Theres nothing that i could have done or anyone could have done. Andrea Canning Skylar, rachel, shelia, total bffs. [laughing] Daniel Hovatter they hung out all the time. I always thought of them as a team. The three of them became inseparable. Andrea canning then, one ended up missing. Nobodys heard from her. Nobody knows where she is. Dave Neese Somethings wrong. Somethings bad wrong. Andrea canning where was skylar . Someone was hiding something. I was like, its the fbi. Like, theyre serious. Morgan lawrence twitter, instagram, facebook, you just see things start to get ridiculously out of control. Andrea canning a clique of mean girls. Were they mean enough to kill . Fantasia liller she was like, well, shell blackmail me. Marcia ashdown 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 Neeses parents, their teenage daughter was all they could have hoped for. A Straighta Student with lots of friends, and happy at her parttime job. But their world turned upside down when their only child seemed to vanish without a trace. At first, police thought she ran away, but hints on Social Media would point to a more sinister reason for her disappearance. Heres 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 . Andrea canning these teens played a strange and haunting game. Would you guys rather suffocate or get shot . Marcia ashdown get shot. Andrea canning a game of betrayal that would go way beyond typical teenage drama. Shes calling out, help me. You know . Why . Why . Why . Andrea canning and at the center of it all was a girl named skylar. Dave and Mary Neese welcomed their only daughter, skylar, to the world back in 1996. Tell me about the day she was born. Was that the greatest moment of your life . I wouldnt go that far. [laughing] first time you saw her. First time i saw her, yes, i can say that was the greatest moment of my life. Yeah, it was instant love. Andrea canning they live in Star City, a small suburb of morgantown, West Virginia, where dave worked at walmart, and mary at a medical office. Skylar was a whirlwind. A rambunctious, precocious toddler who owned her parents hearts. Dave neese hey, gorgeous. Hi, daddy. Dave neese you beautiful baby. She was reading way before she was supposed to, doing Math And Stuff way before she was supposed to so she was very intelligent Little Girl. Mary neese dance for me. Andrea canning when skylar started nursery school, she made her first friend, Morgan Lawrence. Morgan was drawn right away to skylar. Did she kind of light up a room . Oh, yeah. She had the giggle and the laugh. Andrea canning the girls families became good friends, too. Morgans parents, dave and cheryl, 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. Dave lawrence she had the biggest eyes. You just wanted to hug her. Andrea canning they were good girls. Got good grades. Morgan dreamed of becoming a meteorologist. Skylar, a criminal lawyer. They also had a pact. That they would always be there for one another. And you would both be in each Others Wedding parties. Everyone has a sister to put in their wedding, and we had Each Other. Andrea canning as freshman at Morgantowns University high school, the two girls drifted apart a little. With a new school came new friends. Classmate Daniel Hovatter says the Bubbly Skylar Fit in right away. Friends came first with her. She was always about hanging out with friends if she didnt have work or school. Andrea canning soon, skylar had two new bffs, Shelia Eddy, who the neeses had known for years, and Rachel Shoaf, a striking redhead with broadway aspirations. It wasnt long before they were calling themselves the three musketeers, and in pictures, they looked the part. They were literally together every second of every day, it seemed like. They hung out all the time. Andrea canning and like all teenage girls, they shared videos and photos with Each Other and online, giving us a glimpse into their world. Skylar and shelia just having fun. Now, let me try to get on your back like this. Andrea canning and of course, they occasionally got into trouble, but even then, it was for typical teenage things. Dave and Mary Werent too concerned. Shes a Straighta Student, who loves her parents. Did you sort of chalk it up to, ok, were not thrilled, but shes a teenager. Exactly. Dave neese when summer rolled around after her sophomore year, skylar seemed happy. She had a job at wendys, which she loved. Andrea canning on thursday, July 5, 2012, she came home after work and got ready for bed. Dave neese she put her arm around her mom, gave her a kiss, and gave her a hug, and said, i love you, mom. She turned to me, and said, i love you, dad, and she went to the room. Andrea canning the next day, dave planned to meet skylar in their apartment at lunchtime. He was surprised that she wasnt there. A little worried, he called mary. I thought, she was out with one of her other friends. I figured they went swimming or shopping. Andrea Canning Dave called her friends, including shelia. No one had seen her. Next, he went outside, and found more cause for worry. A small bench was tucked near Skylars Window, and the Window Screen was missing. Dave neese at this time, i called skylars Cell Phone. I said, hey, youre in trouble. You better be calling me right away. So i called her Cell Phone about 10 times. I called mary, again. Andrea canning again, mary told him to calm down. She said skylar was expected at work at 4 00. I said were not going to worry. Ill call them about 10 after 4 00. Give her time to clock in, everything, see if shes there. Andrea Canning But Mary didnt get a chance to call wendys. They called us first, wanting to know if she was coming to work. Was that a big moment for you . Yeah. Andrea canning a few minutes later, there was another big surprise. A call from shelia. Mary neese she said that she had to tell me The Truth, and i said, well what truth . She said, well, we snuck out last night. Andrea canning Marys Heart fell. Skylar had done that once before, gone on a late Night Joy Ride with Rachel And Shelia. That time theyd been caught for being out after the town curfew, and now, here was a worried shelia saying theyd done it again. I said, where did you go . Wheres skylar . And she said that skylar insisted they drop her off at The End of the street so we wouldnt hear her sneaking back in. Andrea canning now, that missing Screen And Bench outside Skylars 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. Mary neese my first instinct was someone abducted her from The End of the street to our house. Andrea Canning Dave called the police. Andrea canning the Neeses World had fallen apart. Their only daughter had disappeared into the night, and now shed been gone for nearly 24 hours. Where was skylar . The investigation begins, and concern for skylar begins to grow. Andrea canning Coming Up i just had this horrible feeling in my heart that something terrible had happened. Mary told me that night. She said, somethings wrong, dave. Somethings bad wrong. Andrea canning a grainy piece of videotape is about to give police one giant clue. What can they glean from this . 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Dave neese she slowly walked down to a car that was sitting there waiting on her, and she got in the Back Seat i could tell that and she drove away. Andrea Canning Police Couldnt quite make out a License Plate or tell the make or model. Skylars mom, mary, had a theory. Mary neese she made it home. Snuck back in the window. Then, a second person or persons had parked behind the building, and she snuck out a second time. Andrea canning but why . Who was in the car, and where did they go . The police didnt issue an Amber Alert since it looked like skylar left voluntarily. Jessica colebank once that video came out, that she willingly got in this car, theyre not going to come out and look for somebody driving around in a car. Andrea Canning Skylars Friend Shelia came right over. Dave neese she spent a lot of time here telling us that itll be ok, shell be home, and i really miss her, i love her, i want her back. Andrea canning the next day, Shelia Sat with mary on skylars bed. Both of them crying. Did it bring you comfort when shelia would come by, being skylars Best Friend . It did mean a little bit, yeah. Knowing that, how could skylar leave her behind . Andrea Canning Mary and shelia took to the streets together, Posting Flyers for skylar. They would knock on the doors, and ask, have you seen this girl. And we kept showing the pictures to people, and nobody had seen her. Shelia was very, very worried about what had happened to skylar. Andrea canning Chrissy Swanson was a close Family Friend of shelias, and saw Shelias Distress firsthand. Chrissy swanson she was trying so hard to help them find anything, so hard to help them figure out what had happened. Reporter the Star City police are still looking for a missing 16yearold. Andrea Canning Dave made a plea for help on Local News station wboy. We love our baby. We want her home. Andrea canning by sunday night, skylar had been gone the whole weekend. Her family, including her aunt carol, was heartsick. Carol michaud i just had this horrible feeling in my heart that, you know, something terrible had happened, and it wasnt like her to Run Away or disappear like she did. Mary told me that night. She said, somethings wrong, dave. Somethings bad wrong. Andrea canning the community held a candlelight vigil. Skylars School Friends came, including Rachel And Shelia. Dave neese they were crying. Came up and hugged me and mary, just crying their eyes out. The only Thing Mary could say was, what can we do to help these girls . How can we help these girls . Andrea Canning Skylars Family Friend Morgan Lawrence was upset, too. She was away at camp when she read on facebook that skylar was missing. How worried were you . Oh, i was sick to my stomach all the time worried. Andrea canning so was Officer Colebank. She was at it nonstop. Jessica Colebank Id come back to the office in the evenings, you know, watching the video, getting facebook records. Andrea Canning Colebank was swamped with tips from people saying theyd seen skylar from morgantown to New York and even california. Each sighting was a dead end. At the same time, colebank pulled skylars records. And what she found was ominous. Skylar wasnt using her Cell Phone or her atm card. Colebank now had serious doubts that skylar had Run Away. Usually runaways, they take items with them that they want, especially if she had contacts and glasses. She didnt take that stuff with her. Andrea canning and then police got an important new lead in the case. There had been two Bank Robberies in the nearby town of blacksville. Both of them had gone down around the time skylar vanished. Ronnie gaskins i was working with other investigators on those Bank Robberies. Andrea canning while looking into the robberies, Ronnie Gaskins, of the West Virginia state police, was called into skylars case. There had been a tip that somehow skylar had been at a party with the suspected Bank Robbers when something bad happened. What was the theory . Theyre just rumors, gossip going around that there was this teenage party, there was a possible overdose, and people that were scared so they hid the body. Andrea canning it seemed unlikely. Skylar didnt use heavy drugs. Jessica colebank it was just a lot of tracking down rumors, tons and tons and tons of rumors. Andrea canning al