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Sylvia Likens's death is credited with the adoption of Indiana's mandated reporter law, and with an increased understanding of the investigation and recognition of abuse. The law states that should a member of the public suspect a child is suffering abuse or neglect , the citizen suspecting this abuse has a legal obligation to report the abuse ...
Sylvia Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others. ... She lived in Iowa under a new name until her death from cancer in 1990, ...
Murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenager tortured and repeatedly held captive in the basement by her caretaker and her children and their friends for three months, discovered on 26 October 1965. Jaycee Dugard , kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido, Antioch, California, US, 18 years, discovered on 26 August 2009.
An American Crime is a 2007 American crime drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page [a] 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.
Sylvia Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others ... Robert Lombardi, 65, was charged in connection to the death of his roommate ...
Her body was found in the desert 10 days after her abduction. The exact cause of death remains undetermined, but was ruled a homicide. [8] 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: September 15, 1963 11–14 Birmingham, Alabama Solved Four girls killed in a bombing by the Ku Klux Klan. [9] Sylvia Likens: October 26, 1965 16 Indianapolis, Indiana Solved
The murder of Sylvia Likens is known as the "worst crime in Indiana history," the Indy Star reported. Likens was just 16 when she was found dead in the basement of her temporary home.
In her death throes, Sylvia bit through her lips, nearly severing each of them. Her vaginal cavity was nearly swollen shut, although an examination of the canal determined that her hymen was still intact, largely discrediting Gertrude's assertions that Sylvia was a prostitute and completely disproving her insistence that she was pregnant."