Trial by Twitter– By: Holly Millea

             These three best friends, they loved each other infinitely, but their friendship ended in a deadly trick. These girls were obsessed with twitter, it was their life-along with Instagram. They posted their thoughts and feelings almost daily, it seemed to be an alternative diary; a digital diary, but one for the world to see. Skylar posted many, and one saying, “Snow makes everything more quiet…” How does such hate develop towards someone you love? To plot murder. For what reason? A friend, not even being out of high school, not knowing what true struggles are, or even what true betrayal entails? Rachel and Sheila, Skylar’s “best friends”, apparently planned to kill Skylar while in Science class one day- Turns out, Sheila and Skylar were always fighting. So, from that day in Science class, Rachel and Sheila planned the murder over the next month. The truth escaped from Rachel, that “We stabbed her”. The officials were shocked, and began to ask, “why did you stab her? Rachel responded, “Well, we didn’t like her.”

             My heart broke as I read this article, my mind along with. These three beautiful girls, so in love with each other, but torn apart by such pity, and in a fatal disaster. 16- year old Skylar’s life ended, all because her two “best friends” didn’t like her. They decided to stab her in the back, stab her from behind. They expressed a sick way of stabbing someone in the back, which is supposed to be just a metaphor. Skylar seemed to be a quiet, yet wild soul. Who loved and hated a lot of things, for really no reason? She was young, that is what kids do, that’s what we all go through to figure out our mind and our souls. As months went on, Rachel showed the investigator where her and Shelia had left Skylar’s body, which was in knee deep snow. Skylar was left in the cold, the freezing cold snow, and yes, it made everything more quiet as Skylar tweeted months back. Her body may be cold, dead, and with nature, but her soul is quiet and rested. There will be no more hate towards her, as her “friends” will dwell on that one decision of killing her, possibly realizing that they love her more than anything now, they will take on the hurt that Skylar must have felt in those last moments of her life, but those two girls will live with that pain for the rest of their lives.