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A Teenage Friendship Gone Wrong: The Skylar Neese Case

Skylar Neese was a beautiful 16-year-old girl. She got her mother’s bright blue eyes, ivory skin, and a dimpled chin. The teenager was a student at University High School, excited to enter her junior year. Although she couldn’t stand math and science, she excelled in them and the rest of her classes, making Skylar an honors student.

Skylar’s parents holding up a photograph of Skylar / Shelia and Rachel’s mugshots / Two photographs from different angles of the memorial with a bench, flowers, and photographs for Skylar

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Skylar just wanted to hang out with her friends in the summertime and not worry about school. She tweeted, “Stress will be the death of me,” and went to sleep. The next evening, July 5th, 2012, Skylar came home from her shift at Wendy’s, and her parents were watching TV. It seemed like an ordinary evening for the Neese family. She kissed her parents both good night and headed off to bed.