Shanda Renee Sharer (6 June 1979 – 11 January 1992) was an US American girl who was tortured and burned to death in Madison, Indiana, U.S.A by four teenage girls. She was 12 years old at the time of her murder. The crime attracted international attention due to both its brutality and the young age of the perpetrators, who were aged between 15-17 years old. The case was covered on national news and talk shows and has inspired a number of episodes on fictional crime shows.