Then, discover the story of teenage serial killer Harvey Robinson. The girls drove Sharer to Witches Castle in Utica where they bound her legs and arms and began their torture of the twelve-year-old girl. 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. 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. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. The case was covered on national news and talk shows and has inspired a number of episodes on fictional crime shows. She was sentenced to 60 years for murder. Below read an excerpt from the book and delve into the tragic . [24], Heavrin met Shanda Sharer early in the fall semester at Hazelwood Junior High when they got into a fight; however, they became friends while in detention for the altercation, and later exchanged romantic letters. At the Witch's Castle, they took a sobbing Sharer inside and bound her arms and legs with rope. But the Indiana Supreme Court upheld their sentences. 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. "Odle comes in, and he's going to set with them, and they're going him hug him, and they're going to talk to him to make it easier for them," said Loveless. She was kidnapped, tortured and burned alive by four teenage girls. She took up Charlie, the breeder, on his idea to donate a puppy in Shanda's honor, and she let Melinda loveless train her. "Peer pressure. Toni pleaded guilty to criminal confinement and received a 20-year sentence due to her cooperation. Tackett and Loveless were sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. Washington, Vine Grove man accused of trying to kill a police officer, Baxter Avenue Theatres in the Highlands reopens after brief closure due to water main break, Crestwood man facing more than 100 child pornography charges, Prospect sues to stop low-income apartment development, Construction progressing for outdoor game yard at riverfront near downtown Louisville, 1 killed in collision with semi tractor-trailer on I-264 near Brownsboro Road early Tuesday, Kentucky's largest accounting, advisory firm relocating downtown Louisville office to PNC Tower, WDRB FCC Applications & Related Materials. [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. As per the show, she was jealous of Shanda and had written angry letters to Amanda about killing her perceived competition. So Jacque Vaught did something remarkable. After that incident, she refused him sex for a month, until he raped her as their daughters overheard the event through a closed door. Tackett further taunted Sharer, claiming that the Witch's Castle was filled with human remains and Sharer's would be next. If the judge accepted these arguments, Loveless could have been retried or released outright. She was reunited with friends Tackett and Toni Lawrence, whom she had known since childhood, although her parents saw Tackett as a bad influence. All four girls who perpetrated the assault and murder of Shanda Sharer were tried as adults. Shes my child. 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. 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. I've given her medicine, her baths. 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. Melinda Loveless has spent more than 7,000 sunrises and sunsets -- half her life -- behind razor wire. 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 was 12 years old at the time of her death. [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. 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. [20] Her father was an engineer at a power plant. The girls used the pretense that they were taking Sharer to see Heavrin as the excuse for their visit. Jacque has faced criticism over her decision to let Shanda's killer honor her name. What followed was a shocking story of deceit and torture. She was, by all accounts, a normal girl who made friends easily and had fun at school dances. Shanda Sharer. He would also "share" her with some of his friends from work, which she found disgusting. But, that night, Lawrence and Rippey went straight to the Jefferson County Sheriffs office with their parents and spilled the whole story. The details of her murder shocked the area. It's something that should have never happened.". 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 two bird hunters who found the body of 12-year-old Shanda Renee Sharer on that cold, sunny morning in January, said it looked at . She even showed Amanda the bloody trunk and Shanda's bloody clothes. Ididn't," Tackett said. The killers looked no different than girls I knew in school who walked around, wreaking havoc and completely out of control. They entered plea bargains to avoid the death penalty. Larry, who was violent and abusive, did not usually share his income with the family and impulsively spent any money he earned on himself, especially firearms, motorcycles and cars. 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. But Tackett also explained how after beating Sharerthey locked the injured but still-living girl in the trunk of her car and drove her to the spot where she was set on fire. The breeder convinced Vaught to watch a video of Loveless grown up and see what she does in prison for the program. Lawrence, Rippey, and Tackett all had histories of self-harming behavior. Shanda Renee Sharer was born in June 1979 in Pineville, Kentucky. [49] Tackett was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and suffering from hallucinations. [34], Tackett led them to a dark abandoned building off a logging road in a densely forested area. Her name was Shanda Sharer; her age--twelve. The Killing Field. Melinda felt crushed, especially when Larry remarried. Tackett poured out the Pepsi and refilled the bottle with gasoline. Sharer was twelve year old girl from Indiana, USA. 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. Hope was handed down a 40-year sentence for her involvement, and she was supposed to serve 17-and-a-half years of it behind bars. "I've loved her, I've cried on her. [45], All four girls were charged as adults. Rippey asked about Sharer, and Tackett laughingly described the torture. Lawrence was released from prison in 2000, and Rippey was released in 2006. But in prison, it seems as though Loveless has found some measure of escape from the cycle of violence and abuse. While she was furious at first, she accepted her daughter's lifestyle. Ultimately four teenage girls would be arrested and charged for the murd. To further threaten Sharer, Tackett then retrieved a shirt with a smiley design from the car and lit it on fire, but immediately feared that the fire would be spotted by passing cars, so the girls left with Sharer. 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. For seven hours, the four girls brutally tortured Shanda Sharer before ultimately killing her. Wikimedia Commons Shanda Sharer In 1991, Shanda Sharer was a bubbly 12-year-old attending Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany, Ind. Eventually, they took her to another abandoned location and beat her mercilessly before stabbing her in the chest repeatedly. Date of birth: 6 June 1979. April 25, 2016. Loveless was 18 when she planned the crime. Larry became a Baptist lay preacher and Marjorie became the school nurse. The fifth had been tortured and mutilated nearly beyond recognition. Sharer told the girls to return after her parents were asleep, which they did. In 2012, Jacque Vaught made her first contact with Melinda Loveless since the trials, although indirectly. Tackett made Rippey pour the gasoline on Sharer, and then they set her on fire. She passed away when she was 12 years old. And also don't understand your outrage. But a dog named Angel is a dog like no other -- a four-legged conduit to Melinda's victim, Shanda Sharer. The foursome drove to where Sharer was spending the weekend with her father. [77], "Shana Sharer's mother to appear on Dr. Phil", Sharer murderer Rippey to be freed from prison, "Amanda Heavrin Speaks About Shanda Sharer - In Cold Blood: A Daughter's Brutal Murder", "Death of Innocence - The Murder of Young Shanda Sharer", "Thinking the Unthinkable: What Led 4 Teens to Torture, Murder Child? 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. They beat her, sodomized the 12-year-old with a tire iron, choked her with a cord, and sliced her legs with a knife. 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. Sharer was tortured, beaten and burned in a rural area of Jefferson County, Indiana. Sharer continued to make crying and gurgling noises, so Tackett stopped the car. Rippey came out of the car to hold down Sharer. They drove towards Utica and the Witch's Castle. [58] After serving 26+ years in prison, she will serve parole in Jefferson County, Kentucky. 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. Shipley then started the paperwork to get warrants for the arrest of Laurie Tackett and Melinda Loveless. Jacque Vaught said she hopes to give away a service dog raised in prison every year in Shanda's name, and she is open to Melinda raising more of them. 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. She helped me to heal, forgive and grow, whether she wanted that or not. [56], Tackett was released from Rockville Correctional Facility on January 11, 2018, the 26th anniversary of Sharer's death, after serving nearly 26 years, and has completed an additional year of parole.[57]. [60], Sharer's father, Steven Sharer, died of alcoholism in 2005 at the age of 53. So, lets find out more about this case then, shall we. [68], "Mean", an episode from the fifth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, is based on the murder. [10], The extent of Larry's abuse of his daughters and other children is unclear. 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. [PREVIOUS STORY: Judge denies Loveless' request for earlyrelease in torture-killing]. Loveless and Tackett were sentenced to 60 years in prison at the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. When they pulled up in front of her house, Loveless kissed Heavrin, told her she loved her and pleaded with her not to tell anyone. The man definitely died from a broken heart".[61]. 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. Melinda almost immediately found Amanda (the same day Shanda's body was found) and told her the whole story. Laurie Tackett, now 43, was one of four women convicted in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. Consequently, he was arrested in February 1993 on charges of rape, sodomy, and sexual battery. Lawrence then phoned a friend and told her about the murder. Loveless then convinced the other girls to take Sharer to a remote location where there would be no one else around for miles. That's all I've ever said.". Some of Shanda's friends have put up a wonderful blog that discusses all the many issues surrounding this horrific crime. One of the dog breeders who supplies Indiana with pups is a burn victim, much like Shanda Sharer was. She was compassionate. Mary, Hope, and Toni drove to Shandas fathers place to lure her out sometime after 11:30 pm. In January 2018, Mary was released from prison and was on parole for a year after that. Shanda was born on June 6th, 1979, and was born in Pineville, Kentucky. 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. "I was really taken aback," said Jacque. Loveless instructed Rippey and Lawrence to go to the door and introduce themselves as friends of Heavrin (Loveless's former and Sharer's current girlfriend), then invite Sharer to come with them to see Heavrin, who was waiting for them at "the Witch's Castle", or Mistletoe Falls, a ruined stone house located on an isolated hill overlooking the Ohio River. Rippey was released on parole on April 28, 2006, from Indiana Women's Prison after serving 14 years of her original sentence. 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She convinced three other teens -- Hope Rippey, Laurie Tackett and Toni Lawrence -- to participate in the crime because she believed Sharer stole her girlfriend. And Im doing it for Shanda. After treatment of her wound, she was admitted to the hospital's psychiatric ward. Furthermore, Shandas grades were getting affected. 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was murdered in 1992. 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. Its my choice to make. In early October 1991, Heavrin and Sharer attended a school dance, where Loveless found and confronted them. She was sentenced to 60 years in prison but has served the required [] MADISON, Ind. Her parents, Stephen Sharer and Jacqueline Vaught got divorced when Shanda was very young. Vaught reported that she had endured criticism over the decision, but defends it saying, "It's my choice to make. If you don't let good things come from bad things, nothing gets better. "Ididn't know Shanda at all. 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. MurderpediaClockwise from top left: Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence. [22], Toni Lawrence was born in Madison on February 14, 1976. She had since reportedly married her girlfriend and seems to live in Indiana. The same morning, a hunter found a badly burned body out in a field in Madison and called the authorities. "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. Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett, 43, of Madison, was released shortly after midnight, according to officials from the Indiana Department of Correction. 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was murdered in 1992. They then tried to slit Sharers throat, but the knife was too dull. [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. In the back seat, Melinda Loveless was hiding under a blanket with a knife. 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. She remained on supervised parole until April 2011. [62] By November 2018 Shanda's mother Jacque Vaught stated that the scholarship fund had been depleted and is no longer accepting donations. All four of them were tried as adults and received lengthy sentences instead of the death penalty due to the plea bargain they entered after pleading guilty to their crimes. She told Heavrin that they had killed Sharer and arranged to pick up Heavrin later that day. A burn victim like Shanda, Charlie Petrizzo convinced Jacque to watch a videotape of the new Melinda. Hours later they took Shanda to another remote location and continued brutalizing her. Loveless trained dogs for the program for several years. [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. It was Shanda, and the investigation revealed that she had been burned alive after being tortured for hours. Loveless told Heavrin and another friend the whole story but had them promise to keep their mouths shut. As Shanda Sharers mother, Jacque Vaught, said in a 2012 interview, I had many times said if you want to see as close to a person who has absolutely nothing inside of them, look into Melindas eyes because theres nothing there.. After an inter-county investigation, Shippley contacted the Clark County sheriff and was finally able to match the body to Sharer's missing person report. There had been just three other murders in the previous 12 years in the County, and none of them were as gruesome. "That's the one Jacque had touched, had held, had named. In tears and fearful for her life, Sharer tried to respond but to no avail. Derek Kaufman bids his mother Joan Esposito farewell as he kisses her hand in court after his sentencing. [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. She still spent most of her time in Louisville and New Albany, and, by December, spent most of it with Loveless. In the end, Melinda and Mary pleaded guilty to murder, arson, and criminal confinement, receiving a 60-year sentence in January 1993. 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. The girls then drove to the field near Madison, covered her with a blanket, and poured gasoline on her. Shanda Rene Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) was an American girl who was murdered by a group of girls in early 1992. 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. Shanda attended fifth and sixth grades in Louisville at St. Paul School where she was on the cheer leading, volleyball and softball teams. Authorities quickly narrowed in on the killers four teenage girls, three of whom had never met the victim until . 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. The church later arranged for Melinda to be taken to a motel room with a 50-year-old man for a five-hour exorcism. When both parents were working, the family was financially well off, living in the upper-middle-class suburb of Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Tackett then dropped off Lawrence and Rippey at their homes and finally returned to her own home with Loveless. By the end of the night, only four of them were alive. [39][40], The girls went to a McDonald's restaurant at 9:30a.m. for breakfast, where they laughed about Sharer's body looking like one of the sausages they were eating. He received a sentence of time served and was released in June 1995. Both older girls said he molested them, though Melinda did not admit this ever happened to her. But it was one such dance that set in motion a chain of events that would soon bring Shanda Sharers life to a gruesome, torturous end at the hands of four teenage girls. It was a crime of passion and peer pressure committed by four teenage girls. While Tackett, Rippey, and Lawrence had never met Sharer prior to that night, Tackett had already known of the plan to intimidate the 12-year-old girl. For nearly eight hours, the girls sexually assaulted and tortured Shanda Sharer, except for Toni Lawrence which refused to participate in the heinous act. Rippey and Lawrence, while both friends of Tackett, had not previously met Loveless (16). Her case attracted nationwide attention due to its gruesome nature. Copyright 2022 The Washington Times, LLC. 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. Tacketts motives aside, what would drive 16-year-old Loveless to mastermind such a brutal murder? Three more hours later, they took her to another . She would often attempt to impress her friends by pretending to be possessed by the spirit of "Deanna the Vampire". The details of her murder shocked the 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. 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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. There she met Loveless; the two became friends in late November. 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. Sharer and Heavrin became fast friends and then romantic partners. She dropped out of high school in September 1991. She said her goal is to make Shanda proud of her, and she believes Angel would do that. I would thank her. [36][37], Loveless and Tackett returned to Tackett's house just before daybreak to clean up again. 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. Loveless pleaded guilty to the one count of sexual battery. In seven years, Loveless has become one of the most trusted and competent trainers in the Indiana Canine Assistance Network (ICAN) program. [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. copilot vs ynab shanda sharer killers where are they now shanda sharer killers where are they now. I couldnt thank her enough. She then attempted suicide again, and her daughters called authorities. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the murder of Shanda Sharer. Sharer's body was found the morning of Jan. 11, 1992. Ligature marks were found on her wrists, and she had several lacerations on her head, neck and legs. Concerned about the effects of their daughter's relationship with Heavrin, Sharer's parents arranged for her to transfer to a Catholic school in late November. An unlikely alliance formed between the ringleader of the murder and Shanda's mother. Did The U.S. Her parents were Stephen Sharer and Jacqueline Vaught. Melinda was someone who had learned to nurture something, love it, then let it go, as she did with Odle last March. 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. They drove north of Madison, past Jefferson Proving Ground to Lemon Road off U.S. Route 421, a place known to Rippey. Mary also grew up in a sheltered environment and was rebellious. Shanda Sharer's mother and murderer form unlikely alliance, 1 dead in crash on I-264 West in Brownsboro Road area; all lanes reopened, 18-year-old killed in west Louisville hit-and run identified; police searching for suspect, PREVIOUS STORY: Judge denies Loveless' request for earlyrelease in torture-killing. Then, the three girls drove to pick up Heavrin and take her back to the Loveless home, where they told Heavrin the story. 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