Sandy
Sandra Lindsay was 25 years old and was a patient at the Elwyn Institute. Heidnik had raped Sandy while she was in the specialist hospital, and she had fallen pregnant. When Heidnik found out she’d had an abortion, he offered her money to have another of his children, but she declined the offer. Heidnik then took her from the institute and brought her to his house. That night, he raped both of them after he continued to widen the hole they were trapped in.
The next morning, Sandy’s cousins came to the house to find her but Heidnik didn’t answer the door and they eventually left. He then forced Sandy to write a letter telling her mother that she had left the institute and she would call her later. He then travelled to New York to post the letter.
Sandy’s mother didn’t believe that her daughter had left home. She reported Sandy’s disappearance to the police and even gave them Heidnik’s address. She told them she believed that this man was holding her hostage but coupled with the letter she’d received from “Sandy” and a follow-up Christmas card containing $5, the police believed she was just another runaway.
In the weeks the women were held hostage, Gary Heidnik’s behaviour became more disturbing and erratic. He would viciously beat them and rape them constantly. They were kept mostly naked and would huddle together for warmth in the cold, damp hole. The women were starving and dehydrated. They were slowly dying.
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