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{{Villain_Infobox

|image = [[File:Laurie_Tackett.jpg|thumb|295px]]

|fullname = Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett

|alias = Deanna the Vampire

|origin = Madison, Indiana, United States

|occupation = N/A

|type of villain = Sadistic Murderer

|goals = Kill Shanda Sharer

|crimes = [[Murder]], [[torture]], kidnapping

|hobby = Listening to punk rock music Using her runestones}}

'''Laurie Tackett''' was one of the four teenage girls that tortured and murdered 12-year old Shanda Sharer on January 11th, 1992, along with [[Melinda Loveless]] (the architect of the plan), [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]]. She participated the second most in the torture-murder, just behind Melinda.

==Background==

Laurie Tackett was born in Madison, Indiana, on October 5th, 1974. Her mother was a fundamentalist Pentecostal Christian and her father was a factory worker with two felony convictions in the 1960s. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. In May 1989, her mother discovered that Tackett was changing into jeans at school, and, after a confrontation that night, attempted to strangle her. Social workers became involved, and Tackett's parents agreed to unannounced visits to ensure that child abuse was not occurring. Tackett and her mother came into periodic conflict; at one point, her mother went to Hope Rippey's house after learning that Rippey's father had purchased an Ouija board for the girls. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised.

Laurie Tackett was born in Madison, Indiana, on October 5th, 1974. Her mother was a fundamentalist Pentecostal Christian and her father was a factory worker with two felony convictions in the 1960s. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. In May 1989, her mother discovered that Tackett was changing into jeans at school, and, after a confrontation that night, attempted to strangle her. Social workers became involved, and Tackett's parents agreed to unannounced visits to ensure that [[Child Abuse|child abuse]] was not occurring. Tackett and her mother came into periodic conflict; at one point, her mother went to Hope Rippey's house after learning that Rippey's father had purchased an Ouija board for the girls. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised.

Tackett became increasingly rebellious after her fifteenth birthday and also became fascinated with the occult. She would often attempt to impress her friends by pretending to be possessed by the spirit of "Deanna the Vampire". Tackett began to engage in self-harm, especially after early 1991 when she began dating a girl who was involved in the practice. Her parents discovered the self-mutilation and checked her into a hospital on March 19th, 1991. She was prescribed an anti-depressant and released. Two days later, with her girlfriend and Toni Lawrence, Tackett cut her wrists deeply and was returned to the hospital. After treatment of her wound, she was admitted to the hospital's psychiatric ward. Tackett was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and confessed that she had experienced hallucinations since she was a young child. She was discharged on April 12th. She dropped out of high school in September 1991.

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Loveless and Tackett returned to Tackett's house just before daybreak to clean up again. Rippey asked about Shanda, and Tackett laughingly described the torture. The conversation woke up Tackett's mother, who yelled at her daughter for being out late and bringing home the girls, so Tackett agreed to take them home. She drove to the burn pile, where they opened the trunk to stare at Shanda. Lawrence refused. Rippey sprayed Shanda with Windex and taunted, "You're not looking so hot now, are you?"

Tackett drove the other three to their final destination, a field just off of Lemon Road. She and ~~Loveless~~ took Shanda - who was barely alive - out of the trunk and wrapped her in a blanket, laying her in the middle of the field a pouring a soda bottle filled with gasoline all over her, and then they set her on fire, burning her alive and finally killing her.

Tackett drove the other three to their final destination, a field just off of Lemon Road. She and Hope Rippey took Shanda - who was barely alive - out of the trunk and wrapped her in a blanket, laying her in the middle of the field a pouring a soda bottle filled with gasoline all over her, and then they set her on fire, burning her alive and finally killing her.

==Aftermath==

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+{{Important}}
+{{Villain_Infobox
+|image = [[File:Laurie_Tackett.jpg|thumb|295px]]
+|fullname = Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett
+|alias = Deanna the Vampire
+|origin = Madison, Indiana, United States
+|occupation = N/A
+|type of villain = Sadistic Murderer
+|goals = Kill Shanda Sharer
+|crimes = [[Murder]], [[torture]], kidnapping
+|hobby = Listening to punk rock music<br>Using her runestones}}
 '''Laurie Tackett''' was one of the four teenage girls that tortured and murdered 12-year old Shanda Sharer on January 11<sup>th</sup>, 1992, along with [[Melinda Loveless]] (the architect of the plan), [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]]. She participated the second most in the torture-murder, just behind Melinda.
 ==Background==
-Laurie Tackett was born in Madison, Indiana, on October 5<sup>th</sup>, 1974. Her mother was a fundamentalist Pentecostal Christian and her father was a factory worker with two felony convictions in the 1960s. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. In May 1989, her mother discovered that Tackett was changing into jeans at school, and, after a confrontation that night, attempted to strangle her. Social workers became involved, and Tackett's parents agreed to unannounced visits to ensure that child abuse was not occurring. Tackett and her mother came into periodic conflict; at one point, her mother went to Hope Rippey's house after learning that Rippey's father had purchased an Ouija board for the girls. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised.
+Laurie Tackett was born in Madison, Indiana, on October 5<sup>th</sup>, 1974. Her mother was a fundamentalist Pentecostal Christian and her father was a factory worker with two felony convictions in the 1960s. Tackett claimed that she was molested at least twice as a child at ages 5 and 12. In May 1989, her mother discovered that Tackett was changing into jeans at school, and, after a confrontation that night, attempted to strangle her. Social workers became involved, and Tackett's parents agreed to unannounced visits to ensure that [[Child Abuse|child abuse]] was not occurring. Tackett and her mother came into periodic conflict; at one point, her mother went to Hope Rippey's house after learning that Rippey's father had purchased an Ouija board for the girls. She demanded that the board be burnt and that the Rippey house be exorcised.
 Tackett became increasingly rebellious after her fifteenth birthday and also became fascinated with the occult. She would often attempt to impress her friends by pretending to be possessed by the spirit of "Deanna the Vampire". Tackett began to engage in self-harm, especially after early 1991 when she began dating a girl who was involved in the practice. Her parents discovered the self-mutilation and checked her into a hospital on March 19<sup>th</sup>, 1991. She was prescribed an anti-depressant and released. Two days later, with her girlfriend and Toni Lawrence, Tackett cut her wrists deeply and was returned to the hospital. After treatment of her wound, she was admitted to the hospital's psychiatric ward. Tackett was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and confessed that she had experienced hallucinations since she was a young child. She was discharged on April 12<sup>th</sup>. She dropped out of high school in September 1991.
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 Loveless and Tackett returned to Tackett's house just before daybreak to clean up again. Rippey asked about Shanda, and Tackett laughingly described the torture. The conversation woke up Tackett's mother, who yelled at her daughter for being out late and bringing home the girls, so Tackett agreed to take them home. She drove to the burn pile, where they opened the trunk to stare at Shanda. Lawrence refused. Rippey sprayed Shanda with Windex and taunted, "You're not looking so hot now, are you?"
-Tackett drove the other three to their final destination, a field just off of Lemon Road. She and Loveless took Shanda - who was barely alive - out of the trunk and wrapped her in a blanket, laying her in the middle of the field a pouring a soda bottle filled with gasoline all over her, and then they set her on fire, burning her alive and finally killing her.
+Tackett drove the other three to their final destination, a field just off of Lemon Road. She and Hope Rippey took Shanda - who was barely alive - out of the trunk and wrapped her in a blanket, laying her in the middle of the field a pouring a soda bottle filled with gasoline all over her, and then they set her on fire, burning her alive and finally killing her.
 ==Aftermath==