The Illinois Missing Child Recovery Act of 1984 removed the 72-hour waiting period. Other states across America subsequently adopted similar procedures. As a result, a national network aimed at locating missing children was gradually formed. This has since developed into the Child Abduction Emergency--commonly known today as an Amber Alert.
Michael Marino, whose photo was shown among the Gacy victims, has been found to be mistaken as a victim. According to an NBC article from 2012, modern DNA techniques found Sherry Marino (Michael's mother) was not the parent of the exhumed body that was initially identified as Michael.
Officials thought the body belonged to Michael Marino in part because the body was found in a grave site included his friend, Kenny Parker, 16. Both boys hung out at an arcade in an area where Gacy prowled.
Officials thought the body belonged to Michael Marino in part because the body was found in a grave site included his friend, Kenny Parker, 16. Both boys hung out at an arcade in an area where Gacy prowled.