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Robert Egan was a prosecutor in Cook County who worked on cases ranging from the grisly to the bizarre, among them the prosecution of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
During his decadeslong career, Mr. Egan worked in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office and in private practice as a criminal defense attorney.
One of Robert Egan's most notorious cases was the trial of Chicago-area serial killer John Wayne Gacy, for which he served as a lead prosecutor. Gacy, known as the "Killer Clown," was put to death for murdering at least 33 young men and boys in the 1970s.