Gertrude Baniszewski
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 34 years ago |
Date of birth | September 19,1928 |
September 19,1928 | |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Date of died | June 16,1990 |
Died | Laurel |
Iowa | |
United States | |
Spouse | John Baniszewski Sr. |
Children | John Baniszewski Jr. |
Paula Baniszewski | |
Stephanie Baniszewski | |
Grandchildren | Gertrude |
Parents | Mollie M. van Fossan |
Hugh M. van Fossan | |
Hugh Marcus Van Fossan Sr. | |
Books | The Most Evil Woman Ever: The True Story of Gertrude Baniszewski |
Torture Mom: A Chilling True Story of Confinement, Mutilation and Murder | |
The basement | |
Justice from Within, Serving Time with Gertrude Baniszewski | |
Born | Indiana |
United States | |
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ID | 1525331 |
Gertrude Baniszewski Life story
Gertrude Baniszewski (1929–1990), also known as Gertrude Wright and The Torture Mother, was an Indiana divorcee who oversaw and facilitated the prolonged torture, mutilation, and eventual murder of Sylvia Likens, a teenage girl she had taken into her home.