in february of 2013, just as they had since she was a little girl i m ready. the neeses gathered with friends on skylar s birthday. this time without her. they quietly told the lawrences their awful news. did your heart just break for mary and dave? my heart was slowly breaking the entire time. i remember the first thing i felt it was just like a surreal of, i know she s not out there in the cold. ronnie gaskins had a confession from rachel and she had led him to a body. but it wasn t enough. why wouldn t you arrest somebody right away who confessed to killing somebody? she lied to us a number of times before. who s to say she isn t lying again? we had to corroborate her statement. once more, gaskins needed rachel so he didn t arrest her. instead, he was about to use rachel to get sheila.