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 being found.
Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett, 43, of Madison, was released shortly after midnight, according to officials from the Indiana Department of Correction.
Tackett, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was charged as an adult and sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in 1993 alongside co-defendant Melinda Loveless of New Albany.
Two other defendants, Toni Lawrence and Hope A. Rippey, were sentenced to 20 years and 50 years respectively, according to IndyStar archives. Lawrence was released from prison in 2000, and Rippey was released in 2006.
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 being found.
Mary Laurine "Laurie" Tackett, 43, of Madison, was released shortly after midnight, according to officials from the Indiana Department of Correction.
Tackett, who was 17 at the time of the killing, was charged as an adult and sentenced to 60 years in the Indiana Women's Prison in 1993 alongside co-defendant Melinda Loveless of New Albany.
Two other defendants, Toni Lawrence and Hope A. Rippey, were sentenced to 20 years and 50 years respectively, according to IndyStar archives. Lawrence was released from prison in 2000, and Rippey was released in 2006.
