A square-shaped piece of lumber that was the hatchway to the crawlspace in Gacy's house. Gacy's hand-drawn diagram of the crawlspace, indicating where some of the bodies were buried. A piece of rope Gacy used to strangle one of his victims. Handcuffs and keys. Gacy's appointment book for 1978-79. The jacket worn by Gacy's final victim, Rob Piest, and a receipt from the pharmacy where the 15-year-old Piest worked-the receipt that became a crucial piece of evidence in the case against Gacy.
To this day, says Geeta Gandbhir, I'm devastated. The film-maker is talking about the killing of Ajike AJ Owens, a black woman shot dead by her white neighbour in Florida two years ago. Gandbhir first came to the case in a personal capacity, as 35-year-old Owens was a family friend. But things quickly changed. She and her team worked hard to drum up media attention and pressure law enforcement and government institutions to take action and hold this neighbour, 60-year-old Susan Lorincz, accountable.