Deborah Dudley

Death by Force

Deborah Dudley, a 23-year-old Black woman, was one of the victims of Gary Heidnik, a self-ordained preacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who kidnapped, tortured, and murdered women in his basement between November 1986 and March 1987. Heidnik abducted six women, including Dudley, and subjected them to horrific abuse. The women were kept in a pit in his basement, where they were chained, starved, and tortured. Heidnik forced them to endure extreme conditions, including physical and psychologi ...Read More

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