"Victim's Sister Conflicted Over Execution of 'Silence of the Lambs' Inspiration's Killer"

Gary Heidnik, the last man to be executed in Pennsylvania, kidnapped and kept six Black women as sex slaves in his basement, killing two of them. He was the basis for the character Buffalo Bill in "Silence of the Lambs." The sister of one of his victims has mixed feelings about his execution, while the governor of Pennsylvania has called for the repeal of the death penalty. Heidnik's crimes have contributed to a decline in public support for the death penalty in the US.