This is such a tragic heart wrenching case, but the concept of group think and how easily people can be led away from the basic elements of humanity are frightening, yet fascinating. When they stole they were to give back twice as much of what they took. John and Gertrude after a few years ended their marriage. This case and Sylvia's tormentors should've been a point of deep study. Before I looked at her profile she had had only 8 views. Prayers!! I hope you have peace in heaven and i hope the perpetrators, with Gertie and Paula on front, have/had the worst life they could inmagine. There is just something tainted and dark about the Near East Side of Indianapolis. At that time they could get furlow. How could this happen in any modern society. She needed money and suggested toSylvias father that Sylvia and her sister Jennie move in provided he pay $20 a week. She was tied to a post in the basement with a broken leg after being thrown done the stairs at the request of Gertrude then tried to the post and tortured by the Gertrude , her spawns and the neighborhood children, while the neighbors heard her screams of pain day in and day out. so I decided to share my testimony, that nothing is impossible with God, God use a man to healed me. People are like this they just hate without reason, I never really understood this but I kind of know what it feels because people are like this to me too ever since I was 5 years old. In 1971, the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the convictions, saying. But i learned that the real story was 100000 X more awefull as in the movie. But they could be twins!! 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Or did they just think of their crime in terms of a great tragedy that destroyed their lives, resulting in the family being separated and their names changed to avoid being the target of 40,000 people who wanted them to remain locked up. His parents divorced when he was 9. that's the reason i decided to also add more comment of Him so that more people can be saved just like me! Also, if she tried escaping several days before her death, why not try and escape way before this?And, Jenny said Sylvia's face was swollen up and was bruised. is when you here these punks say how they "found God" while in jail. Really the blogging is spreading its wings rapidly. 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Seems like it would be wise to keep tabs on this, er, person? Besides, probably they were indifferent too and dont wanna keep the daughters probably that is why abuse go unnoticed for so long. Little Johnny didn't tie up Sylvia and abuse her. Thank you for sharing all those details. On October 5, 1939, Gertrude witnessed her 50-year-old father have a sudden heart attack and die. An anonymous caller phoned the high school in Conrad, Iowa to reveal that teacher's aide Paula Pace, 64, was in fact Paula Baniszewski, who was convicted of killing Sylvia Likens in Indiana in 1965. And yet, us as tax payers are suppose to help pay our taxes to keep these punks alive? It's a shame people are shallow enough to abuse and disrespect this page. I care deeply about your well-being. I feel a lot of hate when I read Sylvia's story and imagine being there and rescuing those poor girls. After just quitting school, she wed the violent John Baniszewski in 1945. He was the husband of Lois Charles Blake. Confirming Pace's original identity, the school district suspended her. I have cried so many times over this story and over what happened to an innocent 16 year old girl who didn't deserve any of the crap that she went through. Gertrude Baniszewski was convicted of first-degree murder again at a second trial. She was beaten and starved and was not given water. They were released on parole in 1968. She started working at the school district in 1998 and was, most recently, an aide to a high school counselor. Disgusting. Send me the address of the police station and i'll seriously confrontate them about your concern. Firstly the extreme poverty of all counterparts and then the total cluster bleep of the justice system and denial of all the perpetrators. To be honest, I do wish and believe it would be right for those who were directly involved and still alive, specifically Paula, be tracked down and executed. 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The girls basically went from neglect (the sort of neglect that can result in Sylvia's front tooth being knocked out) to neglect + abuse, threats, over-the-top physical punishment (Jenny, who had polio - which you would think would make her off-limits for physical punishment- had also been whipped & slapped & was afraid of it escalating as it did with Sylvia), neglect of basic needs (food) & torture (Sylvia). I literally freaked out as my general physician said that it had no cure. its really like a dream but i'm so happy! I am from The Netherlands, so sorry if i misspell some things. I am also looking. I do smile thinking about Paula's life being uprooted over her identity revealed. Because unlike Sylvia, I survived, and unlike her tormentors, the ringleader of mine asked to meet with me 30 years later and expressed deep remorse. I was severely abused in foster care, you can get help. am grateful for this massive cure of my health. If you are reading this, say a prayer for Sylvia. 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They've torn down the house they all lived in. Your question stopped my heart. But, as far as God, God allows men to have free will. Well I never believed it, well after all the procedures and remedies given to me by this man a few weeks later i started experiencing changes all over me as DR. OSO assured me that I will be cured,after some time. That dude was involved. I agree they should have gotten the death penalty. As someone who was seriously - though by no means as significantly - bullied and abused as a child and early teen, one of the most hurtful comments came from the person who declared that Sylvia had no "fighting spirit" and that this is why she had allowed herself to be victimized in this way. She seemed like she was having a good life.. My bet is on the latter due to Gertrude still denying responsibility even at her parole hearing, using drug abuse as an excuse not to remember her crime or the victim. May 20, 1966. 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Rest in peace, Sylvia. It looks as most of the abusers have had a short life. The couple had six children together; Paula, Stephanie, John Baniszewski Jr., Marie, Shirley, and James. The courier service can transport it to me so he told me the amount I will pay, so my dad paid for the delivery fee. No his photo seems hidden pretty well. Baniszewski witnessed her 50-year-old father's unexpected heart attack death on October 5, 1939. She was like a Charles Manson. I saw the movie '' An American Crime'' last weekend. She went on to say he would let the lighter get hot and then shut the lid so it would get even hotter and burn her with it. Within a year of the divorce, Gertrude Baniszewski met and married a man named Edward Guthrie, who divorced her after 3 months when . She had one child with Wright, Dennis Lee Wright Jr. Vernon, Indiana. How so many were involved, yet nobody did anything to help Sylvia. John S. Blake, Jr. John S. 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