He would also "share" her with some of his friends from work, which she found disgusting. 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. Extended family members often described the Loveless daughters as visiting their homes hungry, apparently not getting enough food at home. 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. When both parents were working, the family was financially well off, living in the upper-middle-class suburb of Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Marjorie had worked intermittently since 1974. In 1988, Larry briefly worked as a mail carrier, but quit after three months and did very little work, having brought most of his mail home to destroy it. 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. Larry worked irregularly for the Southern Railway after his military service his profession allowed him to work whenever most convenient for him. They lived in or near New Albany throughout Melinda's childhood. 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. Army during the Vietnam War and although horribly emotionally scarred, he was treated as a hero upon his return. Melinda Loveless was born in New Albany on October 28, 1975, the youngest of three daughters, to Marjorie and Larry Loveless. Perpetrators involved in the homicide Melinda Loveless Early in the school year, she transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, a Catholic school in New Albany, where she joined the girls' basketball team. When her mother divorced again, the family moved in June 1991 to New Albany, Indiana, and Sharer enrolled at Hazelwood Middle School. Paul School, where she was on the cheerleading, volleyball and softball teams. There, Sharer attended fifth and sixth grades at St. After Sharer's parents divorced, her mother remarried and the family moved to Louisville.
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. 2 Perpetrators involved in the homicide.There is so much more to the story, that I encourage all of you to research Shanda Renee Sharer. Please sign and share this petition, time is of the essence! Shanda never got to live her life, she was snuffed out at 12 year's old as most of you know. Not get outta prison in their early 40's with a chance at a new life. They need to walk out of prison in their late 70's, or die in prison. She, nor Melinda Loveless deserve anything less. Laurie Tackett is a predator that needs to stay locked away and made to serve out in Rockville Women's prison in Terre Haute Indiana. Toni Lawrence was released in 01, Hope Rippey in 05, both early on their 25 year sentences. Unfortunately she is up for early release on Jan 12th of 2018, a day after they found Shanda dead in 1992, 5 year's shy of serving half of a 60 year sentence.Īll of the sentences handed down by I.D.O.C to each of the girl's were a joke to say the least, and 2 of the girl's are already free. The bottom line for this petition is to keep Laurie Tackett behind bars until she serves out. Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence.įor more in depth information on the story, YouTube search "Melinda Loveless Documentary". This heinous act was carried out by four teenage girls. Shanda was lured out of her father's home, she was beaten, sexually assaulted, tortured, then set on fire, over the course of 9 hours. On Jan 11th 1992, in Madison Indiana, the charred remains of Shanda Renee Sharer were found, near an old gravel road.