Paula baniszewski was 17 when sylvia and jenny likens were at the baniszewski house under gertrude’s care During the trials, it was discovered that she would often partake. During the trials, it was discovered that she would often partake in.
Sylvia Likens' Indiana family scared when Dianna Bedwell, her sister
On october 26, 1965, police found sylvia likens’s emaciated corpse—covered with more than 150 wounds ranging from burns to cuts—sprawled on a filthy mattress in the.
Gertrude and paula baniszewski were sentenced to life in prison on the 25th of may 1966
Richard hobbs, coy hubbard and john baniszewski jr Sylvia likens was a teen who was tortured and murdered in indianapolis in the 1960s Gertrude baniszewski testified, denying responsibility and claiming she was too ill to control the children Her statements failed to convince the jury, and on may 19, 1966, she was.
Gertrude baniszewski, also known as the torture mother, was an indiana divorcee who oversaw and facilitated the prolonged torture, mutilation, and murder of sylvia likens, a teenage girl.
