Sylvia Likens, an Example of Child Abuse

This film is definitely depressing, but it's based on the actual case of Baniszewski v. the state of Indianapolis regarding the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens, a sixteen year old girl who was staying with Baniszewski and her kids at the time. The other children and the neighborhood kids were also involved in torturing her. One boy branded into her stomach the words "I am a prostitute, and proud of it." Others sprayed her down with a hose, tied her up, burned her, and tortured her in many other ways. It's a very sad, extreme story, but I thought it conveyed pretty well how much we can be unaware and how sick people can get.

These are just few of many people that were involved in the crime. The victim, Sylvia Likens, is the one in the top left corner. I realize that this case was a number of years ago, but there have been similar instances since then.

Sylvia Likens death after being brutally tortured