Sylvia’s CAC commemorates 15 years of service with annual Breakfast series this April

March 17, 2025 by Indiana CACs

Sylvia’s Child Advocacy Center in Boone County may have one of those most recognized namesakes in the world. The CAC Started in 2010 in honor of Sylvia Likens, who, in October 1965, died from what one Indiana Sheriff called “Indiana’s most terrible crime.” Then 16, Likens died after prolonged, sustained abuse, neglect, and torture at … Read more

Sylvia’s CAC finds organizational changes amid NCA accreditation

May 17, 2022January 14, 2022 by Indiana CACs

Kassie Frazier and Sylvia's CAC Accreditation plaque

Sylvia’s CAC in Boone County is now fully accredited by the National Children’s Alliance. The CAC learned of their new status on November 1, 2021.

Legal precedent set for using forensic interviews as court testimony for the first time in Indiana

May 17, 2022August 28, 2017 by Indiana CACs

An Indiana Court of Appeals panel unanimously agrees forensic interviews can be used as testimony and not violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights.

Indiana’s ‘most terrible crime’ leads to big changes for the Boone County CAC

May 17, 2022August 1, 2016 by Indiana CACs

The Boone Co. CAC has a new name in honor of Sylvia Lester. A young girl whose life has tragically become known as “Indiana’s most terrible crime”.