It was called the most terrible crime ever committed in Indiana, and half a century later, that title still holds. On October 26, 1965, police found Sylvia Likens’s emaciated corpse—covered with more ...

This story was originally published in 2015. On Oct. 26, 1965, Indianapolis police were called to a home on East New York Street where they found the body of a 16-year-old girl. A coroner later ...

Unpleasant at every turn and about as enlightening as the newspaper recap following the death of Gertrude Baniszewski, who oversaw the torture and eventual murder of a teenage girl in her home. By ...

It has been the most enduring nightmare in Indianapolis True Crime history — the Oct. 26, 1965, torture-murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens. Other crimes have involved a greater number of victims, ...