🧠 Motive Monday The Jealousy That Turned Deadly – Skylar Neese’s Best Friends

Published on 28 July 2025 at 11:00

Skylar Neese was a bright, happy 16-year-old from Star City, West Virginia—until one summer night in 2012, she climbed out of her bedroom window and vanished.

🚨 The truth?
Her two best friends, Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, had lured her into the woods—and stabbed her to death.

Their motive?

🩸 Rachel later told investigators:
"We just didn’t like her anymore."


💔 Behind the Smiles
Skylar thought they were inseparable.
The three laughed together, posted selfies, and shared secrets. But behind the scenes, growing tension, jealousy, and a toxic clique dynamic festered into something far more dangerous.

The motive wasn’t money.
It wasn’t rage.
It was cold, calculated exclusion… masked by teenage friendship.


📚 Why This Case Shook the Nation
This wasn’t a crime of passion or impulse.
This was a planned murder by two girls who simply wanted their third friend gone.


🧠 How does a friendship become fatal?
Let’s break down the psychological power of teen dynamics, peer pressure, and social manipulation.

👀 Comment your thoughts below.

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