![]() She began interrogating her about her sexual relationship with Amanda. Melinda, who had heard enough, sprang from the back seat and put the knife to Shanda's throat. Melinda hid under a blanket in the back seat of the car with a dull knife.Īs the girls got in the car with Shanda, who was reluctant to go with them, Hope began questioning her about her relationship with Amanda, just to annoy Melinda. They arrived at Shanda's house at 12.30am, when Toni refused to collect Shanda, so Lauri and Hope went to the door. During the drive, Melinda said that she couldn't wait to kill Shanda, however she also said that she found Shanda attractive and had sexual intentions towards her, and that she just intended to use the knife to frighten her. Toni and Hope quickly became bored of the music and walked to a parking lot outside the skate park, where they engaged in sexual activities with two boys in Lauri's car.įinally, the four girls left for Shanda's house. The four girls crossed the river to Louiseville, Kentucky, and attended a punk rock concert at the Audubon Skate Park neat Interstate 65. Melinda was angry to begin with, but Hope and Toni assured her that they would return for Shanda later on. ![]() Shanda said she couldn't go because her parents were still awake, and she told the girls to come back around midnight. They should invite Shanda to come with them to see Amanda, who was waiting for them at 'The Witch's Castle', a desolate stone house, also known as Mistletoe Falls, located on an isolated hill overlooking the Ohio River. Melinda told Hope and Toni to go to the door and introduce themselves as friends of Amanda (Melinda's former and Shanda's current girlfriend). They arrived at Shanda's house shortly before dark. Lauri and Hope drove the four girls to Jeffersonville, Indiana, where Shanda lived, stopping at McDonald's on the way to ask for directions. Melinda explained to the other two girls that she hated Shanda for being a 'copycat' and for 'stealing her girlfriend'. Only Melinda had ever met Shanda, although Lauri knew of the plan to intimidate the 12 year-old girl. ![]() Upon arrival, Melinda showed them a knife and told them she was going to scare Shanda Sharer with it. Toni, while a friend of Lauri, had not met Melinda (age 16), thought Hope had met her once before and had gotten along with her. ![]() On the 10th of January 1992, Toni Lawrence (age 15), Hope Rippey (age 15) and Lauri Tackett (age 17) drove in Lauri's car from Madison to Melinda Loveless' house in New Albany. Concerned for the safety of her daughter, Shanda's mother arranged for her to be transferred to a Catholic school in late November, and the girls began to drift apart by December. Although Amanda and Melinda never formally ended their relationship, Melinda began dating an older girl.Īfter Shanda and Amanda attended a festival together later that month, Melinda started discussing killing Shanda and threatened her in public. In early October, Amanda and Shanda attended a school dance, where Melinda found and confronted them. Melinda grew jealous of Shanda's relationship with Amanda. However, Melinda's relationship with Amanda deteriorated throughout the year.Īmanda and Shanda met in the fall semester when they got into a fight, however they became friends while in detention. In 1991 she came out to her mother who, after initially being furious, eventually accepted it. After Melinda's parents separated she started behaving erratically she got into fights and felt depressed. In 1990, a 14 year-old girl named Melinda Loveless started dating another young girl named Amanda Heavrin. ![]() However, after receiving threats from one of her peers, she transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, which was a Catholic school in New Albany, where she joined the basketball team. When her mother divorced again in 1991, they moved to New Albany, Indiana where Shanda enrolled at Hazelwood Middle School. Paul School where she was on the cheer leading, volleyball and softball teams. Shanda attended fifth and sixth grades in Louisville at St. After her parents divorced, her mother re-married and moved to Louisville, Kentucky. Shanda was born in Pineville, Kentucky on the 6th of June 1979.
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