The People Who Failed Sylvia Likens - OpenSIPS Trunking Solutions

On october 26, 1965, police found sylvia likens’s emaciated corpse—covered with more than 150 wounds ranging from burns to cuts—sprawled on a filthy mattress in the indianapolis.

Sylvia likens, 16, was found murdered with 'i'm a prostitute and proud of it' burned onto her stomach.

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