On the afternoon of June 8, 2008, thirteen-year-old Taylor Dawn Paschal-Placker and eleven-year-old Skyla Whitaker were found shot to death in a ditch in rural Weleetka, Oklahoma. The girls had spent the previous night at Taylor’s house and were walking to a nearby creek to collect shells and pebbles when they did not return; Taylor’s grandfather discovered their bodies about a quarter of a mile from his home after Taylor failed to answer her phone.

Both girls had been shot multiple times with two different firearms: Taylor five times and Skyla eight. The use of more than one weapon and the brutal nature of the killings shocked the small community and left investigators without a clear suspect or motive for years.

A later investigation into the disappearance of 23-year-old Ashley Taylor produced shell casings on property linked to a person of interest that matched casings from the girls’ scene, and that lead connected the separate cases.

If anyone knew Taylor or Skyla, or has information about what happened that afternoon, please share what is known with authorities.