Quiet As It's Kept

She's a Mean Girl! She's a Bitch!

• Quiet As It's Kept • Season 1 • Episode 6

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This week, Kristen covers the murder of Skylar Neese.

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Kristen

And we are live.

D'Janai

This is a recorded progress, but yes, we're live as far as y'all know.

Kristen

Yeah.

D'Janai

happy Wednesday. Good morning.

Kristen

Yes, Wednesday,

D'Janai

It's Wednesday. Yeah, it's Wednesday. Yes. Um, hi everybody. I'm DJ.

Kristen

I am Kristen

D'Janai

this is another episode of quiet as it's kept the podcast. Welcome back. If you are coming back, if this is your first episode, what you're doing here, go back to the first episode.

Kristen

Yeah. Start there. And then you'll fully

D'Janai

Order your stuff. Absolutely. Um, cause it's, it's definitely, episodic, this, it goes in order. No, it's not girl jumping, getting where you fit in. Um, we're just glad to have you. Thanks for listening to another episode. Um, this is a, for all you newbies, this is a true crime comedy podcast. We have to say that now because, some people didn't get the memo. Um, some people were left off of that memo. if you don't know what true crime comedy is, pack it up. You know, honestly, if you don't, if you don't know what it is at this point, like you probably not gonna like it. but basically we are telling each other true crime stories. and the way Kristen and I process these stories is through humor because we are too silly gooses, geese.

Kristen

Uh, actually I think it's deuces. I don't know. Oh my God.

D'Janai

What stupid as hell. And,

Kristen

And I'm a journalism major. So clearly the degree

D'Janai

uh,

Kristen

to great use.

D'Janai

but anyways, um, yes, we're back with another episode. We're very excited. Um, also if you're late to the gaming and you've listened to previous episodes, you may have noticed that before we were doing, we were trying different shit. We were doing, one story at a time that we sold together. We also did two stories, two separate stories that we did, but, A lot of y'all's attention spans are short. So we noticed

Kristen

embarrassing. Embarrassingly

D'Janai

and bear eyes. So, we noticed that like after the hour, Mark, y'all kind of lose interest, which is fine. We have, we have adjusted, we've adapted. We adaptable. So now we do one story a week. Last week I went. So now, Kristen's going to go, but before we jump into the, to the dark sided, we have to have a word from our sponsors. So this week's episode is brought to you by Lilo and stitch. I recently it's really fucking cute. I recently rewatched, Lilo and stitch and. I'm not going to hold you. I teared up a little,

Kristen

Uh, as you should a classic, a classic.

D'Janai

I it's so pure. And it's about family and togetherness and no one gets left behind. I said, this is some, you know what I could, this is something that I can can, you know, appreciate right now. So yeah.

Kristen

about beating bitches up. If they talk shit

D'Janai

This is true. She definitely whooped that little girl's ass Myrtle.

Kristen

should have

D'Janai

it's really good. And honestly looking back at it, cause I remember when it first came out and. Like the, the animation holds up, you know, how you go back and watch old episodes of the Rugrats. And it's like, Oh my God did y'all draw this on a napkin. It still looks clean. It still looks good. And the story's relevant. It's always going to be relevant. Lilo's the best because she's a weird girl. She's a bitch. I'm fine.

Kristen

she's a weird girl. Who's actually, she's, you know, like the girls who are considered weird, but as they get older, they're actually like, I was actually the coolest person in our grade, but everyone was too dumb to realize that yeah, Lila death's grew up and was like that girl

D'Janai

She. Absolutely was she had a pet fish that she didn't feel like, Oh, this pet fish, I need to take home with me. She knows the pet fish belongs in the ocean and his name was Pudge and it told the weather, I mean, or control the weather,

Kristen

Yeah,

D'Janai

like the vision that her mind,

Kristen

maybe died if it wasn't used to salt. but she had the right idea in mind. Cause they weren't doing that and finding Nemo, they were capturing and throwing them in a tank doing? Yes, they were speaking in tongues. Okay. Try to break free, like please Lord break the chains in. Here we have Lilo being a humanitarian and also her sister literally has my ideal shape if I could be built like that.

D'Janai

about to say, let's talk about top that like the hottest Disney characters, characters, male and female. I have my ready to go. Definitely Nani, male character, girl. I love me some Shang Yu from

Kristen

yeah.

D'Janai

bisexual King. Love him.

Kristen

Okay. Uh, I'm going to throw in there. so when I was younger, I used to think, John Smith was so hot and then I got older and woke. And then I was like, I actually, Coco, wom literally Coca wom. Was fine. He was ready to wife. he was bill any, had a man bun before man were cool. So yeah, he looked good. He looked right. Um, I evolved. Thanks. Thankfully, I got some tastes because yeah, Pocahontas was smoking crack, like who

D'Janai

about some John Smith when you got some finance Coco. Now that I think about it was Pocahontas, a white man's whore.

Kristen

Oh, she was, and her best friend was telling her about herself. He said, listen, if you don't want him we'll okay.

D'Janai

take him off your hands. Glad Lee go

Kristen

Cause he was next. He was going to be chief. He was next up.

D'Janai

like he was already about to be the next chief, but then she going to go with this white man who probably, I mean, at this point, hadn't even mastered the art of washing his ass. The Morris hadn't come and taught them how to do that. So what was.

Kristen

Only the look. Okay. I will give John Smith this, I guess, and not John Smith in real life. Because if you look up Pocahontas origin story, like they really sugar water that shit down. And it was, it is a very brutal and tragic story. And she was like 14, but they made it, you know, cutesy it's

D'Janai

Oh yeah.

Kristen

But in the movie he did like tell them, he did tell his bro was like, listen, um, we're going to have to go because I got some Poon on me last night and you are not going to murder her and her family. So y'all, don't have to leave, get up out, get out, leave. They didn't listen, but he tried. So I respect that. He respects that

D'Janai

that was, um, very insightful and not, yeah, Coco. Um, I'm glad you brought that one up. Cause that was all the way back in the cerebellum. I forgot about him, but he's fine. Yes.

Kristen

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D'Janai

yes.

Kristen

Okay. Um, this week, uh, we are sponsored by Glade plugins. Uh, I, okay. I know my seem out of left field, but I recently found an unopened bike box of three

D'Janai

Oh my God. That's like

Kristen

and I have, yes. And I have so many of like the little. Holder's a little like white pieces that attach to it. And I love them. And I liked them more than like the spray one that's on a timer because those run out so quickly.

D'Janai

It scares the shit out of me.

Kristen

Yes. Every single time and you know, it's coming and it still will scare you. And it was just like instantly, as soon as I plugged it in and it smelled so good and just made me happy. I'd love smelling. Like, I love this smell of either like fresh linen or. Just, I don't know

D'Janai

I like fresh smells through. I agree. I like anything that smells like soap, like linen. That's my go-to, but I've been venturing more into like warmer sense for the, for the fall time. I got some, um, uh, vanilla. Burning in my, um, not burning, but in my diffuser right now. And it's making my apartment smell heavenly

Kristen

Well, now I'm offered vanilla cinnamon. The only thing I will not venture into is, um,

D'Janai

pumpkin. I knew you were going to say that because you're my village.

Kristen

Okay,

D'Janai

Why would want, I want my home to smell like a gourd. Like I'm good. What is y'all's obsession with pumpkin?

Kristen

Right,

D'Janai

Do we need to have a conversation? Oh,

Kristen

I just, I mean, I don't like the smell of it. I don't like the taste of it. Um, yeah, we had an icebreaker at work. On Monday. And it was like, what's like one Thanksgiving food that you really love. And what's one that you can do without. And I was like pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie. All the pies went to all the pies, but pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie. No, if it's orange, I don't want it. I don't want it. Uh,

D'Janai

eat it. I can definitely eat it, but I just don't want to smell

Kristen

can't do it. Can't do it. Uh, pumpkin spice, lattes. Sorry.

D'Janai

Yeah, no, I'm not. I'm not doing that. I cinnamon latte. Absolutely. Yes. But, uh, pumpkin go home pumpkin.

Kristen

slap me bitch.

D'Janai

Oh my God, that shit.

Kristen

Oh my gosh.

D'Janai

my God. Classic classic New York. And if you don't know what we talking about you on the wrong podcast? Um,

Kristen

And if you do just make a reference to what show we're talking about in our

D'Janai

yes, please do. um, oh my God. I love her. I want to watch her, her new show. I've been meaning to get to that half too, because

Kristen

I've just seen the clips on Twitter and it looks hilarious. And she also said,

D'Janai

wait what'd you say?

Kristen

She was, I she's talking to some guy from love and hip hop who like, uh, converted to Islam. And she was like, so in your Muslim identity and he was like, Nope, Nope, not what it's called. And he actually was super sweet and like took her through shoots, like, Oh, okay. So, um, mostly Amity. was like, Nope, you could just not, not say that

D'Janai

Oh, my God. She's so fun. You know what I think about all the time, but I can't say it because people will think I'm serious, but like all the time I want to say, are you serious to me right now? Good morning. Good morning. You can choke.

Kristen

Uh, I also love, like, what was her name? Delicious was like you, I know, I love her. Oh my

D'Janai

Oh, we could do this all day because seriously, I stand I'm like seriously stand and we'll fight for two women. That is Mary J Blige and Tiffany Pollard

Kristen

at all for real, she's not

D'Janai

No okay. Are you ready?

Kristen

Yes. Alrighty.

D'Janai

You feel ready?

Kristen

I feel ready. Alright. Shool gather round gather round. So we are going to star city, West Virginia. Uh, I've never.

D'Janai

Star city.

Kristen

um, anyone who were in star city, West, Virginia. And I am going to tell actually I'm just gonna start off. So Skylar niece was born on February 10th, 1996, fellow Aquarius in the house, uh, with me not with that Taurus energy

D'Janai

Oh my God.

Kristen

over there.

D'Janai

Wow. Okay.

Kristen

Any LOHO she was born to marry me, who was an admin assistant and Dave Neese, who was a product assembler at Walmart. Um, so she came from a very, you know, lower to middle class family. Yeah. Um, she was an only child and from all accounts, she was an intelligent and bubbly and outgoing honor student with the 4.0 GPA. So just a really seems just like, seemed like a really talented, young girl who was probably gonna, I mean, 4.0 GPA is nothing to, you know, play with. So she was, you know, On the up and up. So, um, when Skylar was in second grade, she would meet a little girl named Sheila ed. And Sheila was all

D'Janai

I'm gonna keep my comments to myself.

Kristen

I, no, you, you are good

D'Janai

Sometimes when

Kristen

that is a.

D'Janai

Naming their kids. They need to think about how is this name going to track through life because Sheila is a grown woman's name. Okay.

Kristen

All the way grown. Um, and now that I'm looking at it, unless it's spelled like Sheila, but watch, they like pronounce it, like, um, it's chalet girl,

D'Janai

No, it's not that her name. No, it's not. And if the, her name is really Sheila, she was born with a cigarette, like a pack of Newports in her pocket. No fucking way.

Kristen

Virginia Slims hanging out her back pocket. Uh, so she was, Sheila was also an only child, which is why I think they may be bonded so quickly over that. And also they were in second grade, which like, everyone's your best friend in second grade? Uh, so they instantly became best friends and were really inseparable, but they lived in different towns. So. In October of 2010, Sheila lived in a town called Blackville, which was about 20 miles

D'Janai

let me guess the demographic.

Kristen

named blacks. I wonder which plan member named that one. Okay. This town was about 20 miles away from Morgantown, which is where, Skylar and her family lives. So not yet.

D'Janai

Oh,

Kristen

So this is when they get to come on the same school because after she was parents ended up getting divorced and she goes to live with her mom and her stepdad who would end up moving to Morgantown and Sheila and scholar would finally be able to go to school together again at a school called university high school. That is the real name,

D'Janai

Um, okay. High

Kristen

city high. Uh, so here they are starting their freshman year of high school, which is, I don't know about you, but freshman year seemed like everything. Like you're sniffing your own ass. You feel like we're falling with the high schoolers, but you're also terrified because like upper upperclassmen or me. Yeah. For no reason. Um,

D'Janai

on my first day of high school, I walked up in school. I went to a special high school. I had a backpack on a Jansport. This girl pulled me to the side. She said, excuse me, miss, let me talk to you real quick. She was like, this is a backpack free zone. Purses need to buy a bag. I went out like the same weekend and bought a bag. Cause I was just like, Oh, I need to fit in. Nobody actually was carrying their books in a book bag, backpack, the fashion school. She was like, Oh, you're going to stick out like a sore thumb first rule, no backpacks, unless you're a fucking loser. I said, okay.

Kristen

Sorry. I wasn't great. Spinal health,

D'Janai

Okay. I just, I guess I'll just develop a hump on one side from carrying her fucking purse at age 14. Thanks for the tip.

Kristen

It was the op it was flipped here. It was like, if you wore like a shoulder bag or rolling back packs, it was like, what the hell are you doing? And you had to, you had a bus down in an L L bean. And if you were a girl, how to be like the Hawaiian pack? Um, I had the,

D'Janai

this is,

Kristen

this is George.

D'Janai

is Georgia rules. This is Georgia rule.

Kristen

I say the contrast. It was like, you've got to have that Hawaiian LL bean. Deluxe. Okay. I still have them backpacks.

D'Janai

What you're doing with them. Okay. That's fair.

Kristen

Algebra. And then you got your name engraved on it or your nickname?

D'Janai

No, no,

Kristen

Yes.

D'Janai

Ma'am they was like, Oh, you don't have a coach bag. Keep in mind. This was like 2006. So

Kristen

shout out to coach,

D'Janai

out to coach.

Kristen

Um, so there are some conflicting reports that. So Sheila of course moved from Blackville and she was like new town, new me. Um, she kind of evolved into this new person that was really in tune with like her sexuality and by all accounts was became pretty popular, pretty quick. Um,

D'Janai

what grade is this that she's talking about? Sexuality.

Kristen

uh, she's a freshman. So she pulled a Manny from the grassy for sure. right,

D'Janai

Like you slow hot in the crutch

Kristen

but him just started like sniffing her own ass and. At this point, Sheila and scholars, still best friends and, you know, going through freshman year together. But that year they would end up meeting another fellow freshmen named Rachel Shoaff or shop S C H O a F. I'm going to just go by sh show. Um, And Rachel was a little bit different from them. She was an aspiring actress and singer, and, um, she was also pretty religious. You participated in different Christian clubs, like young life. And she actually attended a Catholic school before transferring and attending university. Hi, um, she should have hung up. The flat screen for that actress and singer. But I think I'm saying that because I'm coming from a place of disdain and hate,

D'Janai

Oh, wait, hold up.

Kristen

not in the cards for her. Uh, you'll see. see. Um, but she would have never made it, um, any womb. So here you have it, which is kind of a typical teenage troop. I want to say you have, you know, the two best friends, they introduce someone new and it's like, yeah, the three Amigos three Musketeers. But of course it either goes two ways. It's either everyone comes together and forms this great bond as a three. um, or the group dynamic dynamic is gonna to shift. And that's what happened with them. The dynamic completely shifted. So what was once, you know, three coal beans and a pod turn into, uh, were wiling out. So they began to drink and smoke weed and sneak out and miss curfew. And a lot of people were saying Sheila was kind of the ringleader and mastermind for this. They just, a lot of people said, although she was pretty popular, like she was a bad seed. She didn't care. She didn't really have many limitations, restrictions, whatever. Like she was going to do what she wanted to do. And you hear, you have Rachel, who was. I would say maybe not a theater kid, but definitely a little more. Yeah. Artsy. And then you have Skylar, who's like a straight a student. So the wheels are about to fall off the, the, the car fast so things kind of came to a head in the summer of 2011 and the girls would have a sleepover. And the streets are saying that Sheila and Rachel ended up getting a little drunk and they ended up getting a little frisky. And the frisky turns into having drunken sex while Skylar is in the room. she was just in the room, sitting there watching

D'Janai

okay. Well

Kristen

trying to look away of them

D'Janai

did her feet stop working somehow girl, leave the

Kristen

I don't know. I don't know. And so I guess when they were finished, she maybe did leave the room or had a conversation when Sheila, when they were finishing was like, I ain't never, ever, ever seen you act like this before. Like, what the hell are you doing? And you know, of course she was like, whatever, like I'm doing me to duh, And I found on there was this whole website And I don't know if her family ran it or runs it or what, but it was a great breakdown and Skyler had tweeted out. Um, I believe that summer something along the lines of like, you know, I have secrets and I, if I could get away with exposing them or telling people I would, but you know, like not going to whatever. So I think word probably got out about them and they were like looking for a target. Uh, okay, well, who is maybe talking about this? Th this is all speculation on me, but it seems as though this was kind of be event that may be sit things over the edge. So from there, from that summer, uh, Rachel and Sheila became inseparable and they were just like, peace Skyler, like see you later and they actively began to exclude her they started addressing, like, I found the pictures of them, of course, like in the mirror with their like LG envies and then now they were both sexually active. so they were sniffing, their own ass is like too big for their britches. so after this is happening, Skylar was kind of just like. okay. Well, they don't, they don't like me anymore. And the girls just begin to drift apart, um, which you can see, you can almost kind of see the timeline of Rachel and Sheila's Twitter feed of them. Like it used to be pictures of all three of them. And then all of a sudden it's just pictures of the two of them. Like every picture is just them hanging out or tagging each other. So you could see what they were clearly doing. So on the night of July 5th, 2012 scholar had a job at Wendy's and she supposedly got off around 10 or 10 30 and went back to her apartment with her parents where they lived and around midnight. She started receiving texts from Rachel and Sheila and they're blowing up her phone, like, Hey, we just want to take a joy ride and we want to smoke. Um, please come with us. And at first she was hesitant because she knew, like, I know y'all, don't fuck with me anymore, or like me. So why are y'all pushing this so hard for me to come, but, uh, ultimately they did convince her to sneak out, um, Her parents. I do not believe we're home yet. If they were home, she had been sneaking out for a while now to go by hanging out with them or do stuff. So she just propped up her window and left, like. A stool or something under it to keep it propped up, which was kind of the signal like, Hey, y'all, I'm seeking out, but I'm coming home. Which makes me believe that this has happened before, like a few times for her to leave that type of signal. Like I'll be back.

D'Janai

she left the signal to the parents.

Kristen

Yes. Or in general. Like I can't, when I come back, my parents will be home, so I can't come through the front door. So I'm gonna have to go through my window. So she had done this before, um, which is fine. Kids sneak out.

D'Janai

Well, hold on.

Kristen

I didn't know, kids in high school who did sneak out, but I couldn't, my room is on the second floor, so I would die.

D'Janai

do people sneak out and then also not have the fear of God in you because if something were to happen to you or if whatever. Are you not scared of your parents? You're going to sneak out.

Kristen

I would never have had the balls to sneak out and I lived too far away from where all my friends live. So like they go here that they gonna hear the car in the driveway

D'Janai

Right? Bring your stupid ass

Kristen

The most I would do would just stretch the truth of like where I was saying, I'm so sorry, Lisa, we've already talked about this together, but like, I'd be like, Oh, I'm going to this person's house. And I would not be there and be staying somewhere else because you know, you're trying to, you trying to turn it off. It's new year's Eve and I'm about to turn up. So Sydney, um, that was like the extent, but like as far as, no, I never had the balls to actually. Sneak out. It was not possible.

D'Janai

trying to sneak out of, uh, a brick building in the Bronx, knocking my head on the fucking iron awning. It makes so much fucking noise. Hell no, but I'm sorry. Yeah, it's never, whenever I see it on TV, I'm just like this it's just unrealistic. Like who's

Kristen

And they do it on law and order SVU a lot. And they're just like, well, just get out of the fire escape. I'm like, Is this a standard

D'Janai

have y'all not watched a final destination. Them shits will kill you.

Kristen

right.

D'Janai

crazy. They ask you

Kristen

Okay. No, no. So at 1230, you shouldn't, I'm sneaking through her bedroom window, um, and went across the street and got in a car. Uh, the car was owned by or owned in the family. I don't know. Sheila used to drive it. Sheila EDIS. It was Sheila Eddie's car. It was, you know, it was hers. So the girls are in a car talking kicking in. So they had Northwest towards Blackville. On route 19. And they initially wanted to go down the West Virginia, uh, route seven, but they spotted a police officer were like, nevermind change your plans. Uh, so they ended up crossing the border into Wayne township, Pennsylvania because they had a little secret smoke spot that they would smoke at. So I don't know

D'Janai

state lines to smoke weed.

Kristen

State lines. So I don't know much about West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but I'm assuming that they live close enough to the border where it was maybe like a 30 minute commute, 30, 40 minute commute, which even then if y'all want to smoke that by y'all better go to the playground, like who has time? Exactly. Crossing state lines for what?

D'Janai

For a little weed guy with some crack heads at that point,

Kristen

Okay. Okay. And I know we're probably wasn't even loud. It was probably. literally. So they get to the smoke um, in unknowingly to Skylar in the trunk, there are kitchen knives and paper towels and bleach and cleaning cloths and clean clothes and a shovel. They actually had concealed knives on their person. They were like oversized clothing or whatever. Um, and then the rest of the items were in the trunk. So they go down to their smoke spot and they get to it. And One of the girls mentioned, I forgot to bring the lighter. I don't know which girl in Skyler was like, Oh, I'll go back up and get it from the car. And once Skylar turned her back, Sheila E and Rachel Shoaff would then look to each other and mouth one, two, three, And that was their agreed upon. Say no to then attack Skylar. They begin to stop her in the back, uh, in the front everywhere on her body. And Skylar almost was able to run, you know, I don't know what it's like to be stabbed, but I feel like she probably felt the initial shock and was like, what the fuck and the fight or flight came to. And she was able to run a few feet before Rachel's ass tackled her. Um, and Skyler was actually able to wrestle the knife away from Rachel and actually cut her on. Her knee, but because there's two of them, Rachel was able to Rachel, I mean, Rachel was able to Rachel it back, wrestle it back, and it wasn't a fair fight. And Sheila continued to SAB Skylar as well as Rachel and told there was absolute, complete silence and they ended up stopping once they heard no more gurgling sounds coming from scholar's body. The girls would go on and say, and later confessions that at some point during the assault scholar just kept saying why

D'Janai

Yes, that's my question. Why. That's the main question,

Kristen

right there, and during Skyler's post-mortem examination, it were billed more than 50 stab wounds to her body. Which is overkill and every, every sense of the word. So duck, duck, Damascus one and duck, duck Damascus. Number two, they first tried to bury her body next to the side of the road. That's why they brought the shovel, but this road was near a Creek and a trail. So the soil of course has ha had hardened. So they're like, oops, that's not going to work. Um, So they're like, let's just leave her here. And they ended up treating her like literal roadkill and they put leaves and rocks and branches over her body just to conceal the body. They would turn off Skyler's phone and just leave it next to her body. And they would go back to Sheila's car. They would dispose of their bloody clothes. They would wash their face, arms, wherever blood was visible, they would get in Sheila's car. They would drive home and they would go to bed,

D'Janai

Go to bed.

Kristen

go just, it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

D'Janai

Yeah.

Kristen

Uh, see you when I see him.

D'Janai

Killed an innocent girl in cold blood. I'm going to drive home. I'm going to turn on. I'm going to get in my bed, get on underneath my weighted blanket and turn on adult swim. And just until I fall asleep, what the fuck?

Kristen

Sick sick or ruse.

D'Janai

I can't. I really hope. I just can't. I just, I, I really can't. What the fuck was that for?

Kristen

So the next day scholars' parents realized that I guess she hadn't gotten up for school yet. or early that morning, like they just realized like something's off. So they went in her room and saw that her window was open, but. I was under the guise that they were like, even if she did, even when we knew that she snuck out, she would always make it back home. So this is a weird occurrence. So they went to the police and the police initially rolled her as a runaway. Um, Which kind of makes no sense. I mean, it sucks that she had snuck out before, but I felt like if her parents are telling you, she always comes home and something is off, we can feel it nine times out of 10,

D'Janai

Yeah,

Kristen

go with the parents' gut. And so an Amber alert was not initially issued at all. And there were

D'Janai

in this case, but

Kristen

no, but they were fearful that okay. Was this a sneak out or did someone break in and take her, or like what is going on? And so some tips trickled in that she was spotted in North Carolina, but those went cold really, really fast.

D'Janai

is wrong with people? They know what I did not see her in a North Carolina

Kristen

want to be in the news or? And so Skyler's family at this point, we're like, okay, not getting. Not that they weren't getting help from the police, but it was like, this seems a little more crucial and critical to us that we're going to start putting up flyers and doing search parties the whole night. And so do you know that Sheila and Rachel's

D'Janai

Oh God, come on. Don't say it.

Kristen

from Shrek looking ass actually went on the search parties for her? Oh DJ. They were playing it up. They were tweeting. When, when Skyler's birthday pass, putting up pictures, like we miss you, baby girl, please come home. So. Police ended up being able to pull camera footage. And they determined that the unknown sedan that they saw Skylar, you know, trotting to belong to Sheila. And so they interviewed her and she led them into like, yeah, we picked her up, but like we just rejoice riding around town. And then we dropped her off an hour later and they were like, but why wouldn't you see her coming back the same way from where she snuck off at. And so at this point, the local police called in the FBI and the West Virginia state police. And they joined in on the search and began interviewing Skylar school friends, going to the school multiple times. They sat back down with Sheila and Rachel. And of course, maybe no shaded them, but like the FBI going on with smart you every time. And they interviewed them several times and their stories sounded extremely way to rehearse almost identical words coming out of both of their mouths, which is good to a degree, I guess, glad that y'all practice, but awful to another degree. Cause it's like, we can tell that y'all wrote this shit

D'Janai

Right. And then have been going over the lines every day in the mirror, like an eight mile. You just

Kristen

literally.

D'Janai

it's too rehearsed. You don't switch the words up paraphrase bitch. Like if you're trying to get away with it, but you know, I'm glad again, stupid as teenagers because how old were they? 16 stupid ass is.

Kristen

at this point. Yeah. So. The pressure didn't stop there because the whole town started applying pressure. They were like, y'all might have fooled the local police and been like, yeah, we just dropped off a yard. I'm fooling us. So like fake Twitter accounts started popping up justice for Skylar. Like we overheard Rachel and Sheila in the hallway talking about some, Oh, we got rid of her. How do we dispose it ended or what are going to do? Dah, dah, dah. in the school talking about it. And the kids were like, after they've got interviewed by the FBI, they're like, Oh yeah, we heard them like alluding to like dumping or digging something. But we, they were also like, they planned it pretty smartly. They were also supposedly like dissecting. An animal at school. So they thought that they were referring to that, but then other people were like, no, like I definitely overheard them talking real reckless about how they got, got away with this, this, that, and the third. So students were applying that pressure. Um, at this point Skyler's parents were like, they know more than they're letting on, and the story began to crumble because at this point they didn't have the support of the students at school. People knew that they were lying and the walls were closing in, on them fast. So on January 3rd, 2013, more than six months after. Skylar went missing rachel had a nervous breakdown. Then demons started beating her.

D'Janai

You know what? Thank God.

Kristen

They going to beat your ass every time. And so she finally was like, Oh, I guess I have a conscious. Now she went to the police and she. Admitted everything she explained, she helped Sheila stab and murder. Schuyler. She explained they had been planning this for a few months, you know, just casual.

D'Janai

This is not a baby shower bitch. Why did you do that?

Kristen

okay. And when asked by the state police, captain, Ronnie Gaskin, like he was like, so I just got to know, like, what is the motive? Why did y'all do this? And she said, and I quote, we just didn't like her

D'Janai

Oh my God. If you don't like her, don't speak to her. If you don't like her unfriend her ass on Facebook, you do not need to kill her. You don't have to kill everybody. You don't like. It's

Kristen

But not even that just sick, just some mean girl petty shit. And they really thought that they were gonna get away with this

D'Janai

Why would you kill somebody? Cause you don't like them,

Kristen

or don't want to be friends with him anymore. If it was that much pressure and you were like, yeah, I would on my car. I would rather, you all have gang term? I probably all just fought her in the parking lot.

D'Janai

Just beat her up and go on about your business. Going on to a blockbuster, whatever the fuck was open at the time, mind your business, you don't need to kill her when you could beat her ass. Beat her ass was always an option.

Kristen

Right. And they just went straight to like Norman Bates don't care. Like what, what

D'Janai

Girl. Do you know how quickly I would have just like. Blocked her number and blocked him on Facebook bitch. Don't hit me up no more. I don't like you cause you read too many books.

Kristen

or why not just like. Regina George her and make up rumors. I know that sounds awful, but like, if you really don't rock with her no more, or if you feel like maybe she's been doing shit behind her back, right.

D'Janai

and then take that book to a therapist because you need help.

Kristen

right. But to go straight to killing, which I think shows to me more like they had a very codependent. Relationship on each other. And I don't know who was the ring leader, but regardless she got way out of hand for them to think that like murders are only options.

D'Janai

right. When, when the unfriend button is right there. There was no reason for that. And I remember now I'm remembering the picture that you sent me of them and they both look like Fiona

Kristen

Both of them. They both look like if they wouldn't have done this, they would have definitely been involved in a pyramid scheme. Those bitches who would hop in your Facebook DMS and be like, Hey girl, you're so beautiful. I would love to know if you want your life to change and become a part of it. A Mae Xen company, why they would have been on.

D'Janai

free? Don't if anybody says those two words to me that honestly that's the code word. Okay. If I'm in trouble, I'm going to say that to, you would say like, I would like to be financially free. That's when you know, I'm in distress because that right there is a cry for help.

Kristen

I forgot what this girl was selling, but she was like, you're so beautiful. Like, and she had been liking my pictures, like, all right, girl, you a fan, whatever. I like, I know I look good, like at school. And then she was like, have you ever thought about modeling? And I was like, not really. I mean, maybe, maybe not whatever she's like, would you like to possibly. Model for me. And I was like,

D'Janai

Oh, no. Ma'am

Kristen

uh, so what would I was like, what would it entail? She was like, well, first you have to buy our product. Our base product. Start out around$150. I said, Oh,

D'Janai

you want me to model Herbalife?

Kristen

delete. I said, backspace, delete, erase, whatever. Get up out of my ideas. And don't ever come back. I mean, ladies, there are just so many other options. You could go work at a call center. You can become a nanny. You have the world is your oyster settle with the temp agency and just get your foot in the door. But so go to scamming and then harassing people who are just trying to scroll on Instagram. There should be laws. Okay. Uh, laws, Mark Zuckerberg make some laws that's just too

D'Janai

No, it's a lawless, it's a lawless platform and that's the whole appeal. But let me ask you something because there's a lot of jokes going on right now on Twitter, about four rigs. And like, it's always like, you know, black niggas in a turtleneck thinking they do it for X. Is, are there any women? And for it's like, I don't think they too busy selling, um, Herbalife, Amway

Kristen

there was that viral video that went around of like the Forex conference and it was just like a lot of tailored suits in all colors.

D'Janai

H and M since. Go on.

Kristen

Screaming about just like, yeah,

D'Janai

If you don't want to make money, that's all right. But I'm just here to try and make some money. Oh my God.

Kristen

Did I see a woman in the car? I did not, but maybe they're tucked away a secret.

D'Janai

women got too much sense.

Kristen

But thanks where it's legal. So,

D'Janai

Okay. I'm sorry. I derailed you.

Kristen

no, you're fine. I don't want to kill nobody's dream. I'm just saying, be prepared, you

D'Janai

It's for jail for the penitentiary.

Kristen

it's coming. Uh, so Rachel confess. Whatever still fuck hard January. That was January 3rd of 2013, January 15th of 2018 after her confession and like tying up some loose ends, Rachel then led the investigators to Skyler's body and April 1st of 2013. Sheila was still maintaining her innocence. She was like, Rachel, who? I don't know her. She, she confessed. I didn't say shit. And I don't have no evidence really to tie me to this. It's just, as she said, she said, I'm like, y'all know if I was there. And she actually tweeted out that day. We really did count to three was. I don't know if she thought that she was on some, like, catch me. If you can sit Leonardo, like they'll never get me. I don't know. But the FBI has, would have been making, like they had pages and pages of their social media accounts alluding to what they did because they're teenagers and they want to scream it from the rooftop to get like bragging points or seem cool. And the police and FBI had been waiting on DNA to come back from Sheila's car to make sure it matched Skyler's blood. And it did, and it lit up like a Christmas tree. And on May 1st, 2013, Sheila was arrested in a crackle barrel parking lot. I just thought it was ironic.

D'Janai

Isn't it ironic? Wow. Cracker barrel.

Kristen

Crackle barrel girl. Finally, on that same day though, Rachel would plead guilty on this day, too. Uh, and her, she worked out a deal that was like, if y'all charge me as an adult, will you lessen my sentence? So Rachel was charged with second degree murder and a few other things I believe kidnapping was in there. And. Other things. So she would go on and receive this yeah. A sentence of 30 years in prison, but will be eligible for parole after 10 years. So this was in 2013, it's 2020. That was going to, you know, she's going to get out and use your name. You know, she is, she's going to get up there and cry and be like, I was lost and I was under the spell of Sheila and like, I'm a good person and I'm just going to be up before she turns 26 watch.

D'Janai

But no fuck. No. I will show up in, uh, West Virginia, my fucking self and star search West Virginia, whatever the fuck they live. No, absolutely not. I mean, I understand she was a teenager and we've had so many stories about like teenagers just making the wrong decisions, but like, no,

Kristen

no. And so at this point, Sheila is still like, a motherfucking fight. Uh, and she originally was pleading not guilty cause she was actually charged with first degree murder. Um, as she should have been. And so the original trial date was supposed to take place January 28th of 2014, but Pennsylvania was like, hold up, bitch. That body was found in our jurisdiction where we're bringing charges to like, if she wants to play those games, not only as West Virginia got to bring charges, but y'all done transfer y'all, didn't killed someone in a different state. Uh, no. So we're bringing charges too. So her, her lawyers were like, all right, the writing's on the wall. You will never have a chance to get out if you do not plead guilty and accept these charges. So she pleaded guilty to first degree murder, and she was sitting to life in prison under the, with mercy clause, which under West Virginia law means she's eligible for parole after. 15

D'Janai

girl? I was hoping he was going to say at least at least 20, 25, like a significant amount of time. And she goes in at, uh, What 17 This bitch is like, her life is still ahead of her on no, no, no, no,

Kristen

Yep. Yep. And so because of her plea deal, The Pennsylvania authorities did not file charges, which would have probably kept her in there for life or a little more extended. so I fully believe that these bitches will be out, but Skyler's dad did say for all of y'all's parole hearings, every single one, I'm gonna be at him. And I'm going to give a statement because y'all, don't deserve to get out y'all are animals. You treated my daughter, like an animal you're sick and this little rinky-dink statement that you're trying to put out through the lawyers from your family don't mean shit to us. Cause our daughter is gone. so women are actually incarcerated together. Well, not together, but they're at the same facility at the Lake in the Lake, in correctional center in Mason County, which I feel like that violates a lot of laws too. They should

D'Janai

orange is the new black

Kristen

I think that's why they're smiling in the picture. Like they, they look better now than they did when they were in high school. They look clearer skin and longer hair. They look luscious, they

D'Janai

That's what?

Kristen

eating good doing well. So I don't, I don't see how gel has helped them really think about what they've done. I don't give a sh

D'Janai

y'all bitches separate corners. And think about what you've done. Ain't gone be no. Oh yeah, we gone. We just together, but now we in prison now and basically. They got their first apartment. They just like bunking up and meeting in the in the yard. Um, I'll spot. You you'll spot me. Right? We can paint each other's nails and eat ramen together. That's cute. No,

Kristen

100% beam

D'Janai

cutesy girlfriends in the fucking jail house. Bitch. You did a horrific, horrific thing to him. Innocent girl who was at work, making bacon. Nadirs went home to go to her bed. And then all of a sudden she's in a fucking ditch across state lines.

Kristen

bleeding out.

D'Janai

Oh my God. Okay. I hope these bitches never see the light

Kristen

I hope they don't either. I mean, they need to spend a good 30 years because it wasn't even like they were. 12 and did this shit. They were 16. They knew the magnitude of what they were doing. They knew the consequences of what they were doing. They planned this, this was pre meditated months. And then

D'Janai

They the mother was like, Oh, I'm going to leave the cheese. It's right here. You guys are going to do your homework. You know, actually we're plotting a murder, but thanks

Kristen

thanks, mom. See you later.

D'Janai

She brought the Capri suns and like, they was in there doing a study group and they were studying how to do a murder. And I mean, essentially get caught because they're idiots, but.

Kristen

so stupid. So I'm going to conclude with that. The only. positive that came from this is that Skyler's parents did not stop the fight. They were really affected that an Amber alert was not issued in her disappearance because she didn't necessarily meet all four of the criteria for an alert to be issued. So. One is that a child is believed to be abducted two. The child is under 18 years of age three. The child may be in danger of death or serious injury. Four. There is sufficient information indicate the Amber alert would be helpful. So a West Virginia state legislator, With a nice family, introduced a bill called Skyler's law to modify the protocol for the West Virginia Amber alert, and the plan was to issue immediate public announcements when any child has reported missing and in danger, regardless of other child is believed to be kidnapped or not. Cause you just never want to take any chances. Um,

D'Janai

Sorry. But even when, if it's like, it's a runaway, um, it's just like, Oh, this child has run away on their own volition. Okay. You're supposed to be home. Like, what is the issue you were supposed to be home?

Kristen

go find them, bring them back, maybe not to the home, but bring them back and say, well, why are you running

D'Janai

right? Exactly. Take

Kristen

You can just let them run away. Exactly. You can just let them run away and be like, fuck it. Like you have to. And if you can't find him, you can't find them, but you have to try.

D'Janai

at least

Kristen

that is an unfortunate, awful story of Skylar knees. there have been a few adaptations or this story was really heavily in the news. And as I was researching it, I was like in my subconscious, I kind of remember hearing about this it's just so juvenile and why the elevator couldn't have been reaching the top level. the bitches don't ever need to get out of jail because they'll do it again. And from their smiles, they'll definitely do it again. They don't, they

D'Janai

smiling. Oh yeah. When you saw show me the fucking, uh, mugshots. I said, bitch, I know I don't see teeth.

Kristen

Whole teeth with smirks and a fresh curl, both images. Mitch's had a fresh curl and.

D'Janai

bangs. She was like, let me bump it before I go on down to the precinct.

Kristen

get my picture taken, which I'm like how y'all get curly

D'Janai

Graduation pictures are here. You are taking mugshots stupid bitch.

Kristen

okay. And as always, we like to end on some takeaways. I think we just went through a lot, but one of my takeaways is, Young girls, especially trust your gut. If there's a tingling, there, there's a feeling there of like this doesn't feel right. Trust it into. If people show you early on that they don't want to be friends with you. Fuck them. And high school might really suck and you might not have a whole lot of friends. Or you might just be different or not like the same from everyone in your high school fuck up. Cause I promise you, it gets so much better and I promise you, you will find your tribe and you don't have to fit in with the Polly pockets and the Fionas of your high school. Cause I promise you you're cool and dope how you are. So fuck them.

D'Janai

right. The Fiona's but in ogre mode, because truly,

Kristen

You don't get as you get,

D'Janai

yeah. You get Rosie, Rosie O'Donnell bitch. Wait. No. Who do we hate? Who's bad. Chris Kiersey. Allie.

Kristen

No. Yeah. You get Tommy Lauren.

D'Janai

anybody. Who was it? It was Roseanne. I'm sorry, Roseanne.

Kristen

Roseanne

D'Janai

Yes, but yeah, and I have advice for the mean girls. just stop. What you were doing is not nice and you need to just fucking stop it. You. Are so ugly. You don't need to be, you are just, it's so ugly what you're doing and it's, it's it's think about the real enemy. Okay. Focus on the patriarchy. That's why you need to be directing all this negative energy towards you. Do not need to be directing all this negative energy and murderous energy period towards other young women. Like you. Okay. You're being shortsighted. Elongate your site, please. look, watch mean girls and undertake in the message. Okay. Seriously. Watch it study it. We mentioned at the top of this episode, watch mean girls and understand that bringing down another woman with your words or with your knives is not going to. make you any better. It's not going to make you any smarter. It's not gonna make you any prettier. So you need

Kristen

Nope.

D'Janai

If you don't like someone close your pretty eyes. Okay. Uh, Burt, your attention elsewhere. You don't need to ever kill someone. Say something mean about someone. Like it's just not worth it. Okay. Stop being ugly, period.

Kristen

All right. And go to therapy. Cause your insecurities are jumping out.

D'Janai

They're screaming. that was great. I mean, I mean, it was terrible, but it was,

Kristen

It was, uh, it was re there is a Dateline episode about it. I think it's called wicked sisters. And then lifetime made a, kind of a drama to station two. I'll call deathly click. I'm gonna look it up. Uh, but yeah, it was just a really fucked up situation. Yeah. But. That is it from my end.

D'Janai

That was great, Kristen.

Kristen

Thanks. GigE

D'Janai

rest in peace to

Kristen

Yeah. To Skylar niece and y'all y'all will see her picture tomorrow. She really did seem like just a very normal young girl. and then we'll show you the pictures of Rachel and Sheila. And you can tell that they're trying to be something that they're not. And trying to be older and, uh, uh, yeah, you can just tell you can, you can tell the type of girls you're working with.

D'Janai

Oh, mama's I said ogre like, Oh, like, like a swamp, like Shrek, because you said Shrek and it really stuck with me. Um,

Kristen

She do. She do. look like me on him.

D'Janai

Really, um, but not as cool

Kristen

No. And Fiona outsold.

D'Janai

period. Um, yes. Uh, rest in peace to Skylar. I, you know, prayers up for our family prayers down for these two bitches. Um,

Kristen

And may they never get out of jail?

D'Janai

And I hope that as soon as. As soon as they die straight to hell, straight to hell, because I was so unnecessary. Just do not pass. Go do not collect$200 straight to hell because that girl was cut down in the prime of her life. She was a straight a student. She was ready to start her life. That was, there was really no need for it. It was so senseless. thank you for sharing her story with us,

Kristen

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D'Janai

K. Oh, my bad Q U

Kristen

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D'Janai

Um, go

Kristen

Can I also do something else? I think will be fun, but maybe not. I feel like for this week, right? In our comments on Instagram, right? Something to your 16 year old self that you wish you would have known

D'Janai

Yeah.

Kristen

in high school, it could be anything, but let's give some advice to the children because.

D'Janai

Because they're clearly lost. doing so good.

Kristen

We're losing the recipes.

D'Janai

but seriously. Cause I recently recently watched the social dilemma and they're talking about how all the teenagers are, uh, fragile and like mentally ill because of social media and the children are not okay. Because social media and all types of shit has like fucked up their brains and they don't know, they don't know which way is up. So they need some advice. They need some guidance.

Kristen

We still remember the time before this huge technology. Boom. And I remember the time after they never got a time before

D'Janai

They just walked right into it and they were just like,

Kristen

out the womb to an iPad and it's like, fuck, like,

D'Janai

right. I like that idea. Kristin writes, yeah, write a comment. Like it doesn't have to be like a long thing, but just a piece of advice that you may have wanted to give to your younger self or to the young people of today. Because I don't know any young people at today because I like my life. They clearly are on hinge. I don't want to be friends with no teenagers cause they, they on some other

Kristen

Okay.

D'Janai

well, we hope you enjoyed this episode. I definitely did. we'll be back next week with another episode of quiet as it's kept the podcast. The next time I'll be going, I will have a story for us. Um, it's also Thanksgiving week, so enjoy the holiday safely. Um, please be safe for yourself and for your loved ones. We know that it's been a very rough year and you may not have seen your family as much as you would have liked. This might be the first time you're seeing your family in a very long time, but we urge everyone to take proper precaution because. the Corona virus does not discriminate. Okay. Does the matter she

Kristen

She'd hope.

D'Janai

um,

Kristen

why I'm laughing people. Okay.

D'Janai

she really don't. please be very mindful because nobody knows, honestly, I don't know what to akin this to, but like no one knows how it's going to affect them until it's too late. So. Please be careful, please be safe for yourself and for your loved ones. and we will see you next week, next Wednesday, for another episode of quiet as it's kept, we love y'all.

Kristen

Bye guys, cue the music.

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