The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens

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Archives of The Indianapolis Star and the defunct The Indianapolis News.

Dean, John; The Indiana Torture Slaying: Sylvia Liken's Ordeal and Death, Borf Books, Brownsville, KY, 1999.

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The author thanks Tommy O'Haver for giving an interview.

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Broeske, Pat H., "A Midwest Nightmare, Too Depraved to Ignore," New York Times, January 14, 2007.

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1. A Young, Tortured Girl is Dead
2. Baniszewski's Background
3. Foster Care
4. Who Was Sylvia Likens?
5. A Dubious Start
6. "Was She a Masochist?"
7. The Slow Descent into Horror
8. The Sexless Sex Crime
9. The Brutality Escalates
10. No Rescue in Sight
11. A Few Close Calls
12. Sylvia's Last Weekend
13. The Letter Before End
14. The Torture Killers on Trial
15. Blaming the Victim
16. Drama in the Courtroom
17. 1985: SLAM into Action
18. In Memoriam
19. Earlier Works Inspired by the Likens Case
20. More Recent Inspirations
21. A Place of Refuge
22. **New Chapter: "An American Crime"
23. **New Chapter: Iconic Victim of Abuse
24. Bibliography