@celebrity.death.s: Shanda Sharer was born in the Pineville Community Hospital in Pineville Kentucky Perpetrators Melinda Loveless was born in New Albany on October 28, 1975, Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett was born in Madison, Indiana, on October 5, 1974 Hope Anna Rippey was born in Madison on June 9, 1976. Toni Lawrence was born in Madison on February 14, 1976. In 1990, 14-year-old Loveless began dating another 14-year-old named Amanda Heavrin. After Loveless' father left the family and her mother remarried, Loveless began behaving increasingly erratically. She got into fights at school and reported being depressed, resulting in her receiving professional counseling. In March 1991, Loveless came out as a lesbian (as her two older sisters had done) to her mother. Her mother was initially furious but eventually accepted it. As the year progressed, Loveless's relationship with Heavrin deteriorated. After Heavrin and Sharer attended a festival together in late October, Loveless began to discuss killing Sharer and threatened her in public. 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. On the night of January 10, 1992, they drove in Tackett's car from Madison to Loveless's house in New Albany. Upon arrival, they borrowed some clothes from Loveless, and she showed them a knife, telling them she was going to scare Sharer with it. While Tackett, Rippey, and Lawrence had never met Sharer prior to that night, Tackett already knew of the plan to murder the 12-year-old girl. Loveless explained to the two other girls that she disliked Sharer for being a "copycat" and for stealing her girlfriend. They arrived at Sharer's house shortly before dark. Loveless instructed Rippey and Lawrence to go to the door and introduce themselves as friends of Heavrin. Sharer answered the door, Sharer's father and stepmother had gone to bed and allowed Sharer to stay downstairs for a bit to watch television. Rippey told Sharer that Heavrin was still at the Witch's Castle. Sharer was reluctant to go with them, yet agreed after changing her clothes. As they got in the car, Rippey began asking Sharer questions about her relationship with Heavrin. At the Witch's Castle, they took a sobbing Sharer inside and bound her arms and legs with rope. There, Loveless taunted her, saying that she had pretty hair and wondered how pretty she would look if they were to cut it off Loveless and Tackett made Sharer strip down to her underwear; then, Loveless beat Sharer with her fists. Next, Loveless repeatedly slammed Sharer's face into her knee, which cut Sharer's mouth on her own braces. Loveless tried to slash Sharer's throat, but the knife was too dull. Rippey came out of the car to hold down Sharer. Loveless and Tackett took turns stabbing Sharer in the chest. 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. The girls drove to a gas station near Madison Consolidated High School, pumped some gasoline into the car, and bought a two-liter bottle of Pepsi. Tackett poured out the Pepsi and refilled the bottle with gasoline. 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. Rippey poured the gasoline on Sharer, and then they set her on fire All four girls were charged as adults. To avoid the death penalty, the girls accepted plea bargains. Tackett and Loveless were sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis. Tackett was released in 2018, and served probation for one year. Loveless was released in September 2019. Rippey was sentenced to 60 years, with 10 years suspended for mitigating circumstances, plus 10 years of medium-supervision probation. In exchange for her cooperation, Lawrence was allowed to plead guilty to one count of criminal confinement

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