About This Episode
Dave and Mary Neese discovered on July 6, 2012, that their 16-year-old daughter Skylar had disappeared from their home in West Virginia. What began as a missing teenager case would become one of the most shocking murder stories in American true crime — because the killers were Skylar's own best friends.
The FOX True Crime Podcast, hosted by Emily Compagno, revisits the case in the episode Fatal Betrayal: Inside the Skylar Neese Murder, available on Podimo. The episode examines a friendship that turned deeply sinister, and follows the investigators and family members who had to live with months of agonizing uncertainty.
A Girl Everyone Loved
Skylar Neese is described by her father Dave as "a very bubbly person" — a girl with a 4.0 GPA, a part-time job, and a close circle of friends. She had known Shelia Eddy since they were eight years old, and the two had welcomed Rachel Shoaf into their group during their freshman year of high school. The three girls were, as investigators later described, nearly inseparable — until something went wrong.