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On March 25, 1987, police in Philadelphia executed a raid on the residence of Gary Heidnik following an emergency call, revealing a horrifying scene. Inside the basement, officers discovered a makeshift torture chamber where three women were found restrained to a pipe. A fourth woman had managed to escape and notify the authorities, leading to the critical intervention.
Heidnik, who had previously been a patient in a mental health facility, came into a significant inheritance that allowed him to create his own religious organisation, where he took on the self-appointed title of Bishop. The distressing discoveries at his home highlighted the extent of his criminal activities.