To this day, Jacquelyn, Agnes and Lisa have various levels of hearing impairment thanks to the damage Heidnik did with his screwdrivers.  Together with Josefina, they instituted civil proceedings to gain access to the funds in Heidnik's Merrill Lynch account and divide them equally between them as criminal compensation.

Other parties as diverse as the Peace Corps and the IRS have also filed for access to the funds.

For eleven long years, Gary Heidnik waited in jail until the normal legal hyperbole that inevitably follows a death sentence had diminished.  During that time he made several suicide attempts and played very little part in the appeal process.  Finally on July 6 1999, at 10:29 p.m., Gary Michael Heidnik was executed by lethal injection.  After his death, no member of his family had made arrangements to claim his body.

Gary Heidnik (AP)