Sylvia Likens crime scene photos

American girl Sylvia Marie Likens was born on January 3, 1949. She was tortured and murdered by her caregiver Gertrude Baniszewski, a large number of Baniszewski’s children, and a number of their neighbourhood friends.

Likens died on October 26, 1965, in Indianapolis, Indiana, after three months of suffering from severe injuries and hunger.

Likens’ tormentors beat, starved, dehydrated, and endured increasing degrees of neglect, scorn, and sexual humiliation. An autopsy revealed that her body had 150 total wounds, including many burns, scald marks, and deteriorating skin.

Jenny, her younger sister, was occasionally intimidated into taking part in her maltreatment.

In May 1966, Paula, her eldest child, Gertrude Baniszewski, her son John, Coy Hubbard, and Richard Hobbs—two youngsters from the neighbourhood—were all charged with killing and neglecting Likens and were subsequently found guilty.

William C. Erbecker, the defence attorney for Gertrude, said in court that Likens had endured acts of “degradation that you wouldn’t perpetrate on a dog” before she passed away.

During the defendants’ trial, deputy prosecutor Leroy New referred to the case as “the most devilish case to ever come before a court or jury.”

After eight hours of deliberation, the jury found Gertrude Baniszewski guilty of first-degree murder. She was given a life sentence, but in 1985, she was given parole.

After being found guilty of manslaughter, Hobbs, Hubbard, and John spent less than two years in the Indiana Reformatory before being released on February 27, 1968.

After being convicted of second-degree murder, Paula was released from prison in 1972.

The torture and murder of Sylvia Likens, according to a senior detective with the Indianapolis Police Department, was the “most sadistic” case he had ever investigated in his 35 years with the force.

The torture and murder of Sylvia Likens are largely recognized as the worst crimes ever committed in Indiana.

Slyvia Likens Crime scene photos

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