The documentary "Sylvia" debuted at the Indy Shorts International Film Festival, with the premiere screening selling out.

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It had all the earmarks of schoolyard bullying gone horribly out of control. A group of children ganged up on another child, and tortured her to death. But instead of a schoolyard, the scene of the ...

Unpleasant at every turn and about as enlightening as the newspaper recap following the death of Gertrude Baniszewski, who oversaw the torture and eventual murder of a teenage girl in her home. By ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sylvia Likens, 16, died in October 1965 after months of torture at the hands of her caregiver and multiple others In October 1965, ...

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 victims, ...

In October 1965, police officers in Indianapolis, Ind., found Sylvia Likens, 16, dead on a mattress in her caretaker's home. The teenager's body, emaciated and weak from malnutrition, was covered in ...

Content warning: The following article contains disturbing descriptions of abuse. In October 1965, police officers in Indianapolis, Ind., found Sylvia Likens, 16, dead on a mattress in her caretaker's ...