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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Murder_of_Sylvia_LikensMurder of Sylvia Likens - Wikipedia

    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. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her extensive injuries and ...

  2. www.indystar.com › 10 › 24The 1965 torture and murder of Sylvia Likens - IndyStar

    Oct 24, 2013 · 0:00. 5:06. It has been the most enduring nightmare in Indianapolis True Crime history — the Oct. 26, 1965, torture-murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens. Other crimes have involved a greater ...

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  4. allthatsinteresting.com › sylvia-likens-gertrudeSylvia Likens' Horrific Murder At The Hands Of Gertrude ...

    May 20, 2023 · By Mark Oliver | Edited By John Kuroski. Published May 20, 2023. Updated March 12, 2024. 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.

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  5. www.axios.com › 05 › 19The Sylvia Likens torture-murder case that shocked ... - Axios

    May 19, 2023 · Remembering Sylvia Likens, a case that shocked Indy. 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.

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  7. www.indianapolismonthly.com › longform › likensThe Murder of Sylvia Likens 50 Years Later - Indianapolis Monthly

    On October 26, 1965, police found Sylvia Likens’s emaciated corpse—covered with more than 150 wounds ranging from burns to cuts—sprawled on a filthy mattress in the Indianapolis home of 37-year-old Gertrude Baniszewski, mother of seven and the architect of the girl’s gruesome death.

  8. murderpedia.org › female › bGertrude Baniszewski | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

    Gertrude Baniszewski, also known as The Torture Mother, was an Indiana divorcee who oversaw and facilitated the prolonged torture, mutilation, and murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenage girl she had taken into her home in 1965.

  9. sylviascac.org › sylvias-storySylvia Likens and “Indiana’s most terrible crime”

    By 6:30 that afternoon, she was dead. Her teachers and other adults likely noticed the open sores, bruises, or early signs of abuse. They just didn’t feel empowered to say anything. The tragic legacy of Sylvia Likens. An autopsy revealed over 150 separate strikes against her body.

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