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Sylvia Foresaw Death, Sister Sobs. Indianapolis News, May 2, 1966. The sobbing sister of Sylvia Marie Likens today quoted her as saying, "Jenny, I know you don't want me to die.
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 Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others Sylvia's Child Advocacy Center Content warning: The following article contains ...
It was called the most terrible crime ever committed in Indiana, and half a century later, that title still holds.On October 26, 1965, police found Sylvia Likens’s emaciated corpse—covered with more ...
The house of horrors at 3850 East New York St. in Indianapolis where Sylvia Likens spent her short life being tortured by Gertrude Baniszewski and her teen band of sickos.
Sylvia Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others. People. A Teen Endured Months of 'Heinous' Torture Before Dying.
The 2007 true-crime movie didnt embellish or exaggerate any details. If anything, An American Crime toned a lot of what happened to Sylvia Likens down. Much of the torture inflicted on her by ...