LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 29, 1978

* John Wayne Gacy arrest
* Serial "killer clown" exposed
* Bodies discovered in crawl space

Here is nice issue on the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. The top of page 5 has a heading: "Slaying Suspect in Restraints; Toll 21" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 30 pages, light toning at the margins, very nice condition.

Background: The exposure of John Wayne Gacy in late December 1978 marked a watershed moment in American criminology, fundamentally altering the public’s perception of safety and shattering the myth of suburban security. Gacy’s ability to violently murder 33 young men and boys while maintaining a respectable veneer as a contractor, political volunteer, and beloved neighborhood entertainer ("Pogo the Clown") exposed a terrifying vulnerability in local communities. The case forced law enforcement to re-evaluate how they handled runaway or missing youth, as police apathy and systemic communication failures had repeatedly allowed Gacy to evade suspicion despite multiple red flags. Ultimately, the sheer scale of the horror beneath his crawl space accelerated the professionalization of behavioral profiling, catalyzed the creation of missing persons protocols, and permanently etched the "killer clown" trope into the modern cultural psyche, serving as a dark reminder that the most horrific threats could be hiding behind a friendly, civic-minded mask next door.