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Sylvia Likens
Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was an American murder victim. She was tortured to death by Gertrude Baniszewski, Baniszewski's children, and other young people from their neighborhood. Her parents, who were carnival workers, had left Likens and her sister Jenny in the care of the Baniszewski family three months before her death in exchange for $20 a week.
Baniszewski, her daughter Paula, her son John, and two neighborhood youths (Coy Hubbard and Richard Hobbs) were charged with and convicted of the crime. Likens' torture and murder were described by the prosecutor in Baniszewski's trial as "the most terrible crime ever committed in the state of Indiana".〔(Avenging Sylvia ); ''Time Magazine'', 27 May 1966〕
==Background==
Likens was the third child of carnival workers Lester Cecil Likens (1926–2013) and his wife, Elizabeth Frances "Betty" (née Grimes, 1927–1998). She was born between two sets of fraternal twins, Diana (also spelled "Dianna") and Danny (two years older), and Jenny and Benny (one year younger, the former disabled by polio).〔(Addenda to De Sade ); ''Time Magazine'', 6 May 1966〕 The Likens' marriage was unstable. The family moved frequently, and the couple had difficulties financially supporting their children. Likens and her sister, Jenny, were often boarded out or forced to live with relatives, such as their grandmother, so that their schoolwork would not suffer while their parents were on the road.〔(The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: Foster Care ); Crime Library.com〕
To earn money Likens babysat and ironed, the same jobs held by Gertrude Baniszewski. Likens' favorite rock group was The Beatles. During her early time with the Baniszewski family, she would sing with Baniszewski's daughter, Stephanie.〔(The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: Foster Care ); Crime Library.com〕 In 1965, Likens and Jenny were living with their mother Betty in Indianapolis, Indiana when Betty was arrested and jailed for shoplifting. Lester Likens, who had recently separated from his wife, arranged for his daughters to board with Baniszewski, the mother of the girls' new friend Paula (17) and her six siblings Stephanie (15), John (12), Marie (11), Shirley (10), James (8), and few-months-old Dennis Lee Wright Jr. Although the Baniszewskis were poor, Lester "didn't pry" into the condition of the house (as he reported at the trial), and he encouraged Baniszewski to "straighten his daughters out".〔(The murder of Sylvia Likens ); ''Indianapolis Star'', Library Factfiles.〕
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