Laurie was from Madison, IN, about 50 miles from New Albany. Melinda was open about her lesbian orientation, which was rare for small town Indiana in the early 1990s. This affected her schoolwork and resulted in her having to repeat a year of school. Melinda struggled with depression and would regularly get into fights, both of which were largely caused by her difficult home life. Larry moved to Florida and after that had very little contact with the family. Marjorie and Larry divorced when Melinda was 14. Melinda shared a bed with him up until she was 14. There are reports that he molested his daughters and nieces when they were children. Larry also likely subjected his daughters to sexual abuse, but the extent of this is unclear. The abuse drove Marjorie to attempt suicide multiple times. He once beat Marjorie so badly that she was hospitalized. Larry violently raped Marjorie while their three daughters were in the home, able to hear everything. The two would regularly engage in orgies with men and women Larry picked up in bars. Larry and Melinda’s mother Marjorie had an ‘open relationship’ – or rather, Larry would let his friends ‘borrow’ Marjorie for sex.
He was violent, verbally abusive, a drunk and a pervert. Any money he did earn went towards motorcycles and guns. Her father, Larry Loveless, was a Vietnam veteran who had trouble holding down work. Melinda was originally from New Albany, IN. Aphrodite Jones, author of the 1994 true crime book Cruel Sacrifice, which takes an in depth look at the Shanda Sharer case, dubs the 4 girls ‘The Original Mean Girls’: Melinda Loveless, 16 The Original Mean Girlsīefore I go into the events of January 10th 1992, I’m going to look a little into the backgrounds of the people involved. What appeared to be just a jealous lover’s spat in the last section spiraled into something much more sinister and malicious it would result in an evil act that would massively alter the lives of 4 people and end the life of another. This is where this story takes a very dark turn. However, a lot of the time when we look back on our high school days, experiences that seemed like the end of the world at the time have faded away. For many, high school is where you experience your first relationship and make friends you think you’ll be close to forever. The people we met there played a central role in our lives at the time. You never really mean it though.įor most high school students, school life is their whole world. You might say you hate someone maybe even go as far as to say you wish they were dead. Having been a teenage girl myself not that long ago, I do remember emotions such as jealousy, anger and sadness feeling ten times stronger than they do now. Shanda, however, was distracted with her new school and not as responsive as Amanda would have liked. Amanda continued to write letters to Shanda and call her at home. Shanda and Amanda had not broken up when Shanda transferred schools.
By the end of November, Shanda enrolled in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School. On discovering Amanda’s letters to Shanda, many of which were of a sexually explicit nature, Jackie and Stephen decided to have Shanda transferred to a different school. In the weeks following, Melinda threatened Shanda in public and began to write letters to Amanda saying she wanted Shanda dead. At the dance, Melinda tried to fight Shanda, but Amanda stopped her. The sight of Shanda and Amanda together made Melinda furious. In October, they attended a school dance where they encountered Amanda’s ex-girlfriend, 16-year-old Melinda Loveless. The friendship soon developed into more and the two girls began exchanging love letters. Since it began, Shanda’s grades were slipping and she was getting into trouble.
Jackie, Shanda’s mother, was unsettled by the friendship. The two ended up in detention together, where they resolved their issues and became friends. Early on in the school year, she got into a fight with 14-year-old Amanda Heavrin. Shanda started at Hazelwood Middle School in New Albany.
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