What began as a temporary childcare arrangement in 1965 turned into a crime that would haunt Indianapolis for decades to come.
Soon they would learn how many others--including some of Baniszewski\'s own children--participated in Sylvia\'s murder, and just how much Torture had been inflicted in one House OF EVIL.
When police found Sylvia\'s emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death.
What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens\'s parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come...
In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960\'s, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children.
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The case is the basis of the 2007 film An American Crime, starring Academy Award nominees Ellen Page (Juno) and Christine Keener (Capote).
What began as a temporary childcare arrangement in 1965 turned into a crime that would haunt Indianapolis for decades to come
