# Sylvia Likens

> 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.

*American torture and murder victim (1949–1965)*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1949-01-03
- **Died:** 1965-10-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

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