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One of America's most notorious murders happened ten years ago

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Updated 14:45 23 Sep 2022 GMT+1Published 14:15 23 Sep 2022 GMT+1

One of America's most notorious murders happened ten years ago

Skylar Neese was murdered by her two best friends at the age of 16

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

The murder of Skylar Neese at the hands of her two best friends remains to be one of the most shocking cases in the last 10 years.

Best friends Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, of Morgantown, West Virginia, were like sisters to Skylar and were supposedly inseparable.

However, on July 6, 2012, Skylar's parents noticed that she wasn't in her room and had gone missing.

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Watch how the horrifying case unfolded below:

As the search began, it soon became national news. At the time, police thought the most likely scenario was that Skylar had overdosed at a house party, which we now know wasn't the case.

Eddy and Shoaf both gave the same exact story to the police and Jessica Colebank, who was working on the case, thought that something was off.

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After Colebank spoke to Eddy, she told ABC that her body language was suspicious.

The police officer said: "Just complete blank on emotions and there was absolutely nothing. It was like iced over."

But it was when she interviewed Skylar's other friend, Shoaf, that she knew something wasn't quite adding up.

"Their stories were verbatim, the same. No one’s story is exactly the same, unless it’s rehearsed," Colebank said. "Everything in my gut was, ‘Sheila is acting wrong. Rachel is scared to death'."

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Killers Rachel Shoaf (left) and Sheila Eddy (center) with their friend, and Skylar Neese (right).
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A few months later, Shoaf had a mental breakdown and was sent to a local psychiatric hospital on December 28, 2012.

After she was released on January 3, 2013, she confessed to the police that she and Eddy stabbed Neese to death.

It was only then when Shoaf showed police the site where the body had been left.

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Shoaf even attempted to take Eddy down with her by trying to incriminate her by talking to her under electronic surveillance. But Eddy didn't admit to anything.

Police then decided to search Eddy's car for evidence, which had been identified in the CCTV footage, and found Skylar's blood in her vehicle.

The Murder of Skylar Neese

Shoaf was transferred to criminal court and was charged as an adult. After pleading guilty to second-degree murder, she faced 30 years in prison as a result.

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Eddy also plead guilty and was sentenced as an adult to life in prison, with the possibility of parole in 15 years at the time of the sentencing.

Skylar's heartbroken father, Dave Neese, said: "They’re both sickos, and they’re both exactly where they need to be: away from civilization, locked up like animals. Because that’s what they are, they’re animals."

The official reason that her friends gave to stabbing her was that they apparently no longer like her. Although some people believe there was an ulterior motive, which we will probably never know.

If you have experienced a bereavement and would like to speak with someone in confidence, contact Cruse Bereavement Care via their national helpline on 0808 808 1677 

Featured Image Credit: The Murder of Skylar Neese

Topics: US News, Crime, True crime

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

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