Uma ngabe uke wafunda incwadi ethi "The Girl Next Door" kaJack Ketchum, kungenzeka ungazi ukuthi le noveli ibisuselwa endabeni esabekayo kaSylvia Likens.
Ngenkathi ingane eneminyaka engu-16 nodadewabo, uJenny, behlala nomndeni wakwaBananzewski e-Indianapolis, e-Indiana, uSylvia waba yisisulu sokuhlukunyezwa ngesihluku. Ezinyangeni ezintathu kuphela ngemuva kokufika ekhaya labo, wabulawa yindlala nokulimala akuthola ngenxa yokunqunyulwa ngonya.
Ngaphandle kwalabo ababambe iqhaza ekumhlukumezeni, akekho noyedwa endaweni owayebonakala azi ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo.
USylvia noJenny babehlala nomama wabo, uBetty, e-Indianapolis ngaleso sikhathi. Abazali babo babehlukene. Ngemuva kokuba uBetty eboshelwe ukweba ezitolo ngo-1965, ubaba wabo, uLester, wanquma ukubathuma bayohlala noGertrude Baniszewski, owayengunina womngani wabo omusha, uPaula. ULester wayeyisisebenzi somkhosi, ngakho-ke wayekholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuzoba yindlela yokuhlala ezinzile yamadodakazi akhe.
Lokhu ngokushesha kwaba yiphutha elibi kakhulu. UGertrude wayengowesifazane ocindezelekile, ongazinzile owayevame ukushaya odade ngamaphini ngaphambi kokukhiphela uSylvia intukuthelo kuphela.
Wayemhlukumeza ngamazwi nangokomzimba uSylvia nsuku zonke, njalo embiza ngesifebe futhi emsola ngokufeba. Wayenemibono enokhahlo ngabesifazane bebonke futhi ekhala ngokuthi bangcole kanjani.
Akuphelanga sikhathi esingakanani waqala ukufaka izingane zakhe ekushayweni, okugcine kuphenduke ukuhlukunyezwa. Ugqugquzele indodana yakhe eneminyaka engu-13, uJohn, abafowabo nodadewabo, nezinye izingane zomakhelwane ukuthi benze izinto ezimbi kuSylvia.
Ukuhlukunyezwa kwabo kwakuhlanganisa ukumbopha, ukufaka ugwayi esikhunjeni sakhe esingenalutho, ukumthela ngamanzi ashisayo, ukumgcoba usawoti ezinxebeni zakhe eziluhlaza, nokumenza adle indle. Enye yezindlela zabo ezimbi kakhulu ukuphoqa uSylvia ukuthi anqunu futhi afake ibhodlela lesoda esithweni sakhe sangasese izikhathi ezimbili ezihlukene.
UPaula Baniszewski oneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa ubudala washaya uSylvia ngesibhakela ngelinye ilanga waze waphula isihlakala sakhe ngaleyo ndlela. Uphinde wamkhahlela esithweni sangasese emsola nangokukhulelwa, mhlawumbe ezama ukuqinisekisa okushiwo ngunina ukuthi uSylvia "uyisifebe".
Ngisho noJenny kwathiwa akashaye udadewabo. Yize yena noSylvia benza imizamo eminingi yokuxhumana nomndeni wabo bawutshele ukuthi kwenzekani, abazange bakhishwe ekhaya.
USylvia wagcina enqatshelwe ukuya esikoleni futhi waphoqeleka ukuba ahlale enqunu egumbini elingaphansi, lapho ayengavamile ukuphuza amanzi noma adle khona. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, uGertrude nomfana wakwamakhelwane, uRichard Hobbs, baqopha amagama athi “Ngiyisifebe futhi ngiyaziqhenya ngawo” esiswini sakhe ngenaliti ebomvu, evuthayo.
Indodakazi kaHobbs noGertrude eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala, uShirley, nayo isebenzise i-iron poker ukushisa uhlamvu “s” esifubeni sayo. Lapho ebuzwa kamuva ukuthi kungani amcwenga uSylvia, uHobbs wathi yingoba uGertrude wayemtshele ukuthi akwenze.
Ngenkathi uSylvia ezama ukubaleka, uGertrude wambamba futhi wambophela egumbini elingaphansi, emshaya futhi emshisa ngesihluku. Ngemuva kosuku, ngo-Okthoba 26, 1965, wabulawa isifo sokopha ebuchosheni, ukwethuka nokungondleki.
UGertrude Baniszewski uqale wasola amaLikens ngokuzenzisa. Washaya umzimba wakhe ngencwadi, ememeza “Faker! Faker! ” ukumvusa, lapho-ke, ethukile, wayala uRichard Hobbs ukuthi ashayele amaphoyisa ngefoni ekhokhelwayo eseduze. Ngesikhathi amaphoyisa efika kukheli lakhe cishe ngo-6: 30 ntambama.
UGertrude uholele la maphoyisa emzimbeni kaSylvia obekhathele, enamabhande amaningi, futhi ecwiywe umzimba ulele phezu kukamatilasi ongcolile kwelinye lamagumbi okulala ngaphambi kokuwanika incwadi abephoqe uLikens ukuthi ayibhalele yona ngaphambilini, futhi ethi "uyayidokotela" ingane ihora noma ngaphezulu ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe, egcobe utshwala emanxebeni e-Likens emzameni oyize wosizo lokuqala ngaphambi kokuba ashone.
UGertrude wengeze ngokuthi uLikens wayebaleke ekhaya lakhe nabafana abasebasha ngaphambi kokuba abuyele endlini yakhe ntambama, babelethe amabele babamba inothi. Ngemuva kwalokho, bonke bazoqala ukunikeza izitatimende ezingamanga emaphoyiseni, ngqo noma ngokungaqondile, besolana ngokubulala uSylvia Likens.
Ukuhlolwa kwesidumbu sikaLikens kuveze ukuthi wahlushwa amanxeba angaphezu kuka-150 kuwo wonke umzimba wakhe ngaphezu kokuzaca kakhulu ngesikhathi sokushona kwakhe. Amanxeba ngokwawo ayehluka ngendawo, imvelo, ukuqina, kanye nesigaba sangempela sokuphulukiswa.
Ukulimala kwakhe kwakuhlanganisa ukusha, ukulimala kanzima, nokulimala kakhulu kwemisipha nezinzwa. Isikhala sakhe sangasese sacishe savuvukala, yize ukuhlolwa komsele kwathola ukuthi iculo lakhe lisaqinile, kudicilela phansi lokho okushiwo nguGertrude ukuthi uLikens ubenezinyanga ezintathu ekhulelwe, eyisifebe futhi enokuziphatha okubi.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, zonke izinzipho zeminwe yokufanisa zaziphukile zibuyela emuva futhi izingqimba eziningi zesikhumba ebusweni bengane, amabele, intamo, nedolo langakwesokudla zase zixebukile noma zehla. Ekufeni kwakhe, u-Likens ngokusobala wayelume ngezindebe zakhe, ehlukanisa izingxenye zazo ebusweni bakhe.
Ekuqaleni, uGertrude wakuphika noma yikuphi ukubandakanyeka ekufeni kwabalingisi, yize ngo-Okthoba 27 wayevumile ukuthi wazi "izingane" - ikakhulukazi indodakazi yakhe uPaula noCoy Hubbard - babehlukumeze ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo iZifanisi, wathi "uPaula wenza umonakalo omkhulu ", Nokuthi" uCoy Hubbard ushaye kakhulu ". UGertrude uphinde wavuma ukuthi wayephoqe intombazane ukuba ilale egumbini elingaphansi cishe kathathu lapho wayemanzise umbhede.
KwakunguPaula owaqala ukusayina isitatimende esivuma ukuthi wayeshaye ephindelela uSylvia ngemuva ngebhande likamama wakhe, base beqala bonke ukudalula imicabango yabo emnyama nokubandakanyeka okujulile ekubulaweni kukaSylvia. Abasolwa abahlanu baboshwa ngokushesha.
Ezinye izingane ezinhlanu zomakhelwane ezazibambe iqhaza ekuhlukunyezweni kwamaLikens - uMichael Monroe, uRandy Lepper, uDarlene McGuire, uJudy Duke no-Anna Siscoe - nabo baboshwe ngo-Okthoba 29. ukugcinwa kwabazali babo ngaphansi kwesamanisi ukuze bavele njengofakazi ecaleni elizayo.
Ukuqulwa kwecala labamangalelwa abahlanu kuthathe izinsuku eziyi-17 ngaphambi kokuba ijaji lithathe umhlalaphansi ukuze licubungule isinqumo salo. NgoMeyi 19, 1966, ngemuva kokudingida amahora ayisishiyagalombili, iqembu lamadoda ayisishiyagalombili nabesifazane abane lathola uGertrude Baniszewski enecala lokubulala, encoma isigwebo sentambo. UPaula Baniszewski watholakala enecala lokubulala, kanti uHobbs, uHubbard noJohn Baniszewski Jr batholwa benecala lokubulala.
Lapho ezwa iJaji uRabb likhipha lezi zahlulelo, uGertrude nezingane zakhe bakhala izinyembezi bazama ukududuzana, njengoba uHobbs noHubbard bahlala bengacabangi.
