A runaway from Minnesota is now the second John Wayne Gacy victim to be identified.

According to WGN-TV in Chicago, the second of eight unidentified victims of serial killer, John Wayne Gacy has been identified.

The victim's name was James Byron Haakenson who ran away from his home in Minnesota when he was 16.

In 1978, Police found remains of over 24 bodies at Gacy's home in Chicago, and in 2011, a Sheriff, Tom Dart, was back on the case to try to identify the young men.

Haakenson is now the second body to be identified, the first was William George Bundy.

WGN is following the story on their website and on their Facebook page.

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