[150] Upon hearing Judge Rabb pronounce the verdicts, Gertrude and her children burst into tears and attempted to console each other, as Hobbs and Hubbard remained impassive. [126] She denied any knowledge of Likens having ever endured any beating, scalding, branding, or burning within her home. Her autopsy showed 150 wounds across her body, including several burns, scald marks and eroded skin. The second-oldest of the Baniszewski children, Stephanie was 15 at the time of the crime. Marie later married. John had a volatile temper and would occasionally beat his wife. Mermel, Marcy: "Mrs. Baniszewski Portrayed as a New Woman", Beaman-Conrad-Liscomb-Union-Whitten Community School, List of child abuse cases featuring long-term detention, "The 1965 Torture and Murder of Sylvia Likens", "The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: Foster Care", "The Murder of Sylvia Likens, As Told Over 50 Years Ago", "Sylvia Likens and "Indiana's Most Terrible Crime", "The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: A Dubious Start", "Jenny Fay Likens Sister of Deceased Sylvia Likens", "The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: The Slow Descent Into Horror", "When Sylvia Likens was Killed, Part of Our Childhoods Died, Too", "Looking Back On Indiana's Most Infamous Crime, 50 Years Later", "Teen Girl Fatally Bullied in Indiana House of Horrors", "The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens: Was She a Masochist? She began carving the words "I'M A PROSTITUTE AND PROUD OF IT" onto Likens' abdomen with a heated needle. No further action was taken. He asked that NBC News not use his name. The second-oldest of the Baniszewski children, Stephanie was 15 at the time of the crime. [153], The pair were retried in 1971. Record information. These experts testified that all three were mentally competent to stand trial. [35], On another occasion, Paula beat Likens about the face with such force that she broke her own wrist, having primarily focused her blows upon Likens' teeth and eyes. "[94][93], The formal statement provided by Jenny Likens prompted officers to arrest Gertrude, Paula, Stephanie, and John Baniszewski Jr. on suspicion of Likens' murder within hours of the discovery of her body. Holding aloft a portrait of Likens taken before July 1965, Wessner added: "I wish she were here today, with eyes as in this picturefull of hope and anticipation. In response, Paula verbally threatened her to either stand up or she would inflict a long jump upon her. (Global Criminologists) Shirley Baniszewski at 10-years-old. The subdural hematoma was the ultimate blow. "[145], Referring to the sentimental closing arguments made by various defense counsels regarding reasoning and motivation for their clients' actions, their attempts to divert responsibility to other defendants or participants, and their clients' collective failure to either help Likens or to notify authorities, New added: "All we hear is whining appeal, anything but blame where the blame belongs."

", --Section of Deputy Prosecutor Marjorie Wessner's. John and Gertrude after a few years ended their marriage. Titre original: An American Crime Popularit: 13.041 Dure: 97 Minutes Slogan: Paula Baniszewski was found guilty of second-degree murder,[111] and Hobbs, Hubbard, and John Baniszewski Jr. were found guilty of manslaughter. [80], On October 25, Likens attempted to escape from the basement after overhearing a conversation between Gertrude and John Baniszewski Jr. pertaining to the family's plan to abandon her to die. A lot of people have compared this to Lord of the Flies, says attorney Natty Bumppo, a former Indianapolis Star reporter who covered the case. Record information. She was afflicted with a notable limp and had to wear a steel brace on one leg. She later married and has several children. Likens thought Gertrude was kidding with her and said, "Yeah, it sure is getting big. [95] The same day, Coy Hubbard and Richard Hobbs were also arrested and charged with the same offenses. [12], Initially, Gertrude denied any involvement in Likens' death, although by October 27 she had confessed to having known "the kids," particularly her daughter Paula and Coy Hubbard, had physically and emotionally abused Likens, stating: "Paula did most of the damage," and "Coy Hubbard did a lot of the beating. Paula, however, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter to avoid another trial. [140], Forrest Bowman began his closing argument in an openly critical manner as he attacked the decision of the prosecution to seek the death penalty for juveniles, stating: "I would like to have an hour of [the jury's] time to explain why 16-year-olds and 13-year-olds should not be put to death." Both Jenny and Sylvia informed Dianna about the abuse they were enduring at the hands of their caregiver, adding that Sylvia was being specifically targeted for physical abuse and almost always for things she had neither said nor done.

I'm just going to have to go on a diet. WebBorn Gertrude Van Fossan, 1929, in Indianapolis, Indiana; died of lung cancer, 1990; m. John Baniszewski (div. None reported what they saw. [77], Gertrude Baniszewski initially beat Likens' corpse with a book, shouting "Faker! Heres what happened to this tragedys principal players. [151][152] The same day, Richard Hobbs, Coy Hubbard, and John Baniszewski Jr. each received sentences of 2-to-21 years, to be served in the Indiana Reformatory. The memorial itself is inscribed with these words: "This memorial is in memory of a young child who died a tragic death. This article appeared in theOctober2015 Issue. Gertrude then switched her conversation to the "evils" of premarital sex before repeatedly kicking Likens in the genitals as Stephanie rallied to Likens' defense, shouting, "She didn't do anything! I can tell it. The Baniszewskis beat, belted and burned her. Although Stephanie had initially believed the rumors initiated by Paula that Likens had spread distasteful rumors relating to herself and her older sister, as the abuse of Likens escalated, she would regularly rally to Likens' defenseoccasionally removing objects from her mother or Paula's hands with which they had been striking the girl. [111], Initial jury selection began on this date and continued for several days. "[76], The following day, Gertrude Baniszewski woke Likens, then forced her to write a letter as she dictated the contents, which were intended to mislead her parents into believing their daughter had run away from the Baniszewski residence. WebStephanie Baniszewski was connected to: -Gertrude Baniszewski. Over the course of two months, these groups collected over 40,000 signatures from the citizens of Indiana,[159] including signatures obtained from outraged citizens who were too young to contemporarily recollect the case. At the defendants' trial, Deputy Prosecutor Leroy New described the case as "the most diabolical case to ever come before a court or jury" and Gertrude's defense attorney, William C. Erbecker, described Likens as having been subjected to acts of "degradation that you wouldn't commit on a dog" before her death. "[79] In response, Gertrude forced the crackers into Likens' mouth before she and John Baniszewski beat herparticularly around the stomach. Dianna made headlines recently when she and her husband, Cecil Paul Knutson, both diabetics, got lost in the California backcountry and were stranded in their car for two weeks with nothing to sustain them but rainwater, a pie, and some oranges. Taken back to Lebanon, she was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery on October 29, 1965. The torture and murder of Sylvia Likens is widely regarded by Indiana citizens as the worst crime ever committed in their state and has been described by a senior investigator in the Indianapolis Police Department as the "most sadistic" case he had ever investigated in the 35 years he served with the Indianapolis Police. She was closer in age to Sylvia than any of the other children in that large dysfunctional brood. Details of his early life are unknown. Somos dos ridculas a las que les encantan los crmenes. But that was just a bunch of uncontrolled children. The youngest of the Baniszewski children, Dennis was a newborn when Sylvia met her fate. Jenny Likens suffered from polio, causing one of her legs to be weaker than the other. The daughter of Gertrude Baniszewski, who tortured and murdered Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1965, known as the worst crime ever commited in the state of Indiana, lives here. [24], On May 25, Gertrude and Paula Baniszewski were formally sentenced to life imprisonment. Stephanie, Marie, and Shirley Baniszewski were not charged since they were so young while this crime was continuously being committed. --Richard Hobbs, testifying as to Gertrude Baniszewski's decision to carve an insult into Likens' abdomen on October 23, 1965. At the time of this boarding agreement, Gertrude assured Lester she would care for his daughters until his return as if they were her own children. This is a commitment to our children, that the Indianapolis Police Department is working to make this a safe city for our children."[188]. Stephanie waived her immunity from any potential impending charges and agreed to testify against her family. The pair then subjected Likens to a scalding bath in order to "cleanse her of sin," with Gertrude grabbing Likens' hair and repeatedly banging her head against the bath to revive her whenever she fainted. Gertrude offered to let the girls stay for $20 a week saying she would take care of the girls as if they were her own. In 1966, Paula was convicted of second-degree murder, but when her conviction was overturned in 1971 on a technicality, she pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter rather than face a retrial. Paula was stern, he said, but did not discipline her children physically. Hobbs, the neighborhood kid, contacted the police to report the death. Coy Hubbard, Stephanie Baniszewskis boyfriend who used judo blows against Sylvia, spent his life going in and out of jail and was charged sometime later with murdering two men. [55][n 7], Several weeks prior to this, Sylvia and Jenny had encountered Dianna in the same park, while in the company of 11-year-old Marie Baniszewski, and Sylvia had been given a sandwich to eat when she mentioned to her sister that she was hungry. [61] On one occasion, Gertrude held a knife aloft and challenged Likens to "fight me back", to which Likens replied she did not know how to fight. [24] However, she soon panicked and instructed Richard Hobbs to call the police from a nearby payphone. Follow US news from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook. Visibly devastated, Sylvias mother gave only short responses on the witness stand at the trial. John Baniszewski and two other boys ages 16 and 15 were convicted of manslaughter. Five days before she died, according to a 1965 story by the Indianapolis Star, Gertrude Baniszewski ordered one of the neighbor boys to etch, with a three-inch, red hot needle, I am a prostitute and I'm proud of it into Sylvias stomach. Jurors who expressed any opposition to the death penalty were excused from duty by Leroy New; any who either worked with children, expressed prejudice against an insanity defense, or repulsion regarding the actual horrific nature of Likens' death, were excused by defense counsels. She was paroled in 1985, changed her name to Nadine Van Fossan and moved to Iowa. [98], Lacking any remorse, Paula signed a statement admitting to having repeatedly beaten Likens about the backside with her mother's police belt, once breaking her wrist on Likens' jaw, and inflicting other acts of brutality, including pushing her down the stairs into the basement "two or three times," and inflicting a black eye. Physical and mental torment such as this would occasionally pause when the Baniszewskis watched their favorite television shows. [154] On this occasion, Paula Baniszewski opted to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter rather than face a retrial;[11] she was sentenced to serve a term of between two and twenty years' imprisonment for her part in Likens' abuse and death. Both were sentenced to life in prison in Indianapolis. This is the most hideous thing Indiana has ever seen and, I hope, will ever see. Continuing the conversation with Jenny and Stephanie, Sylvia mentioned that she had once laid under the covers with her boyfriend. Gertrude moved Likens into the kitchen and, having propped her back against a wall, attempted to feed her a doughnut and a glass of milk. En 1965, Sylvia Likens et sa sur Jenny ont t confies lamie de la famille Gertrude Baniszewski, qui a tortur Likens mort et a demand laide de ses propres enfants. In Dawn Fieldss 2014 short drama film, The Dancer & the Boy, she played the character of Hanna. Birthdate: estimated between 1933 and 1989. [86], In an attempt to wash Likens, a laughing John Baniszewski Jr. sprayed her with a garden hose brought to the house that afternoon by Randy Lepper at Gertrude's request. In my own heart I cannot remember a girl so much sinned against and abused." They also successfully argued before Judge Rabb that all the defendants should be tried together as they were ultimately charged with acting "in concert"[112] in their collective crimes against Likens and that as such, if each were tried separately, neither judge nor jury could hear testimony relating to a "total picture" of the accumulation of offenses committed.

In the years between his release from the Indiana Reformatory and his death, he is known to have suffered at least one nervous breakdown. Ela uma mulher branca, no hispnica, registrada para votar em Citrus County. [8], The immediate neighbors of the Baniszewski family were a middle-aged couple named Raymond and Phyllis Vermillion. [57] Nevertheless, the Vermillions never reported Likens' evident mistreatment to the authorities. [169] The baby daughter to whom she had given birth while awaiting trial in 1966, and whom she named after her mother, was later adopted. Gertrude Baniszewski, then 37, and 12-year-old John would force her to eat her own feces. I think she did not believe these people would do this and continue to do it. The couple had six children together; Paula, Stephanie, John Baniszewski Jr., Marie, Shirley, and James. Gertrude claimed to the nurse that Likens had run away from her home the previous week and that she was unaware of her actual whereabouts, adding that Likens was "out of control" and that her open sores were a result of Likens' refusal to maintain decent personal hygiene. But when one of their checks arrived late, Baniszewski took out her frustration by beating the girls. But her suspicions were raised when Gertrude wouldnt let her in the house for a visit. [65][12], On one occasion, Gertrude and her twelve-year-old son, John Jr., rubbed urine and feces from Gertrude's one-year-old son's diaper into Likens' mouth[66] before giving her a cup half-filled with water and stating the water was all she would receive for the remainder of the day. She had done some custodial work and was most recently working as a Convicted of manslaughter, he served a short sentence and died of cancer in 1972 at age 21. [23], Although Lester Likens had agreed to pay Gertrude Baniszewski $20 a week in exchange for the care of his daughters, after approximately two weeks, these payments failed to consistently arrive upon the prearranged dates, occasionally arriving one or two days late. [33], On October 22, John Baniszewski Jr. tormented Likens by offering to allow her to eat a bowl of soup with her fingers and then quickly taking away the bowl when Likensby this stage suffering from extreme malnourishmentattempted to eat the food. Paula Baniszewski, who was in fact pregnant at the time, became enraged and knocked Likens onto the floor. She threw Likens to the floor in frustration when Likens was unable to correctly move the glass of milk to her lips. After her 1972 parole, Paula Baniszewski assumed a new identity. [152] Although prosecutors did re-submit their case against Stephanie before a grand jury on May 26, 1966, the decision to later prosecute her in a separate trial never materialized. [24] In response, Gertrude began venting her frustration at this fact upon the sisters by beating their bare buttocks with various instruments, such as a one-quarter-inch-thick (6.4mm) paddle, making statements such as, "Well, I took care of you two little bitches for a week for nothing! She became evasive when one officer stated the likely reasons Likens had become incontinent were her mental distress and injury to her kidneys. Stated that she had 'fond memories of Sylvia and Jenny' and was 'Sylvia's friend'. She visited the property in an attempt to initiate regular contact.

"[132] Dean has also likened the case to William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, although he has stated Likens' increasing physical and emotional abuse was not a result of "children going wild; it was children doing what they were told". At the age of 16, she dropped out of school five years later to marry deputy John Baniszewski, who was 18 at the time and have six children together. John Jr. admitted to having "spanked" Sylvia on one occasion, adding that "most of the time, I used my fists" to abuse her. [163], Following her 1985 release from prison, Gertrude Baniszewski relocated to Iowa. On January 13, 1966, Paula Baniszewski gave birth to a baby daughter. You cannot merge a memorial into itself. She was recently found out. [171], When questioned at trial as to her motive for turning state's evidence, Stephanie stated: "I'm just here in the hope I can help anybody!" [This was] something no one did for young Sylvia. If you go below the death penalty (in your verdicts) in this case, you will lower the value of human life by that much for each defendant. In the years prior to her own death, Jenny Likens Wade had repeatedly emphasized that no blame should be attributed to either of her parents for placing her and Sylvia in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski as all her parents had done was to naively trust Gertrude's promise to care for the sisters until their return to Indiana with the traveling carnival. When Gertrude found out, she used a paddle to beat Likens. [81] She attempted to flee to the front door; however, due to her extensive injuries and general weakness, Gertrude caught her before she could escape the property. Baniszewski was found guilty of first-degree murder the next year, and her daughter Paula was found guilty of second-degree murder. The attacks, focused almost exclusively on Sylvia, grew ever more violent and sadistic. (Discover and Conquer) Dennis Lee Wright Jr. He changed his name to John Blake and drifted aimlessly before experiencing a religious epiphany that, he said, helped him see the error of his ways. Stephanie heard her mother, the woman who had been forced downstairs, tell Richard that the police were the ones to call. Convicted of manslaughter, he served only two years before being released. [39], Coy Hubbard and several of his classmates frequently visited the Baniszewski residence to both physically and verbally torment Likens, often collaborating with Baniszewski's children and Gertrude herself.

Paula, Stephanie et John Baniszewski, Richard Hobbs et Coy Hubbard pour meurtre. Hobbs testified Gertrude had begun etching the insult into Likens' abdomen before asking him to finish the task. Exclusive Events + Special Offers. The couple had two children, although she remained traumatized by the abuse she had been forced to watch her sister endure. [20][n 3], Shortly after the July 4th holiday, the sisters moved into 3850 East New York Street in order for their father and, later, their mother to travel to the East Coast with the carnival,[n 4] with the understanding that Gertrude would receive weekly boarding fees of $20 to care for their daughters until they returned to collect Sylvia and Jenny in November of that year. Stephanie Baniszewski at the time of Sylvia's murder trial in 1966. WebHere is Gertrude's Baniszweski daughter Stephanie. The blood of this girl will forevermore be on their souls. "[87], When Stephanie realized that Likens was not breathing, she attempted to apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as Gertrude repeatedly shouted to the children in the house that Likens was faking her death. [6] Gertrude Baniszewski, however, was again convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Jenny burst into tears as she recalled how, just days before Likens died, she had said to her: "Jenny, I know you don't want me to die, but I am going to die. Half sister of Dennis Lee Wright, Jr. Baniszewski was the third of six children, and her family was working class. Paula Pace, the caller said, was actually Paula Baniszewski, who was 17 at the time of the killings and the eldest of seven children. When the police arrived to collect her sisters body, Jenny reportedly told them, You get me out of here, and Ill tell you everything. A Beech Grove resident, she died in 2004 at the age of 54. She made dinner every night," he said. During her years at the Indiana Womens Prison, she was considered a model prisoner and earned the nickname of Mom. In spite of widespread public outcry, she was paroled in 1985. [53], In July and August, both Lester and Elizabeth Likens would occasionally return to Indianapolis to visit their daughters, whenever their travel schedule afforded them the opportunity. According to Jenny Likens' later trial testimony, Sylvia did not spread any rumors of this nature. Members of both groups initiated a sidewalk picket campaign. Sylvia and her siblings would live at 19 separate addresses between 1949 and 1965. WebAll Pictures results for Stephanie baniszewski. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was the son of John S., Sr. and Mary Blake of Mt. [111] On May 19, 1966, after deliberating for eight hours, the panel of eight men and four women found Gertrude Baniszewski guilty of first-degree murder,[149] recommending a sentence of life imprisonment.

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