By David Lohr
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It was quickly discovered that their plan would not work. The burn pile was covered in frost, and the girls did not have any gasoline to start a fire. As they thought about what to do, Tackett decided to show Rippey her handiwork. Lawrence did not want to look at the body, so she was told to start the car and rev the engine in case Shanda started to scream. When Tackett opened the trunk, Rippey noticed a bottle of Windex next to Shanda, so she picked it up and began spraying Shanda with the cleaning liquid. As the Windex fizzled in her wounds, Shanda somehow managed to gather the strength to sit up. Her body was blood red, while her eyes were pure white. She began swaying back and forth as Tackett tried talking to her. Shanda said nothing. Just then, Tackett's mother yelled out the door for her. She slammed the trunk down on Shanda's head and ran inside to see what her mom wanted. When Tackett returned from the house, the girls decided it was time to end Shanda once and for all.
As the girls drove down the road, they decided that the best way to get rid of Shanda was to burn her. Tackett pulled into a gas station north of Madison to fill up the fuel tank. As she worked the pump, she had Lawrence buy a two-liter bottle of soda pop so that they could fill it with gas. Upon finishing their business at the gas station, the girls drove to Lemon Road. Rippey was familiar with the area and suggested that it would be a good spot to get rid of Shanda.
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| Intersection where body was discovered |
When they spotted an old logging road, they turned in and stopped the car. Tackett opened the trunk, and Loveless and Rippey helped her pick up Shanda with the blanket they had covered her with earlier. Lawrence chose not to help and sat in the car watching as they carried Shanda several feet behind the car before laying her on the ground. Rippey took the bottle of gasoline and poured a generous amount on Shanda, and Tackett struck a match and threw it down on Shanda's gas-soaked body. The gasoline instantly ignited, and the fire appeared to be burning well. The girls hopped back into the car and took off. Loveless got nervous as they drove away and told Tackett to turn around. She wanted to make sure the body was burning well. Once back at the scene, Loveless grabbed the pop bottle with the remaining gasoline and ran over to Shanda's corpse. She stood there staring momentarily as Shanda curled up into a fetal position and her tongue began darting in and out of her mouth. After she felt she had seen enough, she threw the remaining gasoline on Shanda's smoldering corpse and ran back to the car. Loveless thought Shanda's movements were funny and bragged to the others about what she had witnessed.
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