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In 1992, 15-year-old Hope Rippey and three other girls admitted to torturing 12-year-old Sharer, then burning her alive. The memory of Shanda Sharer’s murder is not one of them. Almost everything in life fades away with time. In 1992, 12-year-old Shanda Sharer was tortured and killed by four teenage girls. It was the murder case that rocked southern Indiana more than a decade ago. It was Lawrence who reported the crime to authorities and the first to work out a plea bargain. Lawrence served only nine years of her sentence. Her sentence was further reduced when she obtained an associate degree and a bachelor’s degree while in prison.

Rippey’s sentence was reduced because Indiana allows inmates to earn one day credit for each day served for good behavior. The four teens drove around with Sharer in the trunk of their car and then burned her alive near a rural road about 40 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky in Indiana. Sharer was beaten and sodomized with a tire iron and her legs were cut with a knife. Loveless, then 16, was jealous of the 12-year-old because she was involved in a lesbian love triangle with another girl, according to court records. The four teens lured Sharer into their vehicle on Jan. Lawrence was released from prison in 2000. Also convicted in the case were three other teenagers, Toni Lawrence, Lori Tackett and Melinda Loveless. Rippey, 29, was sentenced to 40 years for felony murder and 20 years for criminal confinement for the murder of Shanda Sharer. More information on the victim memorial page under Indiana, and at HOPE RIPPEY, MELINDA LOVELESS, LORI TACKETT, TONI LAWRENCEĪn Indiana woman who was 15 years old when she and three others were convicted for the brutal murder of a 12-year-old girl, one of the most grisly murders of 1992, has been released from prison, after serving 14 years of a 40-year sentence. Ruth’s grandson Bill Pelke has befriended Paula and has advocated for love and forgiveness for the killers in his grandmother’s name. Paula was put originally on Death Row for her crimes, but changes in the law and advocacy for Paula resulted in a reduced sentence for her. Editors note – Paula Cooper was released from Indiana prisons in June 2013.ġ5 year old Paula Cooper was one of several teens who murdered Ruth Pelke.