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Hi, all. I've been posting this around to Shanda forums today.

I have something I think you all may be interested in, those of you outside of the New Albany/Louisville area in particular.

I was in Louisville a few weeks ago and decided to spend some time in New Albany. I spent half the day at the New Albany library researching and gathering what I could find about Shanda. The New Albany library was a treasure trove. I came away with approximately 115 newspaper articles from the New Albany Tribune and the Louisville Courier-Journal. These articles have coverage from 1992-2008, including several photographs I've never seen online before. As a matter of fact, I don't recall seeing very many, if any, at all of these newspaper articles online. Several articles covering Larry Loveless' arrest and trial are also included, with pictures.

These stories are the original local coverage as it was happening. The New Albany Tribune material I took from the library's newspaper microfilm archive. What I have here is not the complete collection of stories. I focused my search only around key dates in the case. There is a lot more material in the microfilm archive, if anyone else would like to pick up where I left off. There are still 42 Tribune articles here, including the whole front page of their first report of the news. These articles are a great read, as they reflect how the small town dealt with something this horrific happening to one of their own. This is local flavor you didn't get anywhere else. I indexed all the Tribune articles in a text file included in the zip.

In addition to the Tribune microfilm archive, New Albany's library has an incredible file of Louisville Courier-Journal articles, many written by Michael Quinlan. They have over 70 CJ articles archived in a folder labeled CRIME -- SHANDA SHARER. This file is available only by request. I went through the folder and saved its entire contents. Sadly, there are six articles listed in the index that were missing from the folder. I have those items x'd out on the index sheet scans. I have also added some articles to it that were in the folder but were not indexed. There are probably other Courier-Journal articles that were written. These are just what the library staff has cut out and saved over the years.

Here is everything I brought home from New Albany in this zip file:

http://bngaddis.com/shandanews.zip

I know this material will really be helpful to some of you Shanda researchers here. Be sure you view the images full size.

wow! great research! thanx!!!

Thank you so much, Brian Gaddis, I have always wondered what Larry Loveless looked like.

Excellent work Brian, I stayed up most the night last night reading the articles.

Those were very interesting, Brian. I'm sure that took a lot of hard work. It's too bad there was nothing about Steve Sharer's death. I guess, in all sincerity, that it wasn't newsworthy; tragic and sad, but not newsworthy.
Anyway, you did an excellent job.

You're all welcome. I'm glad I could help.

WOW. Thank you so much for posting that, Brian. Lots of great pictures and info.

Just got the info. Brian, this was alot of hard work & we thank you for every single minute of it!

Wow Brian. Thank You!!! I intend on going back down to visit Mary and Jacque in the early Spring. If anyone hasn't added any other articles I will go to the library and see what I can dig up!

Again, thank you!:)

SimplySue wrote:

Wow Brian. Thank You!!! I intend on going back down to visit Mary and Jacque in the early Spring. If anyone hasn't added any other articles I will go to the library and see what I can dig up!
Again, thank you!:)

Could you find an article about Larry Loveless being hit by a bus??? I am wondering if that is true.

You're most welcome, all.

Sue, there are more articles in the New Albany Tribune microfilm archive if you'd like to retrieve them. I couldn't do an exhaustive search when I was there and I missed several stories. Here are some I missed that are listed in a partial index available at the library:

The Tribune

Obituaries
January 13, 1992
(I remember looking for this but couldn't find it)

Obituaries
January 15, 1992
(I did not see this one)

Correction to article in 15 JAN 1992 TRIBUNE
January 16, 1992

Parents Sue To Make Sure Two Can't Profi...(rest of headling cut off)
January 14, 1993

Parents Win Court Battle To Sto...(rest of headline cut off)
January 14, 1993

Rippey Trial May Change Venues
January 24, 1993

Loveless Returns To Face Sex Charges
February 8, 1993

Final Defendant Pleads Guilty In Sharer (rest of headline cut off)
April 19, 1993

'She's Gone Forever'
August 15, 1993

Teen Killer Misses Father's Funeral
December 23, 1993

Teen Convicted In Sharer Slaying Asks Fo...(rest of headline cut off)
March 8, 1994

Teen-age Killer Says She's 'More Mature'
May 29, 1994

Court OKs New Albany Teen's Term
November 18, 1994

Brian, I just copied the list on your post and will be happy to try to find them when I go to New Albany. Great research and work you did. Again, thank you.

WeLoveYouShanda, I will also try to find articles regarding Larry Loveless' death.

SimplySue wrote:

Brian, I just copied the list on your post and will be happy to try to find them when I go to New Albany. Great research and work you did. Again, thank you.
WeLoveYouShanda, I will also try to find articles regarding Larry Loveless' death.

Thank you to both BrianGaddis and SimplySue.

YW WeLoveYouShanda :)

If anyone is interested, there is a petition online to remove Toni Lawrence's MY SPACE page. You can find it @ the following...

http://www.gopetition.com.au/petitions/justic...

They need alot more signatures to get this done!!

There is no disclosure on MySpace saying if you have every been convicted of a crime you can not have an account. She is on there to socialize with her friends.

BTW, the MySpace officials will not take your petition seriously. They don't care. It is your choice to look at her page or be friends with her. If she tries to contact you, block her. It is doing no harm her having a MySpace page. Also, I am suprised you all aren't wanting her MySpace to stay. How else could you look at her updates and talk trash about all the new things in her life?!

Vikki wrote:

There is no disclosure on MySpace saying if you have every been convicted of a crime you can not have an account.

Well, if I were the owner of MySpace, I would not want or allow someone who did something so appalling to have a MySpace. MySpace has every right to exclude others from its network, the same way a homeowner has every right not to let someone they don't like in their home.

If the petition is successful....imagine this murderer's surprise when she logs on and finds that her MySpace is no more and that if she is to start a new account, she will have to friend request and find pics all over again. This murderer needs to know that what she did in 1992 will never go away.

Vikki wrote:

Also, I am suprised you all aren't wanting her MySpace to stay. How else could you look at her updates and talk trash about all the new things in her life?!

Her updates have been set to private. Everything is restricted to friends only. All others can see is a one-word mood update and that is it.

First, I understand Myspace has the right to exclude whomever they choose. However, they won't. Unless someone is violating the T&C of MySpace, I highly doubt they will care. And when I joined MySpace and read the T&C, I don't remember reading that if I have been convicted of a heinous crime I can't join. If MySpace does, on the slim chance, delete her account. She will be able to start a new one. I honestly think you all have a great motive in your hearts and have the power to do great things, I just think you are focusing your energy on the wrong issue!!

Secondly, I didn't know how her updates were set because I don't MySpace stalk her!! She served her debt to society. I agree that her sentence was too light. However, If you are going to go after one child murderer/molester that was released from prison, go after them all.