Editing Melinda Loveless (section)

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{{Villain_Infobox
|Image = Melinda_Loveless.jpg
|fullname = Melinda Loveless
|alias = Lindy Doris Monroe 
|origin = New Albany, Indiana, United States
|occupation = High school student (at the time of the murder)<br>Dog trainer (current)
|goals = Kill Shanda Sharer as revenge for "stealing" her girlfriend Amanda Heavrin (successful)<br>Be forgiven for the murder (ongoing)
|crimes = [[Murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Psychological abuse<br>[[Misandry]]<br>[[Xenophobia]]<br>
|type of villain = Envious Murderer
|hobby=Dating Amanda Heavrin <small>(formerly)</small>}}
{{Quote|Melinda Loveless is the closest thing you will ever look at and know what the Devil is. Her eyes are empty. There's nothing inside of her.|Jacqueline Vaught (Shanda's mother), describes Melinda Loveless.}}
'''Melinda Loveless''' (born October 28<sup>th</sup>, 1975) is an American woman from New Albany, Indiana, who, at the age of sixteen, kidnapped, tortured, and brutally murdered a 12-year old girl named Shanda Sharer out of jealousy due to Shanda's close friendship with her former girlfriend Amanda Heavrin. Over the course of eight hours on January 11, 1992, Loveless and three accomplices - her friends [[Laurie Tackett]], [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]] - systematically tortured Sharer in various ways (physically, psychologically, and even sexually), before finally killing her in the early morning hours by burning her alive. She participated the most out of the four girls. The crime is considered to be one of the most gruesome and horrific crimes to have occurred in the history of the state of Indiana, United States.