House Of Evil The Indiana Torture Slaying (st. Martin's True Crime Library) [Mass Market Paperbac]

In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come&

When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many othersincluding some of Baniszewski's own childrenparticipated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in oneHOUSE OF EVIL

Death came knocking&

In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's parents and Gertrude Baniszewski turned into a crime that would haunt cops, prosecutors, and a community for decades to come&

Behind closed doors&

When police found Sylvia's emaciated body, with a chilling message carved into her flesh, they knew that she had suffered tremendously before her death. Soon they would learn how many othersincluding some of Baniszewski's own childrenparticipated in Sylvia's murder, and just how much torture had been inflicted in oneHOUSE OF EVIL

*With 8 pages of startling photos! *

JohnDeanis a former newspaper reporter who has had articles published inRolling Stone,Esquire, and theChicago Journalism Review.