Gary Heidnik Original Press Photo

Original press photo of detectives digging for human remains in the basement of serial killer Gary Heidnik’s Philadelphia rental home. 

Dated 3/26/1987. The press photo reads-

“Daily News Photo. More digging and stuff at 4706 Cedar Ave. Former home of Heidnik. Crime Lab officer sifts thru dirt dug up in adjoining room as house owner Jim Davis looks on”

This piece comes professionally framed. 

Gary Michael Heidnik (November 22, 1943 – July 6, 1999) was an American criminal convicted of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between 1986 and 1987. He imprisoned six women in the basement of his home, subjecting them to severe abuse; two died from their injuries.

Heidnik was arrested in 1987 after one captive escaped and alerted police. Convicted of murder and multiple counts of kidnapping, he was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 1999. His crimes inspired parts of the character Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and have been analyzed for their extreme cruelty and psychotic delusions.