After that incident, she refused him sex for a month, until he raped her as their daughters overheard the event through a closed door. When Melinda was nine years old, Larry had Marjorie gang raped, after which she tried to drown herself. During an orgy with another couple at their house, Marjorie tried to commit suicide, an act she would repeat several times throughout her daughters' childhoods.
He would also "share" her with some of his friends from work, which she found disgusting.
The Loveless parents would often visit bars in Louisville where Larry would pretend to be a doctor or a dentist and introduce Marjorie as his girlfriend. Extended family members often described the Loveless daughters as visiting their homes hungry, apparently not getting enough food at home. Larry, who was violent and abusive did not usually share his income with the family and impulsively spent any money he earned on himself, especially firearms, motorcycles and cars. When both parents were working, the family was financially well off, living in the upper-middle-class suburb of Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Marjorie had worked intermittently since 1974. In 1988, Larry briefly worked as a mail carrier, but quit after three months and did very little work, having brought most of his mail home to destroy it. In 1965, Larry became a probationary officer with the New Albany Police Department, but was fired after eight months when he and his partner assaulted an African-American man whom Larry accused of sleeping with his wife. Larry worked irregularly for the Southern Railway after his military service his profession allowed him to work whenever most convenient for him. They lived in or near New Albany throughout Melinda's childhood. Marjorie later described him as a sexual deviant who would wear her and her daughters' underwear and makeup, was incapable of staying monogamous, and had a mixture of jealousy and fascination with seeing her have sex with other men and women. Army during the Vietnam War and although horribly emotionally scarred, he was treated as a hero upon his return. Melinda Loveless was born in New Albany on October 28, 1975, the youngest of three daughters, to Marjorie and Larry Loveless. Lawrence broke down and cried as deputies led her away.Perpetrators involved in the homicide Melinda Loveless When court reconvened the following morning, Judge Todd sentenced Toni Lawrence to serve 20 years in prison, the maximum sentence allowed by law. Toni could have saved my daughter's life that night at any given time. The victim here is Shanda Renee Sharer and her family and friends. I see attorneys trying to convince everyone that these girls are victims.
"I sat through three sentencing hearings and had to look and listen to my daughter's murderers day after day while they lied and put on acts worthy of an Oscar. I wish there was something I could do for you, but all I can say is how very sorry I am."įollowing Lawrence's statement, Jackie Vaught took the stand and gave her reply.
"That night and morning will live visibly in my mind for the rest of my life. I didn't get help because I was scared they would kill me too. I know I should be punished, but in my heart, seeing Shanda tortured and burnt was punishment in itself. Melinda had a knife and was going to kill Shanda. I've had nightmares where I wake up screaming and can't stop to think for a second without seeing Shanda's burned body or hearing her screams. I've been locked up for ten months, and that time has been a living hell. "I do feel very much remorse for your daughter. I know that you can never forgive me for being with those girls on January 10th and 11th, but I would like to explain some things to you. Lawrence was also granted permission by the court to read a statement of her own to Sharer's family. The hearing lasted a mere two days, during which time investigators praised Lawrence for her cooperation and several teachers, family members and friends testified on her behalf. Toni Lawrence's sentencing hearing began on January 19, 1993.
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