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Sylvia Marie Likens (January 3, 1949 – October 26, 1965) was the third of five children born to carnival workers Lester Cecil Likens (1926–2013) and his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Frances (née Grimes; 1927–1998). She was born between two sets of fraternal twins — Daniel and Dianna (two years older than her) and Benny and Jenny (one year ...
In 1965, a pair of professional carnival workers named Lester and Betty Likens have two children, sixteen-year-old Sylvia Likens and Jenny, her disabled fifteen-year-old sister. Lester and Betty need to go on tour so they ask Gertrude Baniszewski to care for their children. Gertrude is a church acquaintance and the mother to Paula, Johnny ...
Jayme Closs, kidnapped after her parents' murder and held for 88 days, discovered on 10 January 2019.; Murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenager tortured and repeatedly held captive in the basement by her caretaker and her children and their friends for three months, discovered on 26 October 1965.
One spring day, Katherine, 10, and Sheila Lyon, 12, vanished without a trace. With their bodies not found after 50 years, this week, police and the FBI search returned to the land linked with ...
A 70-year-old convicted serial killer from Lake Elsinore has confessed to another slaying in Southern California, putting an end to a decades-old cold case, authorities announced Tuesday.
Feb. 22—A Hermitage woman is facing charges after officers with the Humane Society of Mercer County removed about 28 animals from her home. Joyce Likens, 70, of 1849 N. Water Ave., Hermitage, is ...
Barkley, as President of the Senate, was empowered to choose the committee's members. They included: Kefauver; Herbert O'Conor , Lester C. Hunt , Alexander Wiley , and Charles W. Tobey (New Hampshire). [4] The Kefauver Committee held hearings in 14 major cities across the United States. [4] [5] More than 600 witnesses testified.
Palestinians burst into celebration across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with some shedding years of joy and others whistling, clapping and chanting ...