On July 29, Tempo reported a case of small-town murder with a sexual twist. Four teenage girls were charged with beating and sodomizing 12-year-old Shanda Sharer, then setting her body on fire in a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. An Indiana woman convicted in the brutal ...

Veteran true crime journalist and New York Times best-selling author Aphrodite Jones joins Kendall & Casey today to recount the brutal torture and murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer that took place ...

Prosecutors say jealousy over Shanda's relationship with another girl led to hours of torture before she was burned alive All four perpetrators were tried as adults, sentenced to prison and have since ...

LOUISVILLE (WAVE) --The ringleader in the brutal torture and murder of 12 year old Shanda Sharer will not be getting out of prison. A judge Tuesday denied Melinda Loveless' request. WAVE 3 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A woman connected to one of Kentuckiana's most notorious murder cases is now out of prison. The Indiana Department of Corrections confirms Melinda Loveless has been ...

(WHAS11) -January 11 th is the date one Indiana family will never forget. 17 years ago, one of the most horrific crimes in Kentuckiana history happened-the murder of 12-year-old Shanda Sharer. Watch ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MADISON, Ind. – An Indiana woman convicted ...

MADISON, Ind. – An Indiana woman convicted in the brutal slaying of a 12-year-old girl 26 years ago will be released from prison Thursday. Laurie Tackett, now 43, was one of four teens convicted in ...