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Happy 19th Birthday, Skylar Annette Neese. 

February 10, 1996 – July 6, 2012

Gone too soon. 

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The UHS yearbook released in 2011. Shelia’s yearbook photo (first pic),Rachel’s yearbook photo (second pic) and Skylar’s yearbook photo (third picture).

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Skylar Neese (top photo) was stabbed to death by her supposed best friends, Rachel Shoaf and Sheila Eddy on July 5th, 2012. Skylar’s remains were found six months later after Rachel confessed. They convinced Skylar to sneak out in the middle of the night with them to ride around town and smoke marijuana. Skylar had recently fallen out with the both of them, but a series of texts between the three of them that night convinced her to ride along. They decided to drive down a familiar road where they smoke. Little did Skylar know,  Shelia and Rachel each had a kitchen knife concealed under their clothes and paper towels, bleach, clean clothes, and a shovel in the trunk. The girls stepped out of the car for a smoke but Shelia’s lighter didn’t work, so Skylar went to retrieve her lighter from the car. As soon as Skylar turned her back, Rachel began counting to three—and the two girls began stabbing Skylar.  Skylar attempted to run but didn’t make it very far until Rachel tackled her to the ground and continued to stab her. At some point, Skylar managed to grab the knife from Rachel and left a three-inch gash just above her right ankle. After stabbing her fifty times, they finally stopped. The only thing Skylar could say was “why?” over and over again. They dragged Skylar’s body to the side of the road where they tried to bury her near a creek, but the soil was too rocky so instead they covered her body with rocks and fallen branches. The disposal of Skylar’s body took around three hours. 

During her confession on January 2013, Rachel told authorities that they had planned the murder while in science class and the plan was to take her out to the woods, count to three and stab her until she was dead.

On March 30, 2013, about a month before she was arrested for Skylar’s murder, Sheila tweeted this: “we really did go on three.”

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Here is a post on Shelia’s Facebook about Skylar (when she still missing). Mary Neese (Skylar’s mom) asked Shelia to talk about Skylar. We can see how she uses the expression “she WAS”.

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Purpose

This blogs creation came from a desire to uncover the reason why Shelia and Rachel murdered someone they had once considered a best friend and to publicize lesser known facts and rumors surrounding the case.

Who am I?

A paralegal, Only Child who has a huge extended family, two loving parents and a fluffy kitty. I see a lot of myself in Skylar. I was in a similar situation in high school with friend who were thankfully not psychotic or smart enough to kill me. Skylars story needs to be told. Be careful who you trust, the ones closest are often the ones to plant a knife in your back - figuratively or literally.

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