An American Crime
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An American Crime is a 2007 American crime drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia L
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Murder of Sylvia Likens
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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
An American Crime
…American crime drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. Because of internal problems with the film's…
Sylvia Likens, c. 1965
Sylvia (left) and Jenny (right), pictured with three friends in Long Beach, California, on Easter Sunday, 1965.
Richard Hobbs and Gertrude Baniszewski at a hearing before Marion County Judge Harry Zaklan, November 1, 1965. Both were formally charged with murder on this date.
Marie Baniszewski, pictured prior to her trial testimony on May 12, 1966