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Aug 19, 2022 · Then, on the night the body was found, a 15-year-old girl, Toni Lawrence, walked into the police station claiming to know about the murder. She confessed to her involvement and said three others were involved: Hope Rippey, then 15, Mary Tackett, then 17, and Melinda Loveless, then 16.
On the night of January 10, 1992, Lawrence (age 15), Rippey (15) and Tackett (17) drove in Tackett's car from Madison to Loveless's house in New Albany. Rippey and Lawrence, while both friends of Tackett, had not previously met Loveless (16).
Toni Lawrence was born on 4 April 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for McCloud (1970), Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973) and Quincy M.E. (1976). She was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton.
Apr 9, 2024 · Melinda Loveless, 16, Lauri Tackett, 17, Hope Rippey, and Toni Lawrence, who were both 15, were all found guilty in relation to Sharer’s murder. The victim was at her father’s home in...
Jan 15, 2019 · In exchange for her extensive testimony, Toni Lawrence received the lightest sentence—she pleaded guilty to one count of Criminal Confinement and was sentenced to a maximum of 20 years. She was released on December 14, 2000, after serving nine years. She remained on parole until December, 2002.
Daughter of veteran character actor Marc Lawrence and writer Fanya Foss, Toni had a brief and rather insignificant acting career where she was usually cast in small roles in films that also featured her father. Her largest part was the lead in the grimy horror item Pigs (1972).
Jan 11, 2018 · One of the four women convicted of beating, burning and killing 12-year-old Shanda Renee Sharer in 1992 was released Thursday from prison on the 26th anniversary of the girl's body...
Sep 6, 2019 · She convinced three other teens — Hope Rippey, Laurie Tackett and Toni Lawrence — to participate in the crime, because she believed Sharer stole her girlfriend. “It was just the most surreal...
Apr 28, 2006 · Two of the other girls convicted in the case are still serving their prison sentences. Melinda Loveless and Laurie Tackett had the most involvement in the torture and murder of Sharer. The fourth girl, Toni Lawrence, was convicted of lesser charges. She was released in 2000 after serving nine years.
Regardless of her level of guilt, on December 14, 2000, 24-year-old Toni Lawrence walked out of prison on parole after serving nearly nine years of her 20-year sentence. Following her release, Lawrence spoke briefly with Louisville television station WAVE before heading back to Madison with her parents.
