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In a story of teenage relationships and rivalry,

the jealousy of one teenager would become the impetus for a shocking crime

that involved not one or two, but four murderers and one innocent 12-year-old girl.

This is a case that will have us all asking if there is such a thing as redemption.

This is episode 17, The Shanda Sharrow Story.

Hi Amy, hi Megan. Welcome back. Good to see you. Good to see you too. Have you heard of Shanda Sharrow before?

I have not, but it's quite the tongue twister name I know. I worry about my pronunciation as well.

This is a somewhat older case and I have to say that this isn't one where I'm coming in going.

I'm really excited about this one. This one was probably the hardest case I've covered yet.

And I mean hardest in terms of the facts of the case and hardest not just for women

crime or direct appeal, but hardest I've almost ever covered in my career. I can say that I'm not

excited to cover it, but I think it raises really important questions about rehabilitation

and redemption and what our feelings are on that and the justice system.

So that is something that I would like us to dig into. And that is something that I hope the

listeners will think about as we go through the story and you hear all of the facts and the

subsequent sentencing and punishment. Think about the justice system. Shanda Sharrow was born on June

6th 1979 and after her parents Jackie Vaught and Stephen Sharrow divorced, she moved to Louisville

with her mother and her stepfather. But this marriage would also end and after this marriage ended,

Shanda and her family moved to New Albany, Indiana. When they moved there, Shanda first attended

Hazelwood Middle School, but shortly after she transferred to a Catholic school.

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