators questioned his employees. >> when we wer...

To me how much it meant to them. and it reinforced to us, we have to do more, we have to keep this thing going. >> sheriff dart and sergeant mor moran have continued to search for answers. but there have been constant challenges. there are six more victims remaining with no name. and moran doesn't know if he will ever solve those cases. >> there's a reason why these victims weren't identified the first time around. it's like any cold case. you know, there's a reason why these cases are not solved. >> but the investigation took an unexpected turn. moran received a lead from ron soden who suspec...

Here. >> i remember it was like it was yesterday. he said, pardon me, oh, shit. we said, what's wrong? he said, i got another rib cage down here. and we all stood there and looked at each other and went, wow. >> later that night, at the des plaines police station, gacy gave a shocking confession. >> he said, we're going to clear up like about 30 homicide. which i thought was a lot of bs, i'll be honest with you. >> but gacy kept talking. >> his attorneys are there, and somebody said, who was the first one? he said, well, he explained that the first one was in 1972. this is 1978. yeah, now you'...

That decades later decided wanted to know answers. >> right, for literally ten years or more, you know, he has been in the computer looking, searching sites and stuff. >> so you get a phone call from jimmy haakenson's nephew. >> mm-hmm. >> out of the blue. >> yes. >> what did he say? >> he says that his uncle has been missing for 35 or more years, and he would like to learn if his missing uncle jimmy haakenson was one of gacy's unidentified victims. >> moran learned jimmy disappeared in chicago in 1976. right in the middle of gacy's killing spree. now he needed dna samples from jimmy's family....

Captain in that particular ward. >> and he also was at times a clown. >> pogo the clown, as a matter of fact, was his name. he used to go out on weekends and entertain kids. >> he has a picture on his wall standing next to rosalyn carter. to hear him tell it, he was a really important guy. >> but he also made disturbing statements to the surveillance team. what did he say? >> a clown can get away with murder. >> that's a bizarre statement. >> not unless you're a murderer and you want to play with your victim. >> still, gacy acted as if he had nothing to hide. even inviting the officers into hi...