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The 2007 film An American Crime is directly based upon the life and murder of Sylvia Likens. Directed by Indiana native Tommy O'Haver and distributed by First Look Studios, the movie cast Elliot Page as Sylvia Likens and Catherine Keener as Gertrude Baniszewski. [195] The Girl Next Door is loosely based
An American Crime is a 2007 American psychological horror drama [1] film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page [a] and Catherine Keener.The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski.
This is a list of murdered American children that details notable murders among thousands of cases of subjects who were or are believed to have been under the age of 18 upon their deaths. Cases listed are stated to be unsolved, solved or pending and, in some cases, where the victims' remains have never been found or identified.
"Little did I know," she said with a chuckle -- cutting to how a year later a detective from the Michigan State Police called her at work, scaring her that she could be in trouble.
The case remains unsolved after decades of fumbles by local and Illinois state police, who took decades to develop a suspect in Maria's killing and then “put a thumb on the scale” in order to ...
‘Worst kept secret’: Mystery of young mom’s love triangle murder solved nearly 40 years later. Andrea Cavallier. ... whose DNA helped solve the case, was speechless when she heard the news.
Gertrude Baniszewski – In 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Bansizewski tortured and murdered 16-year-old Sylvia Likens and got her children to help. She received a life sentence but was paroled after serving 20 years.
An American Crime: A film which leans more in the direction of a true crime portrayal of Likens's murder. This film was scheduled for release at roughly the same time, but was not released until a Showtime premiere on May 10, 2008.