John Mikulenka

John grew up in Indianapolis and has followed the Sylvia Likens story for most of his life. He was 12 when his cousin Ann Barlow gave him an antiwar poster, angering his military father and guaranteeing John's enduring fascination with Ann.

Ann Barlow stands on the porch of her house in Needmore, an intentional community in Brown County, in May 2017. Known in the

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