Lebanon, Indiana
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Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Boone County, Indiana, United States. The population was 16,662 at the 2020 census. Lebanon is located in central Indiana, approximately 29 miles northwest
Boone County Courthouse in Lebanon
Lebanon circa 1909.
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
Lebanon, Indiana
…Mel Kenyon, Hall of Fame midget car driver; had four top-five finishes in Indianapolis 500 Sylvia Likens, murder victim, born in Lebanon, murdered in Indianapolis in 1965 when she was 16 Ray Long, editor of Cosmopolitan from 1919 to 1931, born in Lebanon…
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