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{{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 Sharer's mother), describes Melinda Loveless.}}

{{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 Sharer's mother), describes Melinda Loveless.}}'''Melinda Loveless''' (born on October 28th, 1975) is an American woman from Madison, 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. The crime is considered to be one of the most gruesome and horrific crimes to have occurred in the history of the state of Wisconsin.

'''Melinda Loveless''' ~~was~~ born on October 28th, 1975 ~~in New Albany~~, Indiana. ~~She was~~ the ~~youngest~~ of three ~~and~~ her ~~parents were Marjorie~~ and [[~~Larry Loveless~~]]. ~~She~~ is ~~a villian because~~ of ~~her plotted~~ and ~~brutal murder~~ of ~~a 12-year-old girl by~~ the ~~name~~ of ~~Shanda Sharer~~.

==Murder of Shanda Sharer==

[[File:Shanda.png|thumb|Shanda Sharer]]

As a child, Melinda ~~and~~ her sisters ~~suffered horrific~~ physical~~, emotional,~~ and sexual abuse from ~~her father~~ Larry, ~~which undoubtedly lead~~ her ~~down~~ the ~~path~~ of becoming a killer. She also ~~suffered from depression~~.

Melinda Loveless was the youngest of three daughters born to [[Larry Loveless|Larry]] and Marjorie Loveless. As a child, Melinda, her sisters, and even their mother were subjected to physical and sexual abuse from Larry, who was an extreme sexual deviant and a serial adulterer. According to various testimonies and family accounts, Larry regularly molested all three of his daughters and also took to stealing their panties and wearing their makeup. He would also force Marjorie to have sex with other men and sometimes partake in orgies. She was often forced to participate in these activities against her will, and attemoted suicide several times because of it. The abuse that Melinda suffered at the hands of her father played a large factor in her eventually becoming a killer. In her teenage years, she was also diagnosed with a number of mental disorders, including depression. She also struggled after she initially came out as a lesbian to her mother (who didn't approve at first but learned to accept it later on.)

Because of her involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Shanda Sharer~~, along with her friends [[Laurie Tackett]], [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]]~~, Melinda is well-known. She had been dating a girl named Amanda Heavrin. When she noticed Heaverin had been spending a lot of time with Shanda Sharer, who was 12 years old at the time, Melinda's jealousy began. She wanted Shanda punished and out of the picture.

Because of her involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Shanda Sharer, Melinda is well-known. She had been dating a girl named Amanda Heavrin. When she noticed Heaverin had been spending a lot of time with Shanda Sharer, who was 12 years old at the time, Melinda's jealousy began. She wanted Shanda punished and out of the picture.

On January 10th, 1992 Melinda told her friend Laurie Tackett about her plan to murder young Shanda. Laurie was 17 year olds and has since been diagnosed as a sociopath. She often talked about how she would love to kill someone to see how it felt. Later that day, Melinda met Laurie's friends Toni Lawrence and Hope Rippey, both 15. They talked and hung out together. Melinda told them about her plan and pulled out a knife and said, "This is the knife I'm going to use to scare Shanda"! Melinda said that all she wanted to do was confront her, but still joked around about killing her. Laurie's friends had plans to go see a concert. Melinda told them that everything would be quick and that they would go see it afterwards. Melinda managed to get Shanda's address and drove to Shanda's house. She wanted Hope and Toni to go to the door and ask for Shanda. Melinda couldn't go, because she and Shanda were enemies. Shanda told the girls, when she answered the door, that she couldn't go out with them, but to come back at around midnight and she would sneak out. They went to the concert and came back. Melinda hid under a blanket so Shanda couldn't see her.

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-{{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 Sharer's mother), describes Melinda Loveless.}}
+{{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 Sharer's mother), describes Melinda Loveless.}}'''Melinda Loveless''' (born on October 28<sup>th</sup>, 1975) is an American woman from Madison, 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. The crime is considered to be one of the most gruesome and horrific crimes to have occurred in the history of the state of Wisconsin.
-'''Melinda Loveless''' was born on October 28<sup>th</sup>, 1975 in New Albany, Indiana. She was the youngest of three and her parents were Marjorie and [[Larry Loveless]]. She is a villian because of her plotted and brutal murder of a 12-year-old girl by the name of Shanda Sharer.
 ==Murder of Shanda Sharer==
 [[File:Shanda.png|thumb|Shanda Sharer]]
-As a child, Melinda and her sisters suffered horrific physical, emotional, and sexual abuse from her father Larry, which undoubtedly lead her down the path of becoming a killer. She also suffered from depression.
+Melinda Loveless was the youngest of three daughters born to [[Larry Loveless|Larry]] and Marjorie Loveless. As a child, Melinda, her sisters, and even their mother were subjected to physical and sexual abuse from Larry, who was an extreme sexual deviant and a serial adulterer. According to various testimonies and family accounts, Larry regularly molested all three of his daughters and also took to stealing their panties and wearing their makeup. He would also force Marjorie to have sex with other men and sometimes partake in orgies. She was often forced to participate in these activities against her will, and attemoted suicide several times because of it. The abuse that Melinda suffered at the hands of her father played a large factor in her eventually becoming a killer. In her teenage years, she was also diagnosed with a number of mental disorders, including depression. She also struggled after she initially came out as a lesbian to her mother (who didn't approve at first but learned to accept it later on.)
-Because of her involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Shanda Sharer, along with her friends [[Laurie Tackett]], [[Hope Rippey]], and [[Toni Lawrence]], Melinda is well-known. She had been dating a girl named Amanda Heavrin. When she noticed Heaverin had been spending a lot of time with Shanda Sharer, who was 12 years old at the time, Melinda's jealousy began. She wanted Shanda punished and out of the picture.
+Because of her involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of Shanda Sharer, Melinda is well-known. She had been dating a girl named Amanda Heavrin. When she noticed Heaverin had been spending a lot of time with Shanda Sharer, who was 12 years old at the time, Melinda's jealousy began. She wanted Shanda punished and out of the picture.
 On January 10<sup>th</sup>, 1992 Melinda told her friend Laurie Tackett about her plan to murder young Shanda. Laurie was 17 year olds and has since been diagnosed as a sociopath. She often talked about how she would love to kill someone to see how it felt. Later that day, Melinda met Laurie's friends Toni Lawrence and Hope Rippey, both 15. They talked and hung out together. Melinda told them about her plan and pulled out a knife and said, "This is the knife I'm going to use to scare Shanda"! Melinda said that all she wanted to do was confront her, but still joked around about killing her. Laurie's friends had plans to go see a concert. Melinda told them that everything would be quick and that they would go see it afterwards. Melinda managed to get Shanda's address and drove to Shanda's house. She wanted Hope and Toni to go to the door and ask for Shanda. Melinda couldn't go, because she and Shanda were enemies. Shanda told the girls, when she answered the door, that she couldn't go out with them, but to come back at around midnight and she would sneak out. They went to the concert and came back. Melinda hid under a blanket so Shanda couldn't see her.