Murder of Shanda Sharer

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The murder of Shanda Renee Sharer (June 6, 1979 - January 11, 1992) involved a 12-year-old girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana by four teenage girls. The case attracted nationwide attention. Shanda Renee Sharer was born at Pineville Community Hospital in Pineville, Kentucky on June 6, 1979 to Steve Sharer and Jacque Vaught. Sharer attended fifth and sixth grades in Louisville at St. Paul School, where she was on the cheerleading, volleyball, and softball teams. After Sharer's parents divorced, her mother remarried and the family moved to Louisville, KY. When her mother divorced again, the family moved to New Albany, IN in June of 1991, and Shanda enrolled at Hazelwood Middle School. Early in the school year, she transferred to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, a Catholic school in New Albany, where she joined the school's female basketball team.