Toni Lawrence



Toni Lawrence is one of the four girls who participated in the brutal torture and murder of 12-year old Shanda Sharer on January 11, 1992, alongside Melinda Loveless, Laurie Tackett, and Hope Rippey. She participated the least out of the four, not inflicting any physical harm on Shanda at all and only being the driver for most of the night.

It was Toni who went to the authorities and confessed what the four had done. All four girls were tried as adults, and in exchange for her cooperation, Toni was allowed to plead guilty to one count of criminal confinement and was sentenced to a maximum of twenty years. She would be released on parole on December 14, 2000, after serving nine years.

Toni still lives in the Indianapolis area and is now married with two children of her own. She has kept mostly a low profile since her release from prison.