The Savage Murder of Skylar Neese
The Truth Behind the Headlines
Daleen Berry ; Geoffrey C. Fuller
- New
- York
- Times
- BestsellerJournalist
- Daleen
- Berry
- and
- investigator
- Geoffrey
- Fuller
- give
- you
- the
- little-known
- details
- behind
- one
- of
- the
- most
- horrific
- and
- shocking
- murders
- of
- our
- time.One
- hot
- July
- night,
- three
- popular,
- pretty
- girls
- snuck
- out
- for
- a
- midnight
- joyride.
- Only
- two
- came
- back.Stabbed
- so
- savagely
- she
- was
- almost
- decapitated,
- Skylar
- Neese
- was
- left
- bloody
- on
- the
- side
- of
- the
- road,
- buried
- beneath
- rocks
- and
- branches.For
- six
- months,
- people
- wondered
- and
- waited,
- hoping
- Skylar
- would
- return.
- Instead,
- the
- community
- was
- stunned
- when
- Rachel
- Shoaf
- confessed
- to
- Skylar's
- murder.
- The
- budding
- actress
- and
- singer
- accused
- the
- third
- member
- of
- the
- inseparable
- trio,
- Shelia
- Eddy,
- of
- being
- the
- ringleader.
- People
- were
- even
- more
- shocked
- to
- learn
- the
- murder
- was
- not
- a
- crime
- of
- sudden
- rage—but
- premeditated.Now,
- friends,
- family,
- and
- the
- public
- are
- left
- with
- so
- many
- unanswered
- questions:
- Why
- did
- investigators
- believe
- her
- murder
- was
- connected
- to
- a
- rash
- of
- bank
- robberies
- and
- an
- interstate
- heroin
- ring?
- What
- part
- did
- drugs
- and
- social
- media
- play
- in
- Skylar's
- killing
- and
- its
- aftermath?
- How
- did
- other
- high
- school
- students
- and
- even
- her
- own
- mother
- help
- discover
- who
- killed
- Skylar?
- And,
- if
- Rachel's
- confession
- is
- true,
- what
- would
- lead
- two
- teenage
- girls
- to
- kill
- their
- best
- friend
- in
- one
- of
- the
- most
- horrific
- crimes
- in
- recent
- years?With
- firsthand
- interviews
- with
- those
- close
- to
- the
- case
- and
- written
- in
- cooperation
- with
- the
- victim's
- parents,
- Dave
- and
- Mary
- Neese,
- The
- Savage
- Murder
- of
- Skylar
- Neese
- is
- the
- most
- comprehensive,
- detailed
- and
- in-depth
- source
- on
- the
- Skylar
- Neese murder.
