Nancy Spungen documentary nears release

The October 1978 slaying of

Nancy Spungen

, the Huntingdon Valley-raised punk-scenester,

» READ MORE: is the topic of an upcoming documentary

. "Who Killed Nancy?" by

Alan G. Parker

, due out early next year, explores the possibility that Spungen was killed by someone other than boyfriend

Sex Pistols

bassist

Sid Vicious

, who was charged in her death but was never tried, because he OD'd on heroin only months later. Spungen was 20-years-old when she bled to death after a stab wound to the abdomen in the bathroom of a room she and Vicious shared at New York's Chelsea Hotel, is buried at King David Cemetery, in Bensalem. A

New York

mag story by

Karen Schoemer

» READ MORE: this week details the tragic tale of Spungen

, who was a drug dealer and prostitute.