Loveless and Tackett took turns stabbing Sharer in the chest. Rippey came out of the car to hold down Sharer. Loveless tried to slash Sharer's throat, but the knife was too dull. Next, Loveless repeatedly slammed Sharer's face into her knee, which cut Sharer's mouth on her own braces. Loveless and Tackett made Sharer strip naked then, Loveless beat Sharer with her fists. Lawrence and Rippey were frightened and stayed in the car. Tackett led them to a dark garbage dump off a logging road in a densely forested area. They left, arriving some time later at the edge of some woods near Tackett's home in Madison. They became lost, so they stopped at a gas station and covered Sharer in a blanket. Loveless ordered Sharer to slip off her bra, which she then handed over to Rippey, who slid off her own bra and replaced it with Sharer's while steering the car. At some point, Rippey had taken Sharer’s Mickey Mouse watch and danced to the tune it played.ĭuring the car ride, Sharer continued begging them to take her back home. Loveless began taking off Sharer's rings and handed each to the girls. There, Loveless taunted that she had pretty hair and wondered how pretty she would look if they were to cut it off, which frightened Sharer even more.

They drove towards Utica and the Witch's Castle.Īt the Witch's Castle, they took a sobbing Sharer inside and bound her arms and legs with rope. Loveless then sprang out from the back seat, put the knife to Sharer's throat and began interrogating her. As they got in the car, Rippey began questioning Sharer about her relationship. Sharer was reluctant to go with them, yet eventually agreed. Loveless hid under a blanket in the back seat of the car with the knife. When they arrived at Sharer's house at 12:30 a.m., Lawrence refused to retrieve Sharer, so Tackett and Rippey went to the door. During the ride, Loveless said that she could not wait to kill Sharer however, Loveless also said she just intended to use the knife to frighten her. Sharer said that she could not go because her parents were awake, and she told the girls to come back around midnight, a few hours later.Įventually, the four girls left for Sharer's house. They arrived at Sharer's house shortly before dark. Loveless explained to the two other girls that she disliked Sharer for being a copycat and for stealing her girlfriend, Amanda Heavrin. Upon arrival, they borrowed some clothes from Loveless, and she showed them a knife, telling them she was going to scare Sharer with it. On the night of January 10, 1992, Lawrence (age 15), Rippey (15), and Tackett (17) drove in Tackett's car from Madison to Loveless' (16) house.

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