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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.
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Oct 24, 2013 · It has been the most enduring nightmare in Indianapolis True Crime history — the Oct. 26, 1965, torture-murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens.
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- Dawn Mitchell@Indystar.com
May 24, 2021 · Sylvia Likens was a teenager who endured months of sickening abuse by Gertrude Baniszewski and her neighbours before she was killed in 1965. Read the horrific details of her story, how she was branded, beaten, starved and humiliated by the people who were supposed to look after her.
May 20, 2023 · Sylvia Likens was a 16-year-old girl who was tortured and killed by her caretaker Gertrude Baniszewski and her children in 1965. The web page tells the story of how Sylvia suffered unimaginable abuse, how Gertrude recruited a neighborhood of kids to help, and how the perpetrators faced almost no justice.
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A longform article that revisits the infamous crime of torturing and killing 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in 1965 by Gertrude Baniszewski and her children and neighbors. It traces the aftermath of the trial, the sentences, and the fates of the participants.
Learn about the 1965 torture and killing of Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old boarder in a violent Indianapolis household. Find out who was involved, how they were punished, and how the case inspired media adaptations.
Learn about the tragic story of Sylvia Likens, who was tortured and killed by a group of teenagers in 1965. Find out how her case sparked changes in child protection laws and inspired Sylvia's CAC to help abused children.
