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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description A photograph of torture and murder victim Sylvia Likens as she appeared prior to her stay with Gertrude Baniszewski.
Author or
copyright owner
Unclear, but likely to have been either Lester or Betty Likens.
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Original publication: Likely to have been in Lebanon, Indiana either before or during 1965, and was likely taken by a family member.

Immediate source: Mara Bovsun, Monster mom Gertrude Baniszewski and teen cohorts torture Sylvia Likens to death in Indiana boarding house of horror. // New York Daily News. — Saturday, April 6, 2013. — 8:06 PM

Date of publication Before or during 1965
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Sylvia Likens
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
All known photographs of Sylvia Likens are the gory public domain photographs of her dead body taken by police during the investigation, or are personal photographs taken by her family. Since it would be in very bad taste to post one of the crime scene photographs in the infobox, it would be best to use one of Likens prior to her death, and unfortunately, no free image of her could be found.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) It would only be used in the infobox of the article
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject who has been deceased since 1965. No member of her family has sought to profit in any way from Sylvia's death by use of her photos or any other media they may have of her. Since both Sylvia's parents and her sister Jenny Likens are deceased, and no other member of her family has attempted to use any photo of Sylvia Likens for any commercial enterprises, it can be inferred that no harm will arise from the use of the photograph.
Other information The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: October 26, 1965

The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: October 26, 1965

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Sylvia Likens//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sylvia_Likens.jpgtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current16:03, 7 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 16:03, 7 January 2017226 × 438 (11 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
15:06, 23 April 2014No thumbnail1,200 × 2,330 (152 KB)Bjnboy (talk | contribs)Uploading a non-free historic portrait using File Upload Wizard

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