Episode 75: The Mean Girls Killers (Case of Shanda Sharer)
The 4 teenage girls decided they wanted McDonalds for breakfast after their all nighter. They carefully reverse parked into the lot so that the all the bloody handprints on the back of their trunk would be hidden.
They ordered a full breakfast - and one of the girls lifted up the sausage patty and giggled “doesn’t this look like Shanda?”
The 12 year old girl that they kidnapped? The one they tortured in unspeakable ways for the past 8 hours? The one that they just burned alive?
Source: “Little Lost Angel” - by Michael Quinlan (I thought I knew this case but then I read this book. One of the best deep dives I’ve read in a while - you’ll be engaged the whole time)
Full Source Notes Here: rottenmangopodcast.com
Source notes:
Book - “Little Lost Angel” - by Michael Quinlan
^This was such a good book. The author had the full cooperation with the entire family and there were so many details that I didn’t see in other sources. If you want a deep dive in this case this is the book to go with.
Book - “Cruel Sacrifice” - by Aphrodite Jones
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cZ1sJT7BA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eWOnVSiw2c
https://www.wave3.com/2019/09/05/melinda-loveless-teens-charged-with-brutal-murder-released-prison/
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/11/woman-convicted-1992-slaying-12-year-old-shanda-renee-sharer-released-prison/1023879001/
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