The state reduced Rippeys prison time based on good behavior, and the fact that she got her GED and bachelors degree while in prison. A judge sentenced Rippey to 40 years after the beating, strangling and burning of Shanda Sharer. Instead, she tried to pull Shanda away-at least that’s what Hope herself said. Hope Rippey was released from Indiana state womens prison early Friday morning. It should be noted that mental illness isn’t a prerequisite to committing such a heinous act, and most people who suffer from mental illness do not go on to commit violent acts.Įdit 2: Apparently, Rippey did not hold Sharer down while she was being stabbed. For those of you who are knowledgeable about this case, do you speculate that Rippey suffered from some sort of mental illness? Peer pressure was obviously a factor in her role in the crime, but it’s hard to believe that solely peer pressure could lead to murder.Įdit: I apologize if my post unintentionally contributed to the stigmatization of mental illness. She didn’t have a documented troubled home life like Loveless and Tackett, but she wasn’t a passive bystander like Lawrence. fue liberada a principios del 28 de abril de 2002 de la prisión de mujeres de Indiana después de cumplir 14 años de su sentencia original. en una apelación posterior, su sentencia se redujo a 35 años. HER BODY WAS FOUND ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD NEAR MAD. Find out what she says she takes responsibility for, but what she shockingly wouldn't change. After serving only 15 years of a 60-year prison sentence, she is now a free woman. Of the four girls who murdered her, Rippey is the most perplexing to me. Hope Rippey fue sentenciado a 60 años, con diez años suspendidos por circunstancias atenuantes. SHE WAS 16-YEARS-OLD IN 1992, WHEN SHANDA SHARER WAS KIDNAPPED, TORTURED, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, AND BURNED ALIVE. Hope Rippey was one of four girls convicted of murdering Shanda Sharer luring her from her home in the dead of the night and pouring gasoline on her body. of the girls Sharer Her accomplices included Laurie Tackett, 17, Hope Rippey, 15. Hope’s involvement included luring Shanda out of her father’s home, holding Shanda down while two other girls stabbed her, spraying Windex into her open wounds, and pouring gasoline on her before the other girls set her on fire. 28- The Shanda was killed in 1992 at age 12 when four teenage girls. There were three other teenage girls involved in the murder (Loveless, Tackett, and Lawrence). Lawrence was released in 2000 Rippey was released in 2006 Tacket was released in 2018 and Loveless was released this week.Hope Rippey was a 15-year-old from Indiana convicted of murder, arson, and criminal confinement in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. 11, 1992.Īll four teens were charged as adults. Her body was found on the morning of Jan. Investigators said Sharer was still alive at the time despite her many injuries. The girls later took her north of Madison, poured gasoline on her body and set her on fire. Tackett beat her with a tire iron until she was silent. Hope Rippey At the time of Shanda’s murder, Hope Rippey was 15. They again heard her making noises and stopped the car. She and Loveless then left with Sharer in the trunk. Later, they heard Sharer screaming from the trunk. They put her in the trunk, believing she was dead. In this episode, we discuss the murder of 12 year old Shanda Sharer, who was brutally tortured and murdered by 4 insane teenage girls: Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, Hope Rippey and Toni Lawrence. They taunted and tortured her, eventually ending up at a garbage dump where they beat her, stabbed her, and strangled her with a rope until she lost consciousness. They then took Sharer to a local spot known as the “Witch’s Castle,” where they bound her arms and legs. Loveless, who was hiding in the back seat of the car, put a knife to the 12-year-old’s throat and asked her about her relationship with her girlfriend. The quartet returned to the home, and Sharer, although reluctant, went with them. Sharer told them she couldn’t leave until later, when her parents went to sleep. 10, 1992, Loveless and 17-year-old Laurie Tackett, along with 15-year-old Toni Lawrence and 15-year-old Hope Rippey, arrived at Sharer’s house in an effort to lure her out. They say she told the others that she wanted to scare Sharer because she’d stolen her girlfriend. Investigators believe Loveless, then 16, was the mastermind. The 1992 attack gained national attention. She was sentenced to 60 years in prison but has served the required time for her release. Melinda Loveless, now 44, was one of four women convicted in the 1992 death of Shanda Sharer. MADISON, Ind. – It was a brutal murder that rocked Indiana in the 1990s, and now the last of the 4 convicted killers is out of prison. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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