"I liked it because it wasn't planned," said Loveless. She passed away when she was 12 years old. MurderpediaClockwise from top left: Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence. It was also found that the victim's face and hands were burnt in an attempt to keep her unrecognizable and unidentifiable. Known For: Being Tortured and killed by 4 teenage girls. but the best I can do is admit to my mistake. However, Jacqueline forbade her daughter from seeing Amanda because of some letters she had written that were sexual in nature. Tackett then dropped off Lawrence and Rippey at their homes and finally returned to her own home with Loveless. She remained on parole until December 2002. Lastly, Loveless was released from Indiana Women's Prison on September 5, 2019. Melinda has groomed Odle as a courtroom dog for abused and traumatized children. When the group of girls drove up to the house, Toni and Hope knocked on the front door; the girl's Daddy answered . After another divorce, she moved her family to New Albany, Indiana. My opinion is that they [kill] to feel superior, or high on the victims fear, and theyre thirsty for the spill of blood.. 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. As a way of rebelling against her parents, the youngster shaved her head and started to engage in occult practices. 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. While at Hazelwood, Shanda had met Amanda Heavrin. Melinda Loveless, now 44, was one of four women convicted in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. Shanda endured hell and was later put in the trunk of the car, only in her underwear. 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. She remained on supervised parole for 5 years until April 2011. I've given her medicine, her baths. Loveless was released from Indiana Women's Prison on September 5, 2019. Shanda was born on June 6th, 1979, and was born in Pineville, Kentucky. Loveless then convinced the other girls to take Sharer to a remote location where there would be no one else around for miles. During her sentencing hearingin 1993, Tackettconceded that she let opportunities to save Sharer's life slip awayand that she was too afraid to stop it. And there's never any betrayal on either side," Jacque said. [23], In 1990, 14-year-old Loveless began dating another young girl named Amanda Heavrin. MADISON, IND. Jun 20, 1992 at 12:00 am. [49] Tackett was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and suffering from hallucinations. Photos: Kent's killers; Then-Now - Sun-Sentinel Larry became a Baptist lay preacher and Marjorie became the school nurse. [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. They initially suspected a drug deal gone wrong and did not believe the crime had been committed by locals. She even showed Amanda the bloody trunk and Shanda's bloody clothes. The murder of Shanda Sharer occured in Madison, Indiana early in the morning on January 11, 1982. For seven hours, the four girls brutally tortured Shanda Sharer before ultimately killing her. On the morning of January 11, 1992, 2 hunters found Shanda's beaten and burned body. Both older girls said he molested them, though Melinda did not admit this ever happened to her. Instead, they stabbed her in the chest and strangled her with a rope before throwing her in the trunk of the car, thinking she was dead. Dr. Phil asked Lauries mother and sister if they agreed with that statement, and they said yes. [17], Tackett stayed in Louisville in October 1991 to live with various friends. [58] After serving 26+ years in prison, she will serve parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Melinda has also reportedly changed her name since her release and prefers to stay away from the public eyes. 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. Shanda Sharer was born on June 6, 1979 to her father Stephen, and her mother Jacqueline. "If you don't let good things come from bad things, nothing gets better. Once they had her in their car, they beat and tortured her for hours before finally setting her on fire. Shanda Rene 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. But 20 years later, something no one expected happened. They arrived at Sharer's house shortly before dark. She became promiscuous, began to self-harm, and attempted suicide in eighth grade. She will now serve parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky, according to the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Tackett was released from Rockville Correctional Facility on September 11, 2018, after serving nearly 26 years in prison and completing a year of probation. Its my choice to make. "Peer pressure. Melinda Loveless, the mastermind behind the cruel gang rape torture-murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer in 1992 was released on Thursday, Sept. 5, after serving more than 26 years in prison. 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? Loveless was 18 when she planned the crime. So, lets find out more about this case then, shall we. 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. Published on May 20, 2011. So Jacque Vaught did something remarkable. Sharer continued to make crying and gurgling noises, so Tackett stopped the car. When both parents were working, the family was financially well off, living in the upper-middle-class suburb of Floyds Knobs, Indiana. I couldn't thank her enough. I had never heard of Shanda Sharer before she was killed, but her murder has made me a fervent advocate for the prevention of crime. So, lets find out more about this case then, shall we? [5], Larry worked irregularly for the Southern Railway after his military service; his profession allowed him to work whenever most convenient for him. 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. [68], "Mean", an episode from the fifth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, is based on the murder. She told Heavrin that they had killed Sharer and arranged to pick up Heavrin later that day. [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. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. At some point, Rippey had taken Sharer's Mickey Mouse watch and danced to the tune it played. Loveless and Tackett made Sharer strip down to her underwear; then, Loveless beat Sharer with her fists. This tire-iron assault was off and on for hours as the girls went on a joyride through the countryside. It's something that should have never happened.". There, Lawrence and Rippey spotted a couple of boys and talked to them before once again getting back into the car and leaving, arriving some time later at the edge of some woods near Tackett's home in Madison. Shanda was born in Pineville, Kentucky on the 6th of June 1979. And I know what my child would want. Three more hours later, they took her to another . Full name: Shanda Rene Sharer. There had been just three other murders in the previous 12 years in the County, and none of them were as gruesome. The teens then bound, bludgeoned, choked, cut and sodomized Sharer at a remote location. Investigation Discovery's ' The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade: The New Girl' chronicles what happened to Shanda and how four girls were responsible for her death. On this particular weekend Shanda had been staying with her father, Steve Sharer, and Melinda knew it. [32], Rippey told Sharer that Heavrin was still at the Witch's Castle. [20] Her father was an engineer at a power plant. But in 2004, five years were shaved off her sentence for good behavior. Extended family members often described the Loveless daughters as visiting their homes hungry, apparently not getting enough food at home. Sharer would have been 40 years old this year. The whole episode I refer to Shanda as Shandra. [52], On January 8, 2008, Loveless's request was rejected by Jefferson Circuit Judge Ted Todd. She donated a puppy in her daughter's honor to the Indiana Canine Assistance Network program, where Loveless had taken to training dogs for the disabled. Ligature marks were found on her wrists, and she had several lacerations on her head, neck and legs. Among his complaints were that he was not allowed to sleep in his bed during the day or to read the newspaper. Then, the three girls drove to pick up Heavrin and take her back to the Loveless home, where they told Heavrin the story. Tackett was released in 2018, and served probation for one year. She had been stabbed, strangled, beaten and burned alive. Sharer was tortured, beaten and burned in a rural area of Jefferson County, Indiana. Lawrence and Rippey younger, less involved in the torture, and more forthcoming with authorities received lighter sentences, with Lawrence getting 20 years and Rippey getting 50 (shortened to 35 on appeal). However, Amanda was in an on-and-off relationship with Loveless, who could not handle the jealousy and made public threats to kill Sharer. She began attending Hazelwood Junior High School where she met Amanda Heavrin, 15, and developed a romantic interest in her. "We bring our challenges, many times, to Melinda because she's able to figure out what their strength is," said Sally Irvin of ICAN. [53] On November 14, 2008, Loveless's appeal was denied by the Indiana Court of Appeals, upholding Judge Todd's ruling. 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. In 1965, Larry became a probationary officer with the New Albany Police Department, but was fired after eight months when he and his partner assaulted an African-American man whom Larry accused of sleeping with his wife. The foursome drove to where Sharer was spending the weekend with her father. Furthermore, Melinda had a rough childhood, with her father being accused of sexual abuse. Behind bars, she trains puppies to be assistance dogs for disabled people. Sharer moved to New Albany with her mother in 1991 and developed a romantic relationship with Amanda Heavrin, a 15-year-old she met at school. Loveless served more than 26 years in prison for murder and criminal confinement. What followed was a shocking story of deceit and torture. The foursome drove to where Sharer was spending the weekend with her father. Mary, Hope, and Toni drove to Shandas fathers place to lure her out sometime after 11:30 pm. 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. Melinda Loveless has a new lease on life as a trainer of service dogs for the disabled. [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. And I know what my child would want. Ultimately four teenage girls would be arrested and charged for the murd. Tackett told the girls that a local legend said the house was once owned by nine witches and that townspeople burned down the house to get rid of the witches.[33]. When the people of Madison, Indiana heard that a brutal murder had been committed in their midst, they were . In the back seat, Melinda Loveless was hiding under a blanket with a knife. And I would thank her. 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. Hope Rippey was one of four girls convicted of murdering Shanda Sharer luring her from her home in the dead of the night and pouring gasoline on her body. Loveless trained dogs for the program for several years. 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. INDIANAPOLIS The last of four women charged as teenagers with the 1992 torture murder of a southern Indiana 12-year-old has been released from prison. It spiraled out of control way too fast. "I was really taken aback," said Jacque. 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. After reading about the murder of Bobby Kent that inspired the film "Bully," learn about . Slaughter 35,000 Civilians During One Korean War Massacre Or Is It North Korean Propaganda? "They're going to have that.". Loveless and Tackett stripped off Sharers clothes and proceeded to punch her repeatedly. 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. Copyright 2022 The Washington Times, LLC. A small memorial to Shanda Sharer in the field where she died. Derek Kaufman,21, the tough gang leader who was found guilty of first-degree murder. One of the four women convicted ofbeating, burning and killing 12-year-old Shanda Renee Sharer in 1992 was released Thursday from prison on the 26th anniversary of the girl's body being found. It was a crime of passion and peer pressure committed by four teenage girls. However, what was in store for them was much darker. Lawrence refused. Shanda Sharer was an ordinary Indiana teenager in 1992 until four girls tortured her for hours before finally killing her. Melinda was released in September 2019, and while in prison, she trained service dogs for those living with trauma and disabilities. After that incident, the Loveless parents left the church and returned to their former professions and drinking. At the Witch's Castle, they took a sobbing Sharer inside and bound her arms and legs with rope. She enlisted the help of her friend Laurie Tackett, 17, and the latter's childhood friends Hope Rippey, 15, and Toni Lawrence, 15. Rippey and Lawrence, while both friends of Tackett, had not previously met Loveless (16). Two other defendants, Toni Lawrence and Hope A. Rippey, were sentenced to 20 years and 50years respectively, according to IndyStar archives. Below read an excerpt from the book and delve into the tragic . Shanda Sharer was born on June 6, 1979 in Pineville, Kentucky to Steve Sharer and Jacqueline Vaught. [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. [7], Marjorie had worked intermittently since 1974. Her parents were Stephen Sharer and Jacqueline Vaught. The incident attracted international attention due to both the brutality of the murder and the young age of the perpetrators, who were aged . Image of Melinda Loveless, taken in Dec. 2007. When they divorced; Jacqueline remarried and moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Eventually, they took her to another abandoned location and beat her mercilessly before stabbing her in the chest repeatedly. My child would want this., Loveless, for her part, feels as if Vaught is helping her to overcome her past. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised. 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. Melinda Loveless was the ringleader responsible for the murder of Shanda Sharer, along with her three accomplices, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey and Toni Lawrence. She's like my kid," said Loveless. The four girls who took place in the events that occured that night are Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey and Toni Lawrence. [29] Loveless was angry at first, but Rippey and Lawrence assured her about returning for Sharer later. Vaught did something remarkable after seeing her daughters killer at work. Follow him on Twitter: @justinlmack. They became lost, so they stopped at a gas station and covered Sharer in a blanket. 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. Her prediction was partly true. 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. In March 1991, Loveless came out as a lesbian to her mother, who was initially furious but eventually accepted it. The story was turned into a play by Rob Urbinati called Hazelwood Jr. High, which starred Chlo Sevigny as Tackett. In 1991, Shanda Sharer was a bubbly 12-year-old attending Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany, Ind. 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. Loveless immediately grew jealous of Heavrin and Sharer's relationship. They initially thought it was a mannequin of some sort, but upon exiting the vehicle realized that it was clearly the burned body of a child. Tackett, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was charged as an adult and sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in 1993 alongside co-defendantMelinda Loveless of New Albany. In October of that year, the pair attended a school dance together. Amanda. Most of the crimes occurred from 1968 to 1977. As the year progressed, Loveless's relationship with Heavrin deteriorated. She was, by all accounts, a normal girl who made friends easily and had fun at school dances. She drove to the burn pile, where they opened the trunk to stare at Sharer. Shanda Sherer Shanda Sherer Shanda Sherer was born on June 6, 1979, in Pineville, Kentucky. [8], The Loveless parents would often visit bars in Louisville where Larry would pretend to be a doctor or a dentist and introduce Marjorie as his girlfriend. And Im doing it for Shanda. The former was released in 2000 after serving nine years while the latter served 14 and got out in 2006. Laurie Tackett, now 43, was one of four women convicted in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. She then attempted suicide again, and her daughters called authorities. Hope and Toni met Mary, their friend, on January 10, 1992, believing they would go to a concert. Consequently, he was arrested in February 1993 on charges of rape, sodomy, and sexual battery. [34], Tackett led them to a dark abandoned building off a logging road in a densely forested area. Court testimony indicates that the four girls lured Sharer from her home the night of Jan. 10, 1992, on the pretense that she was being taken to meet her new girlfriend. par ; mai 21, 2022 She's my child," said Jacque. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. They lived in or near New Albany throughout Melinda's childhood. 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. Wikimedia CommonsA small memorial to Shanda Sharer in the field where she died. Loveless and Tackett were sentenced to 60 years in prison at the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. Sharer's mother, Jacque Vaught, told WAVE 3 News in 2007, when Loveless sought an early release, that Loveless was the mastermind of the crime. Like Mary, Melindas last known location is Indiana. They drove towards Utica and the Witch's Castle. 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. 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Nationality: American. Part 2: How fake witnesses, exposed surveillance operation unravel Grundy murder investigation, Burger Chef murder victim's mom had surprising thing to say after 1978 killings, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Upon arrival, they borrowed some clothes from Loveless, and she showed them a knife, telling them she was going to scare Sharer with it. 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. 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 "She helped me to heal, forgive and grow, whether she wanted that or not," Loveless said through tears, "She did a good thing. At this point, Sharers mother transferred her to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School in order to protect her. Melinda was someone who had learned to nurture something, love it, then let it go, as she did with Odle last March. 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. [75], American artist Marlene McCarty used the Shanda Sharer murder as one of the subjects for her Murder Girls series of drawings about teenage female murderers, their sexuality and their relationships. Melinda Loveless, 17, Laurie Tackett, 17, Hope Rippey, 16, and Toni Lawrence, 16, plotted to murder Shanda as retaliation for Shanda dating Loveless's ex-girlfriend, Amanda Heavrin. Jacque said she still has no plans to meet face-to-face with her daughter's killers. She was compassionate. 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. When they returned to Tacketts house, she laughingly described what had just happened to Rippey. Her death is notable due to the torture she endured for more than 10 hours, and subsequently being burned alive. [12], In November 1990, after Larry was caught spying on Melinda and a friend, Marjorie attacked him with a knife; he was sent to the hospital after he attempted to grab it. Shanda Rene 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. 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. 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. The perpetrators were four teenage girls who committed unspeakable crimes under the influence of teenage jealousy and peer pressure. 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