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Skylar Neese

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Skylar Neese was just an ordinary 16 year old. She lived in a city called Star City located in West Virginia. She was an only child to Dave and Mary Neese. Skylar was described as being someone to light up any room. she was smart and enthusiastic; she was just fun to be around.   Around the age of 8, she met her best friend Sheila Eddy. Both girls were only children. They were also from different cities and went to different schools. Sheila was located in Blacksville, West Virginia.  By the time high school was about to start in 2010, Sheila's family moved closer to Skylar so the girls could go to school together. This is where they met their third best friend Rachel Shoaf. The girls had such a strong bond and were inseparable.  (Left to right) Sheila Eddy, Rachel Shoaf, Skylar Neese The activities the girls would do were instigated through Sheila. Sheila was described as the bad-ass of the group. The girls would sneak out, drink, and smoke weed. Everyone around them...

Jayme Closs

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For my first story, I wanted to pick something close to home for me. Today I will be telling you the story about the kidnapping of Jayme Closs.  Jayme Closs was an only child who lived with her Mother, Denise Closs, and her Father, James Closs. This small family lived in northern Wisconsin in a town called Barron. Jayme was only 13 at the time. On the night of October 15th, 2018, Jake Patterson, 20 at the time, had broken into the Closs home in the middle of the night.   This was not the first time he was at their house though. Later during the trial, Jake admits to visiting the Closs house two other times before committing the murder. At the time, Jake worked at a cheese factory in Almena, Wisconsin. The Closs house was on his way to the factory and in September, he saw Jayme for the first time. Jake was behind Jayme's school bus and he saw her get off the bus one day. He didn't know who she was but he knew that she was 'the girl he wanted to take'. He took a lot of pl...