John Wayne Gacy // Michael Marino:

Sherry Marino was never quite convinced that her son, Michael Marino, was a victim of John Wayne Gacy. She recently exhumed her son’s body from his burial site in order to have a DNA test performed.

The results concluded that the body was not that of her then 14 year old son, and instead, possibly an unidentified victim of infamous serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy.

The county Cook’s sheriff’s office refused to accept the results of the test, unless re-tested in the lab they usually use. Sherry Marino remembers her son’s autopsy report stating that he had a healed collar bone from an old injury, despite Michael never breaking or damaging his collar bone in any way.

Forensic investigators report that they carefully referred to dental records, skeletal analysis and x-rays to match the remains to each other victims, however it wouldn’t be completely impossible that remains were mixed or misidentified.

Sherry Marino has requested the body of Michael's friend Kenneth Parker (whom he was said to be found buried next to) also exhumed and tested, and is currently raising the funds. 

Sherry Marino was never quite convinced that her son, Michael Marino, was a victim of John Wayne Gacy. She recently exhumed her son’s body from his grave site in order to have a DNA test performed.

The results concluded that the body was not that of her then 14 year old son, and instead, possibly an unidentified victim of infamous serial killer and rapist John Wayne Gacy.

The county Cook’s sheriff’s office refused to accept the results of the test, unless re-tested in the lab they usually use. Sherry Marino remembers her son’s autopsy report stating that he had a healed collar bone from an old injury, despite Michael never breaking or damaging his collar bone in any way.

Forensic investigators report that they carefully referred to dental records, skeletal analysis and x-rays to match the remains to each of the victims, however it wouldn’t be completely impossible that remains were mixed or misidentified.

Sherry Marino has requested the body of Michaels friend Kenneth Parker (whom he was said to be found buried next to) also exhumed and tested, and is currently raising the funds. 

I hope she finds the answers she needs.