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Francis was from North Carolina, and he spent a little time in New York prior to making his way to Chicago.
Working with the DNA Doe Project, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office was able to positively match Francis’s DNA to that of his living relatives, resulting in him finally getting his name back after 43 years.
“Sheriff’s Police also combed through financial records, public records, post-mortem reports, and other data to confirm that Victim #5 and Alexander were the same person,” the Cook County Sheriff’s Office noted about the process they used to identify Francis.
Cook County Sheriff’s Office; pictured above is Francis
“The information included that the last record for Alexander was a traffic ticket on Jan. 5, 1976, and financial records revealed he earned little income in 1976. Sheriff’s Police found there is no other proof of life for Alexander after this time. Alexander lived in an area that was frequented by Gacy and where other identified victims had previously lived.”
Although Francis has been identified, there still are 5 more victims who remain without their names.
These victims have been come to be known as Victim #10, Victim #13, Victim #21, Victim #26, and Victim #28.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is still working to figure out the identities of these 5 remaining victims, and they’re hopeful that genetic genealogy or other types of cutting-edge technology will be able to help.
“It is hard, even 45 years later, to know the fate of our beloved Wayne,” Francis’s sister Carolyn Sanders said in a statement provided to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
“He was killed at the hands of a vile and evil man. Our hearts are heavy and our sympathies go out to the other victims’ families. Our only comfort is knowing this killer no longer breathes the same air as we do.”
