Phillip Ronald Paske[a] (June 11, 1953 – November 9, 1998)[1] was an American criminal and child pornographer from Chicago, Illinois.

It was reported that his father was a city worker and that Paske had a "bad complexion," a violent temper, and frequently cross-dressed.

[3][6][7] Paske was openly bisexual[8] and had a lengthy criminal record beginning at age 18 in 1971, with convictions for drug dealing, theft, battery, and murder.

[7] In November 1973, Paske, along with Al Bone and Richard Angel, planned to rob a coin collector named Louis McKerley.

[9][10] Through a plea agreement, Paske and Angel pleaded guilty to attempted armed robbery, with the murder charge being dropped.

In 1973, the Commander of the Police Youth Division in Houston, Bennie M. Newman, stated that there was no known connection between Norman's operations and Corll's murders.

It's known that Norman had continued producing his newsletter behind the walls of the jail, in which he had made pleas for bail for both him and for Paske, whom he referred to as his "right-hand man.

Norman remained free until November 1976, when he was indicted on five counts; he was found guilty of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child and ordered to serve four years and one day.

[12][13][14] After his release, Paske registered both his and Norman's names to a Chicago post office box, and the two shared an apartment on Wrightwood Avenue.

[17][7] However, according to Cram, he had warned Gacy about hiring Paske due to his criminal record and claims that he had previously been in a mental institution.

[6] In June 2012, a man named Fred Rogers was convicted of Hellstrom's murder and sentenced to 22 years in prison.