Hulu is revisiting the 2012 murder case of Skylar Neese through a new three-part docuseries.
Friends Like These, which will premiere March 6 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+, will examine the case of the West Virginia 16-year-old who vanished from her home in July 2012, prompting a months-long search. An investigation by the federal and state law enforcement eventually implicated a couple of Neese’s closest friends in her death in a shocking case that received national media attention.
The series is directed by Clair Titley, the filmmaker behind Hulu’s 2023 documentary The Contestant. Pamela: A Love Story and Anatomy of Lies production company Dorothy St. Pictures is producing.
Dorothy St. Pictures’ latest project, the Courtney Love documentary Antiheroine, premiered at Sundance in January.
“From the thrill of rebellion to the fragility of friendship, this three-part series captures the pressures of growing up in the digital age — and the devastating consequences when love turns to hate,” Hulu’s press release states. “As the truth unfolds, the chilling series challenges our understanding of memory, trust and loyalty. ”
The series will use interviews with people close to the case, social media posts and Neese’s own writing to tell the story.
The Neese case was previously covered on 20/20 and featured on episodes of the Discovery+ series Deadliest Kids and See No Evil as well as Lifetime’s Sleeping With a Killer.
When released, the Neese story will join a lineup of true-crime docuseries on Hulu that includes 2025’s Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke, Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? and Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna.
