It has been the most enduring nightmare in Indianapolis True Crime history — the Oct. 26, 1965, torture-murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens. Other crimes have involved a greater number of ...

Sylvia Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others Sylvia's Child Advocacy Center Content warning: The following article contains ...