Heavrin promised she would not before entering her house. In court, Teddy described an incident in which Larry tied all three sisters in a garage and raped them in succession; however, the sisters did not confirm this account. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised. "I was the monster. Online records list the earliest possible release date forLoveless as Sept. 5, 2019. After that incident, she refused him sex for a month, until he raped her as their daughters overheard the event through a closed door. [13] Tackett and her mother came into periodic conflict; at one point, her mother went to Hope Rippey's house after learning that Rippey's father had purchased an ouija board for the girls. "They're going to have that.". Dr. Phil asked Lauries mother and sister if they agreed with that statement, and they said yes. She has chosen to keep her life private since then, and not much is known about what she currently does; her last known location remains to be Indiana. [42], Later on the morning of January 11, 1992, two brothers from Canaan were driving toward Jefferson Proving Ground to go hunting when they noticed a body on the side of the road. Next, Loveless repeatedly slammed Sharer's face into her knee, which cut Sharer's mouth on her own braces. Craig Schoonover made that statement after Melinda. Your login session has expired. Shanda Renee Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) was an American girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by four teenage girls. At the Witch's Castle, they took a sobbing Sharer inside and bound her arms and legs with rope. State trooper David Camm and Jefferson County Sheriff Buck Shippley and detectives began an investigation, collecting forensic evidence at the scene. ""All I've ever said is, 'I just want them to serve their sentence.' She remained on parole until December 2002. [11], For two years, beginning when Melinda was five, the family was deeply involved in the Graceland Baptist Church. Then they lit Shanda Sharer on fire and drove off. Veteran journalist and host of Investigation Discovery's "True Crime with Aphrodite Jones", Jones reveals the shocking truth behind the most savage crime in Indiana history-the torture, mutilation, and murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer by four teenage girls. In the end, Melinda and Mary pleaded guilty to murder, arson, and criminal confinement, receiving a 60-year sentence in January 1993. As per the show, she was jealous of Shanda and had written angry letters to Amanda about killing her perceived competition. Ididn't," Tackett said. Loveless trained dogs for the program for several years. She helped me to heal, forgive and grow, whether she wanted that or not. So Jacque Vaught did something remarkable. Clockwise from top left: Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence. 28 Pins 4y K Collection by Kim Hickey Similar ideas popular now True Crime Books Mens Skin Care Country Music Pure Products Youtube Books Quick Libros Book Book Illustrations Facts About People Shanda Renee Sharer (19791992) was a young girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by four teenage girls. For hours, they tortured a barely conscious Sharer by assaulting her with a tire iron before ultimately taking her to a field and burning her alive. Despite a desperate search, there was no sign of Shanda, and the family filed a missing person report. The 1992 . Photos: Kent's killers; Then-Now - Sun-Sentinel [3] When her mother divorced again, the family moved in June 1991 to New Albany, Indiana, and Sharer enrolled at Hazelwood Middle School. Melinda Loveless was the ringleader responsible for the murder of Shanda Sharer, along with her three accomplices, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey and Toni Lawrence. [32], Rippey told Sharer that Heavrin was still at the Witch's Castle. At this point, Sharers mother transferred her to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in order to protect her. The three other girls assumed Loveless was simply going to scare Sharer into breaking up with Heavrin. My child would want this.". She was sentenced to 60 years in prison but has served the required time for her release. For nearly eight hours, the girls sexually assaulted and tortured Shanda Sharer, except for Toni Lawrence which refused to participate in the heinous act. Mary Bell. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. Meanwhile, Lawrence and Rippey stayed behind in Tacketts car. Meanwhile, Tackett and Loveless both received 60-year sentences. Small stated that he would seek to have jurisdiction over the case moved to the Indiana Supreme Court. Loveless ordered Sharer to slip off her bra, which she then handed over to Rippey, who slid off her own bra and replaced it with Sharer's while steering the car. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. Shanda Sharer moved to New Albany with her mother in 1991. Most of the crimes occurred from 1968 to 1977. But a dog named Angel is a dog like no other -- a four-legged conduit to Melinda's victim, Shanda Sharer. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The last of four teenagers convicted of the kidnapping, torture and murder of a 12-year-old girl has been released from prison. Then, on the night the body was found, a 15-year-old girl, Toni Lawrence, walked into the police station claiming to know about the murder. [22], Toni Lawrence was born in Madison on February 14, 1976. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. The girls, who were all between the ages of 15 and 17, lured Shanda out of her home in the middle of the night and took her on a drive around southern Indiana. Loveless and Tackett made Sharer strip down to her underwear; then, Loveless beat Sharer with her fists. The ringleader and jealous lover soon leapt out from under the blanket and threatened to slit Sharers throat if she didnt confess to stealing Heavrin away from her. "She was compassionate. I was really taken aback, Vaught said after watching. 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. As the year progressed, Loveless's relationship with Heavrin deteriorated. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A classmate of a southern Indiana girl murdered in 1992 said the Indiana justice system should be ashamed of itself. "She helped me to heal, forgive and grow, whether she wanted that or not," Loveless said through tears, "She did a good thing. Witnesses said thatLoveless plotted to kill Sharer because she believed Sharer had stolen her 15-year-old girlfriend from her. [6] In 1988, Larry briefly worked as a mail carrier, but quit after three months and did very little work, having brought most of his mail home to destroy it. Loveless and Tackett took turns stabbing Sharer in the chest. I couldn't thank her enough. She passed away when she was 12 years old. Below read an excerpt from the book and delve into the tragic . He thanks you for reading his content. I think the ICAN program allows her to have something in her life that shows her unconditional love, that she can show that love back to, and there's a result. She even showed Amanda the bloody trunk and Shanda's bloody clothes. During the ride, Loveless said that she could not wait to kill Sharer; however, Loveless also said she just intended to use the knife to frighten her. August 19, 2022 by Vim Buzz Local Correspondent American girl Shanda Rene Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) was murdered in Madison, Indiana, by four teenage girls after being tortured and set ablaze. Larry became a marriage counselor with the church and acquired a reputation for being too forward with women, eventually attempting to rape one of them. In October of that year, the pair attended a school dance together. Join us as we discuss the motive that turned teenage girls into killers and the aftermath of Shanda's murder. "Peer pressure. The bulk of the evidence for the arrest warrant came from the statements made by Lawrence and Rippey. In 1992, four teen girls tortured and killed 12-year-old Shanda Sharer. Shanda Sharer was an ordinary Indiana teenager in 1992 until four girls tortured her for hours before finally killing her. MADISON, Ind. After reading about the murder of Bobby Kent that inspired the film "Bully," learn about . "We bring our challenges, many times, to Melinda because she's able to figure out what their strength is," said Sally Irvin of ICAN. Age at death: 12 years old. [26] Heavrin states she gave letters Loveless sent her containing death threats towards Sharer to a "youth prosecutor", but the youth prosecutor never did anything about it as far as she knew. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. Please logout and login again. Itspiraled out of control way too fast. So I get it," said Loveless from the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. [73][74], The Investigation Discovery series The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade, episode "The New Girl" interviews Sharer's mother along with lead police officers, aired: November 2018. In January 2018, Mary was released from prison and was on parole for a year after that. Tackett beat her with a tire iron until she was silent, claiming that she felt the victim's head caving in, and then told Loveless to "smell it". She claimed that her mother beat her often. [46], Detectives obtained dental records that positively identified Sharer as the victim. Lawrence refused. The prosecution immediately declared its intention to try both Loveless and Tackett as adults. [63] A documentary produced by Episode 11 Productions, titled Charlie's Scars, captured Vaught's decision to allow Loveless to train dogs in Shanda's name. Loveless was released from Indiana Women's Prison on September 5, 2019. Published on May 20, 2011. But 20 years later, something no one expected happened. [36][37], Loveless and Tackett returned to Tackett's house just before daybreak to clean up again. In May 2011, Tackett appeared on an episode of "Dr. And Im doing it for Shanda. [65] The play was published by Samuel French, Inc. in September 2009. In October 2007, Loveless's attorney, Mark Small, requested a hearing to argue for his client's release. They returned to the car but became lost again and pulled up to another gas station. [17], Tackett stayed in Louisville in October 1991 to live with various friends. [1], 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. People were even more shocked when it was revealed that four teenage girls were responsible for the brutal murder. The same morning, a hunter found a badly burned body out in a field in Madison and called the authorities. Various court testimonies claimed he fondled Melinda as an infant, molested Marjorie's 13-year-old sister early in the marriage, and molested the girls' cousin Teddy from age 10 to 14. 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. Death of Innocence - The Murder of Young Shanda Sharer BY David Lohr Autopsy On Sunday morning, Dr. George Nichols conducted Shanda's autopsy. Melinda is training Angel to help someone in need, but Angel is already helping her. The Abduction. The 12-year-old seemed to have things working for her, and when she went missing, she was enrolled in a Catholic school. At a remote trash dump in a densely overgrown area, Loveless and her gang stripped the clothes from Sharer's body, punched her repeatedly, sprayed window cleaner into her eyes. Her death is notable due to the torture she endured for more than 10 hours, and subsequently being burned alive. They then tried to slit Sharers throat, but the knife was too dull. 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. [41], A friend of Loveless, Crystal Wathen, came over to Loveless's house, and they told her what had happened. There, Loveless taunted that she had pretty hair and wondered how pretty she would look if they were to cut it off, which frightened Sharer even more. Now 36, she grew up in prison, in the shadow of her legacy: a crime of jealousy. 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 . MADISON, IND. Ultimately four teenage girls would be arrested and charged for the murd. If you dont let good things come from bad things nothing gets better. Furthermore, Shandas grades were getting affected. [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. Shanda was born on June 6th, 1979, and was born in Pineville, Kentucky. The Shanda Sharer Scholarship Fund was established in January 2009. Her mother was a fundamentalist Pentecostal Christian and her father was a factory worker with two felony convictions in the 1960s. Loveless immediately grew jealous of Heavrin and Sharer's relationship. She began attending Hazelwood Junior High School where she met Amanda Heavrin, 15, and developed a romantic interest in her. Did The U.S. 'Wow.'". This tire-iron assault was off and on for hours as the girls went on a joyride through the countryside. Slaughter 35,000 Civilians During One Korean War Massacre Or Is It North Korean Propaganda? But, that night, Lawrence and Rippey went straight to the Jefferson County Sheriffs office with their parents and spilled the whole story. Loveless hid under a blanket in the back seat of the car with the knife. After her parents divorced, her mother re-married and moved to Louisville, Kentucky. 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. Upon arrival, they borrowed some clothes from Loveless, and she showed them a knife, telling them she was going to scare Sharer with it. Tackett was released from Rockville Correctional Facility on September 11, 2018, after serving nearly 26 years in prison and completing a year of probation. Shanda Sharer was 12 years old on January 11, 1992 when she was brutally tortured and murdered by 4 teenage girls. The details of her murder shocked the area. [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. Shanda Sharer was a 12 year old girl living in the idyllic town of Madison, Indiana. I think the ICAN program allows her to have something in her life that she can show love back to and theres never betrayal on either side.. That torture wasnt enough to satiate the older girls. Be the first one to comment on this story. Vaught did something remarkable after seeing her daughters killer at work. The former was released in 2000 after serving nine years while the latter served 14 and got out in 2006. Peer pressure. [25], After Heavrin and Sharer attended a festival together in late October, Loveless began to discuss killing Sharer and threatened her in public. WARNING: This article contains graphic content related to physical and s*xual violence and murder. 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. 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. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Shanda Sharer. Indiana Offenders | National Organization of Victims of . The description matched his Jane Doe. So, lets find out more about this case then, shall we. 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. Sharer said that she could not go because her parents were awake, and she told the girls to come back around midnight, a few hours later. Loveless explained to the two other girls that she disliked Sharer for being a copycat and for stealing her girlfriend.[28]. Melinda Loveless, mastermind of 1992 murder of Shanda Sharer, released from prison, Woman convicted of gruesome 1992 murder of Shanda Sharer released from prison, WDRB Meteorologist Marc Weinberg's Louisville weather forecast for Wednesday, SPORTS PAGE | Oscar Tshiebwe delivers message, responds with best performance, CRAWFORD | On Kentucky, Tshiebwe's rededication and the value of criticism, Tshiebwe's 37 points, 24 rebounds lead way in Kentucky's win, 2 friends from Louisville claim $1 million Mega Millions winnings, 18-year-old woman dies after hit-and-run in west Louisville, police searching for suspect, Thieves steal 4 cars estimated to be $100k at used car lot in Mt. "If you don't let good things come from bad things, nothing gets better. After that incident, the Loveless parents left the church and returned to their former professions and drinking. The teens then bound, bludgeoned, choked, cut and sodomized Sharer at a remote location. [29] Loveless was angry at first, but Rippey and Lawrence assured her about returning for Sharer later. At some point, Rippey had taken Sharer's Mickey Mouse watch and danced to the tune it played. She became promiscuous, began to self-harm, and attempted suicide in eighth grade. The incident attracted international attention due to both the brutality of the murder and the young age of the perpetrators, who were aged . All rights reserved. However, what was in store for them was much darker. 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. 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. They entered plea bargains to avoid the death penalty. The girls drove around for the next few hours as they tortured Shanda. Loveless served more than 26 years in prison for murder and criminal confinement. "Ididn't know Shanda at all. My child would want this." [20] Her father was an engineer at a power plant. Copyright 2022 The Washington Times, LLC. This description of how the investigation unfolded . Known as one of the youngest serial killers ever, Mary was just 10 when she murdered two boys, age four and three, both by strangulation. But the Indiana Supreme Court upheld their sentences. Shanda Rene Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) was an American girl who was murdered by a group of girls in early 1992. Instead, Loveless would be eligible for parole in 15 years, thus maintaining the original guilty plea. 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 took up Charlie, the breeder, on his idea to donate a puppy in Shanda's honor, and she let Melinda loveless train her. January 1992- New Albany, Indiana- 12 year old Shanda Sharer is abducted, tortured and killed by 4 teenage girls.I feel like I have done a huge disservice to Shanda and her family. Loveless began taking off Sharer's rings and handed each to the girls. Consequently, he was arrested in February 1993 on charges of rape, sodomy, and sexual battery. All four girls were tried as adults and accepted plea bargains in order to avoid the death penalty. On appeal, a judge reduced the sentence to 35 years. Marjorie later described him as a sexual deviant who would wear her and her daughters' underwear and makeup, was incapable of staying monogamous, and had a mixture of jealousy and fascination with seeing her have sex with other men and women. You have permission to edit this article. Sharer continued to make crying and gurgling noises, so Tackett stopped the car. But a breeder who supplies dogs to the ICAN program at the prison forged an unexpected connection. [67], The poem In God's Arms by author Lacy Gray dedicated to the family of Shanda Renee Sharer. They beat her, sodomized the 12-year-old with a tire iron, choked her with a cord, and sliced her legs with a knife. I couldnt thank her enough. The girls then took Sharer into their car and told her they were going to drive her to the meeting place at the Witchs Castle, an isolated and abandoned house that served as a local teen hangout. It was also found that the victim's face and hands were burnt in an attempt to keep her unrecognizable and unidentifiable. It was published February 8, 1993 and May 11, 1995 in the Jeffersonville, Indiana-based newspaper, The Evening News. Was on parole for a year after that. ``, began to self-harm, and on. Years, beginning when Melinda was five, the poem in God 's arms by author Lacy dedicated. 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