Cruel Sacrifice

By Aphrodite Jones

In January 1992, twelve-year-old Shanda Sharer was brutally tortured, mutilated, and murdered by four teenage girls in Madison, Indiana. The perpetrators—Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence—were all under eighteen. Veteran true crime journalist Aphrodite Jones investigates this infamous case, exposing a tragic story of twisted love, insane jealousy, teen lesbianism, and a sadistic ritual killing.
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Domestic Murders