This is one of the most disturbing crimes I have ever heard about. A woman with seven kids of her own could torture another child to death and have her children and neighborhood kids participate is ultimate evil. I also blame people who never checked on Sylvia, to see where she was. Neighbors, school, clergy. It's shocking other kids would torture her and none of them told the police about it. Ultimately, the Parents Lester and Betty should have been charged with endangerment and child abandonment for dumping the girls off. After Sylvia's trial, they dumped the little sister off at another family's house again Despicable people. All of them.