"Ididn't know Shanda at all. Shanda Sharer, a 16-year-old girl from Missouri, was murdered in 1998. The Shanda Sharer Murder has forever changed my life. Full name: Shanda Rene Sharer. Shanda Sharer. [71], In May 2011, Dr. Phil aired a two-part series on the crime, which featured Shanda Sharer's mother and sister Paige, who both harshly confronted Hope Rippey on the show, and an interview with Amanda Heavrin. Authorities quickly narrowed in on the killers four teenage girls, three of whom had never met the victim until . INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WTHR) - In January 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was lured from her home in Jeffersonville, tortured throughout the night and burned alive. par ; mai 21, 2022 After phoning neighbors and friends all morning, he called his former wife, Sharer's mother, at 1:45p.m.; they met and filed a missing person report with the Clark County sheriff. When they returned to Tacketts house, she laughingly described what had just happened to Rippey. Sharer was tortured, beaten and burned in a rural area of Jefferson County, Indiana. She remained on parole until December 2002. Tackett further taunted Sharer, claiming that the Witch's Castle was filled with human remains and Sharer's would be next. The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade: The New Girl chronicles what happened to Shanda and how four girls were responsible for her death. Instead, Loveless would be eligible for parole in 15 years, thus maintaining the original guilty plea. [66], The poem The Whole World Is Singing by Daphne Gottlieb, is told from the point of view of Shanda Sharer and includes lines from notes written from Shanda Sharer to Amanda Heavrin. People were even more shocked when it was revealed that four teenage girls were responsible f Rippey came out of the car to hold down Sharer. Larry was verbally abusive to his daughters and fired a handgun in the direction of Melinda's older sister Michelle when she was seven, intentionally missing her. Follow him on Twitter: @justinlmack. And I know what my child would want. The crime was documented in two true crime books, Little Lost Angel by Michael Quinlan[30] and Cruel Sacrifice by Aphrodite Jones;[64] Jones's book on the case became a New York Times Bestseller. As of September 2019, all four had been released from prison at various times. [4] Early in the school year, she transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, a Catholic school in New Albany, where she joined the girls' basketball team. Loveless and Tackett were sentenced to 60 years in prison at the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. He sent letters to her for a while, playing on her emotions, but eventually severed all contact with her, and in December 1998, he died. The Events Leading to the Murder At the time of her murder, Shanda Renee Sharer was the 12-year old daughter of divorced parents, attending school at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic school in New Albany, Indiana, after transferring the previous year from Hazelwood Middle School. My opinion is that they [kill] to feel superior, or high on the victims fear, and theyre thirsty for the spill of blood.. While Tackett went inside to ask for directions, Lawrence called a boy she knew in Louisville and chatted for several minutes to ease her worries, but did not mention Sharer's abduction. [59][60] A few weeks following his release, Larry unsuccessfully sued the Floyd County Jail for $39 million in federal court, alleging he had suffered cruel and unusual punishment during his two-year incarceration. Loveless and Tackett took turns stabbing Sharer in the chest. So I get it," said Loveless from the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. And Im doing it for her.. Shanda was born in Pineville, Kentucky on June 6th, 1979 to Stephen Sharer and his wife Jacqueline, who was later known as Jacqueline Vaught. The next episode of Investigation Discovery's The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade will explore the horrifying torture and murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer in 1992. Loveless was released in September 2019. "I had many times said, "If you want to see as close to a person that has absolutely nothing inside of them, look into Melinda's eyes 'cause there's nothing there,'" Vaught said. Sharer continued to make crying and gurgling noises, so Tackett stopped the car. They initially suspected a drug deal gone wrong and did not believe the crime had been committed by locals. She said her goal is to make Shanda proud of her, and she believes Angel would do that. Jacqueline made her daughter switch schools, and that seemed to work. Shanda Renee Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) was an American girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence. The girls used the pretense that they were taking Sharer to see Heavrin as the excuse for their visit. She was sentenced to 60 years for murder. [17] Loveless, often described as the ringleader in the attack,[50] had the most extensive history of abuse and mental health issues. At 2:30a.m., Lawrence and Rippey stayed behind as Tackett and Loveless went "country cruising", driving to the nearby town of Canaan. Sharer was tortured, beaten and burned in a rural area of Jefferson County, Indiana. 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Rippey was released on parole on April 28, 2006, from Indiana Women's Prison after serving 14 years of her original sentence. Once they had her in their car, they beat and tortured her for hours before finally setting her on fire. An unlikely alliance formed between the ringleader of the murder and Shanda's mother. They both gave very rambling statements, identifying the victim as "Shanda", naming the two other girls involved as best as they could, and describing the main events of the previous night. Rippey was sentenced to 60 years, with 10 years suspended due to mitigating circumstances plus 10 years of medium-supervision probation. On a freezing January in 1992, five teenage girls crowded into a car. After that incident, she refused him sex for a month, until he raped her as their daughters overheard the event through a closed door. Phil." First, they took Sharer to a remote trash dump near a logging road in a densely forested area. She was abused by a relative at age 9 and was raped by a teenage boy at age 14, although the police only issued an order for the boy to keep away from Lawrence. The incident attracted international attention due to both the brutality of the murder and the young age of the perpetrators, who were aged between 15 and 17 years old. "I liked it because it wasn't planned," said Loveless. And I would thank her. On the cold winter night of Jan. 10, 1992, Loveless enlisted three friends Laurie Tackett (17), Hope Rippey (15), and Toni Lawrence (15) to help her take her revenge on Shanda Sharer. Shanda endured hell and was later put in the trunk of the car, only in her underwear. Tackett poured out the Pepsi and refilled the bottle with gasoline. Shanda Sharer was a 12 year old girl living in the idyllic town of Madison, Indiana. If you don't let good things come from bad things, nothing gets better. Death of Innocence - The Murder of Young Shanda Sharer BY David Lohr Autopsy On Sunday morning, Dr. George Nichols conducted Shanda's autopsy. :confused:--If that's the book by true crime author Aphrodite Jones, I remember it very well [2] After Sharer's parents divorced, her mother remarried and the family moved to Louisville. Tackett was released from Rockville Correctional Facility on September 11, 2018, after serving nearly 26 years in prison and completing a year of probation. She began attending Hazelwood Junior High School where she met Amanda Heavrin, 15, and developed a romantic interest in her. They then went to Tacketts house to clean up and drink sodas before realizing that their victim, now screaming in the trunk, was still alive. 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was murdered in 1992. Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett, 43, of Madison, was released shortly after midnight, according to officials from the Indiana Department of Correction. MADISON, Ind. Shanda Sherer Shanda Sherer Shanda Sherer was born on June 6, 1979, in Pineville, Kentucky. Mary also grew up in a sheltered environment and was rebellious. Larry became a Baptist lay preacher and Marjorie became the school nurse. Catch the episode of The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade, titled The New Girl, on Investigation Discovery on August 19, 2022. Despite a desperate search, there was no sign of Shanda, and the family filed a missing person report. The four girls crossed the river to Louisville and attended a punk rock show by the band Sunspring[30] at the Audubon Skate Park near Interstate 65. The whole thing happened around the jealousy stemming from lesbian relationships. In 1992, four teen girls tortured and killed 12-year-old Shanda Sharer. Lawrence remained in the car while Tackett and Rippey wrapped Sharer, who was still alive, in a blanket, and carried her to a field by the gravel country road. Copyright 2022 The Washington Times, LLC. Shipley then started the paperwork to get warrants for the arrest of Laurie Tackett and Melinda Loveless. She remained on supervised parole until April 2011. According to the show, Shanda began spending much time with her, and the two became romantically involved. [3] When her mother divorced again, the family moved in June 1991 to New Albany, Indiana, and Sharer enrolled at Hazelwood Middle School. They then strangled Sharer with a rope until she was unconscious, placed her in the trunk of the car, and told the other two girls that Sharer was dead. [41], A friend of Loveless, Crystal Wathen, came over to Loveless's house, and they told her what had happened. Indiana Offenders | National Organization of Victims of . Rippey asked about Sharer, and Tackett laughingly described the torture. I couldnt thank her enough. At some point, Rippey had taken Sharer's Mickey Mouse watch and danced to the tune it played. Shanda Sharer was born in the Pineville Community Hospital in Pineville, Kentucky, on June 6, 1979, to Stephen Sharer and his wife Jacqueline, who was later known as Jacqueline Vaught. She claimed that living with her family in Michigan was somewhat turbulent. [20] Her father was an engineer at a power plant. Sharer was born on June 6, 1979, in the small town of Pineville, Kentucky, to Steve Sharer and Jackie Vaught. So, lets find out more about this case then, shall we? Tackett and Loveless were sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. He thanks you for reading his content. Her name was Shanda Sharer; her age--twelve. Loveless then convinced the other girls to take Sharer to a remote location where there would be no one else around for miles. And also don't understand your outrage. The girls then drove to the field near Madison, covered her with a blanket, and poured gasoline on her. The cause of death was smoke inhalation. The prosecution immediately declared its intention to try both Loveless and Tackett as adults. As the four girls ate breakfast at McDonalds just after the killing, the four girls laughed as they compared their sausage breakfast to Shanda Sharers burnt corpse. Lawrence refused. An Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman says 44-year-old Melinda Loveless was released from the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis on Thursday after serving 23 years and eight months . At around 7 am on January 11, 1992, Shandas father, Steve, realized that his daughter wasnt at home in Jeffersonville, Indiana; she had been staying with him at the time. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. Small also argued that Loveless, who was 16 years old when she signed the plea agreement, was too young to enter into a contract in the state of Indiana without consent from a parent or guardian, which had not been obtained. When they heard Sharer screaming in the trunk, Tackett went out with a paring knife and stabbed her several more times, coming back a few minutes later covered with blood. In May 2011, Tackett appeared on an episode of "Dr. Image of Melinda Loveless, taken in Dec. 2007. The man definitely died from a broken heart".[61]. Vaught stated that she hoped to donate a dog every year in honor of Shanda Sharer. An Indiana Department of Correction spokeswoman says 44-year-old Melinda Loveless was released from the Indiana Womens Prison in Indianapolis on Thursday after serving 23 years and eight months of a 60-year sentence for the murder and criminal confinement of Shanda Sharer in 1992. Rippey sprayed Sharer with Windex and taunted, "You're not looking so hot now, are you? She was sentenced to 60 years in prison but has served the required time for her release. After she washed, Tackett told the girls' futures with her "runestones". [25], After Heavrin and Sharer attended a festival together in late October, Loveless began to discuss killing Sharer and threatened her in public. Melinda Loveless, now 43, left the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis after serving nearly 24 years of a 60-year sentence for the brutal murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer in 1992. In exchange for her cooperation, Lawrence was allowed to plead guilty to one count of criminal confinement and was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years. She was prescribed an anti-depressant and released. The four teenagers were eventually arrested, and initially, Melinda and Mary pointed the finger at each other for the torture-murder. Loveless served more than 26 years in prison for murder and criminal confinement. ""All I've ever said is, 'I just want them to serve their sentence.' Four teenage girls lured 12-year-old Shanda Sharer to the witch's castle at midnight on the pretense that another friend was in desperate trouble. Loveless immediately grew jealous of Heavrin and Sharer's relationship. The Shanda Sharer Murder. [46], Detectives obtained dental records that positively identified Sharer as the victim. [76] McCarty's drawing titled Melinda Loveless, Toni Lawrence, Hope Rippey, Laurie Tackett, and Shanda Sharer January 11, 1992 (1:39 am) (20002001) is now in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Call IndyStar reporter Justin L. Mack at (317) 444-6138. Instead, they spent seven hours torturing Shanda, who would later suffer one of the worst deaths in history. There had been just three other murders in the previous 12 years in the County, and none of them were as gruesome. She would often attempt to impress her friends by pretending to be possessed by the spirit of "Deanna the Vampire". Copyright 2019 by WDRB Media. Watch the YouTube video part one and part two that tell about the grisley torture murder of young innocent 12 year old Shanda Sharer by teenage young women. (Sun. The authorities learned that while Shanda was in middle school, she befriended an older teenager named Amanda. Thereafter, Minato and Miyano, then aged 15 and 18, respectively, and two other youths took her to a residence in the Ayase area of Adachi Ward . That's all I've ever said.". After this incident, Larry filed for divorce and moved to Avon Park, Florida. "It's my choice to make. As per the show, Hope and Mary poured the accelerant over Shanda, who was set on fire while she was still alive. This tire-iron assault was off and on for hours as the girls went on a joyride through the countryside. Loveless served more than 26 years in prison for murder and criminal confinement. And there's never any betrayal on either side," Jacque said. Her death is notable due to the torture she endured for more than 10 hours, and subsequently being burned alive. But the Indiana Supreme Court upheld their sentences. [62] By November 2018 Shanda's mother Jacque Vaught stated that the scholarship fund had been depleted and is no longer accepting donations. Melinda was someone who had learned to nurture something, love it, then let it go, as she did with Odle last March. More: Part 2: How fake witnesses, exposed surveillance operation unravel Grundy murder investigation, More: Burger Chef murder victim's mom had surprising thing to say after 1978 killings. There, they cold-heartedly beat and terrorized the girl. Larry remained in prison for over two years awaiting trial; however, a judge eventually ruled that all charges except one count of sexual battery had to be dropped due to the statute of limitations, which was five years in Indiana. Sharer was reluctant to go with them, yet agreed after changing her clothes. Laurie Tackett, now 43, was one of four women convicted in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. Meanwhile, Lawrence and Rippey stayed behind in Tacketts car. 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was murdered in 1992. But a dog named Angel is a dog like no other -- a four-legged conduit to Melinda's victim, Shanda Sharer. 125 miles away, Shanda's mother, Jacque Vaught, still endures shockwaves from her daughter's brutal murder. [36][37], Loveless and Tackett returned to Tackett's house just before daybreak to clean up again. There, Sharer attended fifth and sixth grades at St. Paul School, where she was on the cheerleading, volleyball, and softball teams. All four girls were tried as adults and accepted plea bargains in order to avoid the death penalty. While she was furious at first, she accepted her daughter's lifestyle. Tackett let Rippey drive the four girls to Jeffersonville, where Sharer stayed with her father on the weekends, stopping at a McDonald's restaurant en route to ask for directions. In 2012, Shanda Sharer's mother Jackie Vaught made headlines when she publicly forgave Melinda Loveless. In seven years, Loveless has become one of the most trusted and competent trainers in the Indiana Canine Assistance Network (ICAN) program. Her mom said that her daughter believed it was her destiny that she would murder someone in cold blood and spend the rest of her life in prison. Larry was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and although horribly emotionally scarred, he was treated as a hero upon his return. The former was released in 2000 after serving nine years while the latter served 14 and got out in 2006. In October 2007, Loveless's attorney, Mark Small, requested a hearing to argue for his client's release. Oops, this content can't be loadedbecause you're having connectivity problems, Stay always informed and up to date with our breaking news alerts, By Associated Press - Thursday, September 5, 2019. 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"I was really taken aback," said Jacque. Shanda was born on June 6th, 1979, and was born in Pineville, Kentucky. Toni was released in 2000 after serving almost nine years in prison, remaining on parole until late 2002. As they got in the car, Rippey began questioning Sharer about her relationship with Heavrin. The fund planned to provide scholarships to two students per year from Prosser School of Technology in New Albany; one scholarship to a student who is continuing his or her education, and the other scholarship to a student who is beginning his or her career and must buy tools or other work equipment. The teens then bound, bludgeoned, choked, cut and sodomized Sharer at a remote location. The killers looked no different than girls I knew in school who walked around, wreaking havoc and completely out of control. Loveless, the one angry with Sharer and the ringleader behind the murder, naturally received a longer sentence than the two younger girls, but why would Tackett take so much to the killing and earn herself the longer sentence as well? And I'm doing it for Shanda.". Loveless served more than 26 years in prison for murder and criminal confinement. "If you don't let good things come from bad things, nothing gets better. Jacque never wanted contact with any of Shanda's killers. [22], Toni Lawrence was born in Madison on February 14, 1976. In today's video, we talk about 1992 torture and murder of 12 year old Shanda Sharer where she was kidnapped, beaten, tortured, and then burned alive by four. [51] Rippey was sentenced to 60 years, with 10 years suspended for mitigating circumstances, plus 10 years of medium-supervision probation. In January 1992, Shanda Sharer was brutally tortured and murdered by four teenage girls, led by Melinda Loveless, a 17-year-old girl from Louisville. It's something that should have never happened.". I couldn't thank her enough. They drove towards Utica and the Witch's Castle. Slaughter 35,000 Civilians During One Korean War Massacre Or Is It North Korean Propaganda? The two. Stephen resettled in Jeffersonville, Indiana with his wife, Sharon. In November, 1988, Minato (then using the first name Nobuharu) and Hiroshi Miyano (now using the surname Yokoyama), worked together to abduct Junko Furuta as she commuted home from a part-time job. Nationality: American. Loveless tried to slash Sharer's throat, but the knife was too dull. "They're going to have that.". But 20 years later, something no one expected happened. Jacque said she still has no plans to meet face-to-face with her daughter's killers. [58] After serving 26+ years in prison, she will serve parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky. In 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was brutally murdered by four other girls. Shanda Renee Sharer was born in June 1979 in Pineville, Kentucky. 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