# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gertrude-baniszewski
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:05:00.630Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gertrude-baniszewski"
name: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
slug: "gertrude-baniszewski"
description: "Sylvia Marie Likens was an American teenager who was tortured and murdered by her caregiver, Gertrude Baniszewski, many of Baniszewski's children, and several of their neighborhood friends. The abuse lasted for three months, occurring incrementally, before Likens died from her extensive injuries and malnourishment on October 26, 1965, in Indianapolis, Indiana."
tagline: "American murderer (1929–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RichardHobbsGertrudeBaniszewskiNovember1_1965a.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1929-09-19"
deathDate: "1990-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.06
  momentum:             15.07833079663241
  historical:           13.16417066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "غيرترود بانشفسكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Гертруд Банишевски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%86%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9"
    title: "Γκέρτρουντ Μπανιζέφσκι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ガートルード・バニシェフスキー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszewski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszewski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Baniszweski"
    title: "Gertrude Baniszweski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Банишевски, Гертруда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669671"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump