but mary didn t get a chance to call wendy s. they called us first wanting to know if she was coming to work. was that a big moment for you? yeah. a few minutes later, there was another big surprise. a call from sheila. she said she had to tell me the truth. i said, well, what truth? she said, we snuck out last night. , mary s heart fell. skylar had done that once before, gone on a late-night joyride with rachel and sheila.o that time they were caught for being out after the town curfew. now here was a worried sheila saying they had done it again. i said, where did you go? where is skylar? w she said skylar insisted they drop her off at the end of the o street so we wouldn t hear her sneaking back in. now that missing screen and bench outside skyler s window made sense. skylar had put it there to boost herself up so she could get back in. but it left them with a terrifying possibility.
you two should be doing everything alongside each other. yeah. they didn t just take away a bride. they took away a bridesmaid. skylar s second parents say they ll miss out, too. when morgan walks down the aisle, skylar won t be there. she will be. she ll be watching over her? she will. in june 2013, dave and mary had a memorial service at the site where skylar was killed and they re proud to have helped pass skylar s law, which requires amber alerts even when police suspect a teen has run away. a national version of skylar s law is currently making its way through congress. it s peaceful here now. they come here often, even in the winter, to tend the small garden they ve built for skylar. mary, how do you want skylar to be remembered? the happy, loving little girl that she was.
you doing blank like that is why i will never completely trust you. later that night, skylar is seen here on that surveillance tape driving away from home for the last time. what were they fighting about? there s a possible answer. hallway whispers that rachel and sheila had developed a sexual relationship and that skylar knew and threatened to out them. did they kill her to keep their secret? it s as close to a motive as anyone can come up with. do you think we ll ever know why this happened? i think that s something for rachel and sheila to say. they know the answers to that. in january 2014, dave and mary finally got the news they had been hoping for, a plea deal. sheila eddy, how do you plead to the offense of murder in the first degree, the felony charge in count three of the indictment in this case? guilty. sheila s attorney michael benninger read a statement from sheila and her family. my client and her family
skylar. did she kind of light up a room?he oh, yeah, she had the giggle and the laugh.ea the girls families became good friends. dave and sheryl say morgan and skylar were like sisters. what are your memories of skylar when she was this high? she giggled all the time. it just filled our house. she had the biggest eyes. you d just want to hug her. they were good girls, got good grades.re morgan dreamed of becoming a meteorologist.re skylar a criminal lawyer. they also had a pact, that they would always be there for one another. ys and you would both be in each other s wedding parties. everyone has a sister to put in their wedding, and we had each other. as freshmen at morgantown s university high school, the two girls drifted apart a little.ty with a new school came new friends. classmate daniel said the bubbly skylar fit in right away. friends came first. she was always about hanging out with friends if she didn t have work or school. soon, skylar had two new bff
it was the fbi. they were serious. twitter, instagram, facebook. you just see things. ridiculously out of control. a click 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. hello and welcome to dateline . for skylar s parent, their daughter what all they could have hoped for. friends and happy at her job. their world turned upside down when their only child seemed to vanish without a trace. at first police thought she ran