On Oct. 26, 1965, police found the body of Sylvia Likens, and Gertrude Baniszewski became Indy's face of evil ...

This case was somehow more disturbing than other crimes, perhaps because: * The abuse was carried out not just by the caregiver — the notorious Gertrude Baniszewski — but also by her own ...

With both An American Crime and The Girl Next Door being inspired by one of the most shocking crimes in US history, which is ...

Both Sylvia Likens and Gertrude Baniszewski are real, and the harrowing and utterly disturbing events shown in An American Crime actually happened.

Sylvia’s caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, claimed to police that Sylvia had been attacked by a group of boys, per the Indy Star.

All were charged with the protracted death by torture of pretty Sylvia Marie Likens, 16, who with her younger sister Jenny had boarded in the Baniszewski home. The Last Day.

Sylvia’s caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, claimed to police that Sylvia had been attacked by a group of boys, per the Indy Star.

Sylvia and her sister Jenny were living with a woman named Gertrude Baniszewski whilst their mother was serving jail time. Over the course of three months, Baniszewski orchestrated the routine ...

Sylvia’s caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, claimed to police that Sylvia had been attacked by a group of boys, per the Indy Star. She even showed them a note, purportedly written by Sylvia, that seemed ...