Skylar Neese was stabbed to death by her best friends on July 6, 2012 Alex Gurley is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in ...

High school drama can be brutal, but for 16-year-old Skylar Neese it proved deadly. The teen honor roll student was brutally stabbed in the back by her two best friends after sneaking out of her ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.– More than 10 years after the brutal killing of her best friend, Skylar Neese, Rachel Shoaf, 26, has been denied parole in her first attempt at freedom. Rachel Shoaf (WVDOC) Shoaf ...

May 2—On a February day back in 1996, Dave Neese's eyes welled, as he regarded his newborn daughter with a whisper and awe. "Hey, baby girl, " he said, stroking Skylar's cheek. "It's me. I'm your ...

(ABC News) -- Best friends and high school sophomores Skylar Neese, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf were inseparable. Living in Morgantown, West Virginia, the 16-year-olds were pretty and sociable, ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – One of two women convicted in the July 2012 murder of Star City teenager Skylar Neese will have her first parole hearing on May 1. Rachel Shoaf (WVDOC) As a 17-year-old Rachel ...

When Skylar Neese sneaked out of her family’s apartment one summer night, she had no idea her best friends were secretly planning to kill her. The 16-year-old high schooler from West Virginia was a ...

Skylar Neese was stabbed to death by her best friends on July 6, 2012 Skylar Neese was a teenage girl from West Virginia who was friends with Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf Skylar met up with Sheila and ...