Relevant Individuals
Preface
One: Where the Children Play
Two: Early Years
Three: The Lesbian Connection
Four: Big Girls Do Cry
Five: The Game of Death
Six: She’ll Tell Our Secrets
Seven: Skylar Neese Must Die
Eight: Vanished
Nine: On the Verge
Ten: The Timeline
Eleven: Long Weekend
Twelve: Rumor and Silence
Thirteen: Nagging Doubts
Fourteen: A Wild Child Runaway
Fifteen: Gone
Sixteen: Digging a Hole
Seventeen: Business in Blacksville
Eighteen: The Wall Is Built
Nineteen: A Spy in the House?
Twenty: Facebook Friction
Twenty-One: Social Problems
Twenty-Two: Roll Call
Twenty-Three: Two’s Company . . .
Twenty-Four: Behind the Scenes
Twenty-Five: About a Boy
Twenty-Six: You’re Either With Us . . .
Twenty-Seven: And Tara Makes Three . . .
Twenty-Eight: Facebook Follies
Twenty-Nine: Opening Night Approaches
Thirty: Becky’s Rant
Thirty-One: Hiding Out
Thirty-Two: About a Girl’s Car
Thirty-Three: Contents under Pressure
Thirty-Four: Nervous Breakdown
Thirty-Five: “We Stabbed Her”
Thirty-Six: All That Remains
Thirty-Seven: Skylar’s Law
Thirty-Eight: Finding Skylar
Thirty-Nine: The Close of the Day
Forty: Rachel Cops a Deal
Forty-One: Looks Can Deceive
Forty-Two: Skylar Comes Home
Forty-Three: Her Day in Criminal Court
Forty-Four: Judgment Days
Forty-Five: On Three!
Forty-Six: The Affair
Forty-Seven: Society Is Naïve
Timeline of Events
Red Flags for Parents to Watch for—and Prompt Actions to Take
Acknowledgments