Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 - October 26, 1965) was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. Sylvia Marie Likens (3 de enero de 1949-26 de octubre de 1965) fue la tercera de los cinco hijos de los trabajadores de carnaval Lester Cecil Likens (1926-2013) y su esposa, Elizabeth "Betty" Frances (de soltera, Grimes; 1927-1998). Nació entre dos pares de mellizos: Dianna y Daniel (dos años mayores que ella), y Jenny y Benny (un año más jóvenes).
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By: Mike McPadden WikiMedia Commons The torture and murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens at the hands of the woman entrusted to care for her stands as one of the most harrowing and unthinkable atrocities in the annals of American crime. It is a nightmare come to life — and death — in 1965 Indianapolis. The case of Sylvia Marie Likens is a most curious one. One wonders how the mind and body can resist the temptation to protect itself against the abuse of the body, mind and soul. The crimes perpetrated against Sylvia were unspeakable. The family charged with her protection were eventually charged with her murder. The True Crime Edition May 24, 2021 8 min read The Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens The teenager endured months of sickening abuse before she was killed by the people who were supposed to look after her. Sylvia Likens. John Jr Baniszewski and Gertrude Baniszewski. Via Wikimedia Commons. James Briggs. Gertrude Baniszewski (left), in custody of a police matron, weeps after a jury delivered a guilty verdict against her and four teenagers in the torture slaying of 16-year-old Sylvia Liken on May 19, 1966. Photo: Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images. On this day in 1966, Gertrude Baniszewski and four teenagers — two of.
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Sylvia Likens died Oct. 26, 1965. Cause of death was determined to be brain swelling, internal hemorrhaging of the brain and shock induced by Sylvia's extensive skin damage. Sylvia also suffered. The torture and murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens instantly became the state's most heinous crime. And while almost all of the participants are dead, the memory of what occurred—and how little they paid for it—certainly isn't. By Sam Stall - October 21, 2015 It was called the most terrible crime ever committed in Indiana, Sylvia Likens, The 16-Year-Old Who Was Tortured And Murdered By Caretaker Gertrude Baniszewski By Mark Oliver | Edited By John Kuroski Published May 20, 2023 Updated June 7, 2023 In 1965, Sylvia Likens and her sister Jenny were left in the care of family friend Gertrude Baniszewski — who tortured Likens to death and got her own children to help. There is a small monument to Sylvia Marie Likens in Willard Park in Indianapolis, Indiana, not far from a house that once stood at 3850 East New York Street, where they beat the girl with a police belt, a fraternity-style paddle, and a curtain rod, where they lowered her into scalding baths, pushed her down stairs, rubbed salt in her wounds, forced her to drink urine and eat excrement from a.
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I N 1966, a 38‐year‐old Indianapolis mother of seven was convicted of first‐degree murder in the "torture slaying" of Sylvia Likens, a 16‐year‐old boarder in her home. Found guilty. Baniszewski's Background. Gertrude Baniszewski's life up until the time she met the Likens family had been difficult and sad but in no way criminal (at least on her part). She was born Gertrude Van Fossan in 1929, the third of six children in a lower-class family. She always liked her Dad better than her Mom and suffered the trauma of watching.
In 1965 a sixteen-year-old girl in Indianapolis, Indiana, named Sylvia Likens was mercilessly tortured over the course of three months by the woman being paid to look after her. The torture resulted in an agonizing death for the girl and the woman responsible for the unconscionable misery was Gertrude Baniszewski. Shockingly, there were many. An American Crime is a 2007 American crime horror drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page and Catherine Keener.The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski.It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.. Because of internal problems with the film's original distributor, First Look.
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Sylvia Marie Likens ( Lebanon, 3 gennaio 1949 - Indianapolis, 26 ottobre 1965) è stata una ragazza statunitense dell' Indiana vittima di un brutale omicidio. Venne torturata fino alla morte da Gertrude Baniszewski, dai suoi figli e altri giovani del loro quartiere. The next day, Lester Likens, having been informed of his wife's arrest, went with his oldest son, 19-year-old Danny, to his estranged wife's place to pick up Sylvia and Jenny. Not finding his daughters there, he began canvassing the neighborhood. Darlene MacGuire told him they were at the Baniszewskis.
