 Victim Shanda Sharer c. November 1991 | |
| Date | January 11, 1992 |
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| Location | Madison, Indiana, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′56.7″N 85°19′10.2″W / 38.899083°N 85.319500°W |
| Type | Child-on-child murder by immolation, torture murder, stabbing, beating, ligature strangulation, sexual assault, kidnapping, arson |
| Motive | Revenge against Sharer for dating Loveless' ex-girlfriend |
| Deaths | Shanda Renée Sharer, aged 12 |
| Convicted |
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| Verdict | All four pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | Loveless, Tackett, Rippey: Murder, criminal confinement, arson Lawrence: Criminal confinement |
| Sentence | Loveless and Tackett: 60 years in prison (Loveless paroled after 26 years, Tackett paroled after 25 years) Rippey: 35 years in prison (paroled after 14 years) Lawrence: 20 years in prison (paroled after 9 years) |
Shanda Renée 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. She was 12 years old at the time of her death. The crime attracted international attention due to both its brutality and the young age of the perpetrators, who were aged between 15 and 17 years old. The case was covered on national news and talk shows and has inspired a number of episodes on fictional crime shows.[1]
- ^ MacDonald, Janelle (May 20, 2011). "Shana Sharer's mother to appear on Dr. Phil". WAVE 3 News. Retrieved August 24, 2016.