Gallery: The girl with 100 scars
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Lilly Manning recently returned to Sacramento with her older sister Natasha's two-year-old daughter Tatiana. -
Lilly Manning recently returned to Sacramento with her older sister Natasha's two-year-old daughter Tatiana. -
Lilly Manning recently returned to Sacramento with her older sister Natasha's two-year-old daughter Tatiana. -
Lilly Manning fills in a job application with her friend Juana Ramirez at Sacramento Works Career Center on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. -
Lilly Manning looks over a job application at Sacramento Works Career Center on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. -
Kenyatta Manning a youth advocate for an employment placement service helps his older sister Lilly Manning search for a job. Lilly recently returned to Sacramento with her older sister Natasha's two-year-old daughter Tatiana. -
Lilly Manning heads to the Southwest Airlines counter at Sacramento International Airport. Lilly boarded her first airplane on her way to New York where she plans to meet up with her 22-year-old sister, Natasha, who is being moved by the Army from Germany to Fort Drum, about 30 miles from the Canada border. Lilly plans to live with Natasha and help care for her sister's 2-year-old daughter, while also signing up for some on-line courses.
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Lilly Manning heads to to check in her four large bags at the Southwest Airlines counter at Sacramento International Airport. -
Lilly Manning heads to the Southwest Airlines counter at Sacramento International Airport with her childhood friend and roommate, 19-year-old Netya Burton. Lilly boarded her first airplane on her way to New York where she plans to live with her 22-year-old sister, Natasha and help care for her sister's 2-year-old daughter, while also signing up for some on-line courses. Burton was babysitting her cousins Na'Leigha Andrews, and Tra'Mell Powe. -
Lilly Manning at Sacramento International Airport on her way to live with her older sister Natasha in New York state. "I'm kind of nervous. But I can't wait!" said Lilly, whose childhood story of abuse and the criminal sentencing of her adoptive mom were featured last month in The Bee. -
Lilly Manning heads to the Southwest Airlines gate for her trip to New York state. Lilly's departure to the east coast to be with her older sister was helped in large part by Sacramento Bee readers, who donated more than $9,000 after reading about the violence that had consumed her childhood. -
Lilly Manning smiles through the tears as she get ready to head to her Southwest Airlines gate for her trip to New York state. -
Lilly Manning gets a hug from her childhood friend and roommate, 19-year-old Netya Burton at Sacramento International Airport. -
Lilly Manning gets a long hug from her childhood friend and roommate, 19-year-old Netya Burton at Sacramento International Airport. -
Lilly Manning at Sacramento International Airport on her way to live with her older sister Natasha in New York state. "I'm kind of nervous. But I can't wait!" said Lilly, whose childhood story of abuse and the criminal sentencing of her adoptive mom were featured last month in The Bee. -
Lilly Manning smiles through the tears as she get ready to head to the Southwest Airlines gate for her trip to New York state. -
In the Southwest ticketing line Steve Leslie from Citrus Heights tells Lilly Manning he saw here in the newspaper and wished her well. "I think it's great she got out of there," said Leslie, a 50-year-old small businessman, referring to Lilly's daring escape from the closet. Lilly was on her way to New York where she plans to live with her older sister Natasha and help care for her sister's 2-year-old daughter, while also signing up for some on-line courses. -
Lilly Manning gets some last minute lessons from driving instructor Leigh Hua before taking her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning is all smiles after passing her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning gets some last minute tips from driving instructor Leigh Hua before taking her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning gets some last minute tips from driving instructor Leigh Hua before taking her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning with driving instructor Leigh Hua before taking her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning gets some last minute lessons from driving instructor Leigh Hua before taking her driver's license road test at the Carmichael DMV. -
Lilly Manning, 19, bought four large suitcase to fill up with her belonging for her trip t to the east coast to be with her older sister, Natasha. -
Lilly Manning, 19, outside a home in south Sacramento she shares with a roommate. -
Lilly Manning, 19, hugs a blanket made by a Bee reader who read her story - "The Girl with 100 Scars" on July 3. -
Lilly Manning, 19, with her dog "Baby" outside a home in south Sacramento she shares with a roommate. -
Lilly Manning, 19, with her dog "Baby" outside a home in south Sacramento she shares with a roommate. -
Lilly Manning tells her story on the agencies that failed to protect her from the abuse by her adoptive mom. July 27, 2011 -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning leaves a home she shares with a roommate in south Sacramento. Lilly graduated last year from Vista Nueva Career & Technology High School in Sacramento and has attended two semesters at Sacramento City College. She is considering a career as a personal trainer and works out regularly.
Read Lilly's story: The girl with 100 scars -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath, who was found guilty of 13 felony counts and is serving his two consecutive life terms, plus an additional 12+ years, at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione. Lilly's adoptive mother and accused abuser Lillian Manning-Horvath, 72, is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in the abuse. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning tells her horrific story of abuse and tortured by her adoptive mother and accused tormenter: Lillian Manning-Horvath, now 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse. The woman's husband, Joseph Robert Horvath, who turned 54 in March, was tried and convicted in 2009 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in state prison. -
Court documents and medical records of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Court documents and medical records used in the abuse trial of Joseph Horvath catalog Lilly Manning’s injuries and scars. Inch by inch, a medical team examined, X-rayed and photographed the teenager’s battered body. They would document more than 100 scars and wounds in various stages of healing, from burns to a broken arm, facial injuries to a knife wound in her thigh. -
Court documents and medical records of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of an abused fifteen-year-old Lilly Manning by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. -
Pictures of the closet from the home of Lillian Manning-Horvath by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. Lilly was locked in for days in this closet. -
Pictures of the closet from the home of Lillian Manning-Horvath by the Sacramento Superior Court used as evidence in the trail of Joseph Robert Horvath. Lilly was locked in for days in this closet. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning tells her horrific story of abuse and torture. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning tells her horrific story of abuse and torture by her adoptive mother and accused tormenter: Lillian Manning-Horvath, now 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning tells her horrific story of abuse and tortured by her adoptive mother and accused tormenter: Lillian Manning-Horvath, now 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning leaves after visiting with Maria and Domingo Gonazalez, who took her in after the arrests of her adoptive mother and accused abusor Lillian Manning-Horvath, 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse and her husband, Joseph Robert Horvath, who was tried and convicted in 2009 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in state prison. -
Nineteen-year-old Lily Manning leaves after visiting with Maria and Domingo Gonazalez, who took her in after the arrests of her adoptive mother and accused abusor Lillian Manning-Horvath, 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse and her husband, Joseph Robert Horvath, who was tried and convicted in 2009 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in state prison. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning visits with Maria Gonzalez, who took her in after the arrests of her adoptive mother and accused abuser Lillian Manning-Horvath. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning visits with Maria Gonzalez, who took her in after the arrests of her adoptive mother and accused abuser Lillian Manning-Horvath. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning with Maria Gonzalez, who took her in after the arrests of her adoptive mother and accused abuser Lillian Manning-Horvath, 72, who is scheduled to be sentenced in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in abuse and her husband, Joseph Robert Horvath, who turned 54 in March, was tried and convicted in 2009 and sentenced to two consecutive life terms in state prison. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning at the house on Dewey Boulevard where was court papers indicate she abused, beaten and tortured by her adoptive mother, Lillian Manning-Horvath and the woman's husband Joe Horvath. The house near Fruitridge Road and Stockton Boulevard has been renovated by the new owner. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning at the house on Dewey Boulevard where was court papers indicate she abused, beaten and tortured by her adoptive mother, Lillian Manning-Horvath and the woman's husband Joe Horvath. The house near Fruitridge Road and Stockton Boulevard has been renovated by the new owner. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning at the house on Dewey Boulevard where was court papers indicate she abused, beaten and tortured by her adoptive mother, Lillian Manning-Horvath and the woman's husband Joe Horvath. The house near Fruitridge Road and Stockton Boulevard has been renovated by the new owner. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning at Sacramento City College where she has attended two semesters. -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning at Sacramento City College where she has attended two semesters. She was there to get some of her school and financial aid record as she plans to attend college in New York where her older sister lives. -
Lilly Manning has finished a year at Sacramento City College, and is considering a career as a personal trainer or maybe the Army. “I didn’t expect her to go to college – and look at this,” says ex-foster mom Maria Gonzalez. “She’s got a lot of dreams. She’s a strong girl.” -
Nineteen-year-old Lilly Manning survived years of abuse and torture. -
Lilly Manning, 19, speaks to Liilian Manning-Horvath, 72, at her sentencing hearing in Sacramento Superior Court on July 8, 2011. Lilly's abuser received consecutive life terms with no chance of parole for her no-contest pleas to charges of torture and mayhem. Deputy District Attorney Thienvu Ho, at right, was the prosecutor in what he called the systematic and sadistic torture of her namesake, Lilly Manning. -
Attorney Ken Rosenfeld shields his client Liilian Manning-Horvath, 72, from the media cameras during her sentencing in Sacramento Superior Court in early July. Rosenfeld said he was appalled by the system failures that allowed his client to adopt the children in the first place. Rosenfeld described his client as having a "laundry list" of mental illnesses, including auditory and visual hallucinations, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder. "It's as if they placed these children in a tiger cage at the zoo," Rosenfeld said. "What did they expect would happen?" -
Deputy District Attorney Thienvu Ho, at the Liilian Manning-Horvath sentencing at Sacramento County Court on July 8, 2011. Ho, said he is convinced that Manning-Horvath was faking her mental impairments. -
Liilian Manning-Horvath, 72, hides behind her attorney Ken Rosenfeld, at her sentencing in Sacramento Superior Court for her part in what the prosecutor called the systematic and sadistic torture of her namesake, Lilly Manning. -
Lily Manning, 19, and her older sister Briana, 20, were relieved and happy outside the courtroom after they spoke at the sentencing hearing for Liilian Manning-Horvath, 72, who received consecutive life terms with no chance of parole for her no-contest pleas to charges of torture and mayhem. Photographed July 8, 2011 -
Lilly Manning sits patiently as Capital Ink Tattoo artist Steven Yorgason finishes tattooing the poem "Invictus" on her back July 27, 2011. Deputy District Attorney Thienvu Ho, who handled Lilly's case, framed the poem by William Ernest Henley and gave it to Lilly. -
Lilly Manning, 19, with her dog "Baby" outside a home in south Sacramento she shares with a roommate on July 27, 2011. -
Lilly Manning looks to the mirror to see her back tattoo of the poem "Invictus" July 27, 2011.
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