you just see things. ridiculously out of control. tonight we take you into a secret world that s going to stun you, teenagers, social media and murder. well, she ll blackmail me. a clique of mean girls. were they mean enough to kill? it was such a shocking and scandalous kind of case. this was diabolical. evil comes in all shapes and sizes. i m lester holt, and this is date lionel line . in the gentle rolling hills of northern west virginia, in a sweet college town in the heart of coal country lived three teenage girls. their photos capture a moment in time. they were smart, talented, lovely. everything a parent could hope for in a daughter. and so who could have guessed just by looking that some of them carried a dark secret about a friend. 911. do you have an emergency? i have a 16-year-old daughter. she hasn t been home, hasn t went to work. i m scared to death. these teens played a straij and haunting game. would you rather suffocate or get shot?
something s wrong. something s bad wrong. where was skylar. someone was hiding something. it was the fbi. they were serious. twitter, instagram, facebook. you just see things. ridiculously out of control. a clique of mean girls. were they mean enough to kill? she was like, well, she ll blackmail me. it was such a shocking and scandalous kind of case. this was diabolical. evil comes in all shapes and sizes. hello, welcome to dateline. for skylar s parents, she was all they hoped for. a straight-a student and happy at her part-time job. then their world turned upside down when their only child seemed to vanish without a trace. at first, police thought she ran away. but hits on social media would point to a more sinister reason for her disappearance. here s andrea canning with something wicked. in the gentle rolling hills of northern west virginia, in a sweet college town in the heart of coal country lived three teenage girls. their photos capture a mom
nobody knows where she is. something s wroong. something s bad wrong. where was skylar. someone was hiding something. it was the fbi. they were serious. twitter, instagram, facebook. you just see things. ridiculously out of control. she was like, well, she ll blackmail me. it was such a shocking and scandalous kind of case. this was diabolical. evil comes in all shapes and sizes. this is dateline. tonight, andrea canning with something wicked. in the gentle rolling hills of northern west virginia, in a sweet college town in the heart of coal country lived three teenage girls. their photos capture a moment in time. they were smart, talented, lovely. everything a parent could hope for in a daughter. and so who could have guessed just by looking that some of them carried a dark secret about a friend. 911. do you have an emergency? i have a 16-year-old daughter. she has not been home, hasn t went to work. i m scared to death. these teens played a str
at university high school, confirmation that skylar had been found dead was heartbreaking. i was devastated. it was crazy. shania called her friend sheila as soon as she heard the awful news. i was crying and she was crying. there was sheila, suspected murderer, crying tears for skylar. she was like, who do you think could have done this? why would somebody do that to skylar? shania also cried with her friend chrissy swanson. once the body was found, sheila seemed like she was so upset to have lost her best friend. she couldn t believe something like this could happen. she even asked me, how could someone do this to skylar? and sheila let everybody know how sad she was. she tweeted things like, worst day of my whole life. the pain is real. and rest easy, skylar. you ll always be my best friend.
Fall of 2012 was heartbreaking. one of university high school s top students, skylar neese, had disappeared during the summer. classmate shania ammon. starting school without her, that was probably one of the hardest days through the whole thing. skylar was just a go to person and she was gone. skylar s friend morgan lawrence was dreading roll call. i didn t have any classes with her, thank god. you didn t want to hear her name called. it s not the same. i know you can t tell the teacher we don t know if she s coming back. in some ways, life seemed normal. skylar s good friend sheila eddy seen in this video taken in the classroom is back in school. i don t want my baby to look like him. so is bff rachel shoaf but everyone was worried about skylar. and in school hallways and social media, rumors flew. between twitter and instagram