7-9 - Gertrudę Baniszewski (the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens)

“The single worst crime perpetrated against an individual in Indiana's history". -Deputy Prosecutor Leroy NewGertrudę Baniszewski was to watch 16 year old Sylvia Likens and 15 year old Jenny Likens in addition to her 7 children for $20/week. When payments came late she started taking it out on the Likens girls. The abuse escalated but was focused primarily on Sylvia.Within 3 months of moving in, Sylvia was dead. https://linktr.ee/KillerStoriessources:https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/baniszewski.htmhttps://genius.com/Sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewski-letter-from-sylvia-likens-to-her-parents-as-dictated-by-her-murderer-annotatedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likenshttps://sylviascac.org/sylvias-story/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2013/10/24/sylvia-likens/3178393/https://allthatsinteresting.com/sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewskihttps://gonetoosoon.fandom.com/wiki/Sylvia_Likens