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Murder of Skylar Neese - Wikipedia
Skylar Annette Neese (February 10, 1996 – July 6, 2012) was a sixteen-year-old American girl who disappeared from her home in Star City, West Virginia, around midnight on July 6, 2012. Her body was found in January 2013, across the nearby state line, in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
According to the court transcript, Shoaf said that she and Eddy picked up Neese in Eddy's car. In the trunk of the car, Eddy and Shoaf had hid cleaning rags, bleach, wet wipes, a shovel, and a clean outfit for each of them to change once the murder was over. They wrapped the knives in towels and tucked them under their arms. They pulled up to Neese's apartment complex around 12:30 AM, where she is seen climbing into the back seat of the car. The girls then drove to Brave, Pennsylvania, and stopped at a location that all three of the girls were familiar with as they had been there on occasions to smoke marijuana. The three girls got out of the car and began socializing. Shoaf and Eddy claimed that they had forgotten to bring a lighter with them. Neese said she would go to the car to retrieve a lighter. After turning her back to them, Shoaf and Eddy then counted to 3, and on 3, Rachel Shoaf and Shelia Eddy attacked Skylar Neese and stabbed her to death. Neese attempted to run but did not make it very far because Shoaf tackled her and continued to stab her, with Eddy following close behind. At some point during the murder, Neese managed to get Shoaf's knife from her and stabbed her above the ankle. Shoaf claimed that she stopped the attack after being injured but that Eddy continued to stab Neese until there was complete silence and Neese's neck "stopped making weird sounds." After they were certain Neese was dead, the teens attempted to bury Neese's body, but were unable to do because the ground was too hard and rocky, and so they instead covered the body with branches, dirt, and leaves. Shoaf and Eddy then changed out of their bloody clothing, wiped themselves and the car down with wet wipes, and then left the scene.
