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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.
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. Baniszewski was sentenced to life in prison.
May 20, 2023 · Gertrude Baniszewski and her children tortured and killed 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in 1965, with the help of a neighborhood of kids. Learn how Sylvia came under their care, what they did to her, and how they got away with it.
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Gertrude Baniszewski, the ringleader of the gang that tortured and killed 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in 1965, was paroled after 20 years in prison. Learn about the crime, the trial, and the fate of the participants 50 years later.
Oct 24, 2013 · Gertrude Baniszewski was the ringleader of a group of children who abused and killed 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis in 1965. The case shocked the nation and sparked a debate about the role of adults and society in preventing such crimes.
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- Dawn Mitchell@Indystar.com
May 19, 2023 · 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.
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Oct 23, 2015 · Gertrude Baniszewski was the ringleader of a group of children who tortured and killed Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old girl, in 1965. Read the news archives that cover the shocking case, the trial, and the aftermath.
