Teen Love Triangle Leads to 12-Year-Old's Murder

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Teen Love Triangle Leads to 12-Year-Old's Murder

TRUE CRIME with Bratterstein

1 hour 26 minutes 47 seconds

1 month ago

Teen Love Triangle Leads to 12-Year-Old's Murder

As always, thank you for hanging out and remembering Shanda Renee Sharer with me today.

In January 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Renee Sharer was brutally abducted, tortured, and murdered by four teenage girls in Madison, Indiana. The crime was fueled by jealousy and rivalry, one girl believed Shanda was encroaching on her romantic relationship.

Shanda was lured under false pretenses, restrained, beaten, stabbed, and ultimately set on fire. The perpetrators left her body in a remote field; investigators believed they tried to conceal her identity by burning her face and hands.

All four assailants were charged as adults. Melinda Loveless and Laurie Tackett received 60-year sentences; Hope Rippey got 35 years; Toni Lawrence was sentenced to 20 years.