The criminal I chose for this assignment is Gary Heidnik which was found under the category of serial killers. This case occurred in the late 1980's in Philadelphia. The case regarding Gary Heidnik is a very disturbing story. Gary Heidnik was found with five female victims chained up in his cellar to whom he was raping, killing, and eating these women.
According to what I have learned through this criminology class so far I have some assumptions regarding Mr. Heidnik. With the violence that Mr. Heidnik has displayed towards his victims I would have to say that he did not come from a stable family. More than likely Mr. Heidnik grew up in a family that was abusive, argumentative, and not very affectionate. In the article I read regarding this case it is stated that he told one of his victims, Josefina, "he told her that all he ever wanted was a large family and to that end he already fathered four children to four separate women but had lost contact with them for various......

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