Emma was a home-schooled, only child, who found her people through the underground music scene known as Horrorcore. She would spend hours on MySpace and even met her new bestie. Emma attracted the attention of an up and coming horrorcore rapper named Syko Sam and when a new music festival was announced, she, her bestie, and the boy she'd been flirting with, finally had a chance to meet in person. Her parents weren't thrilled with her taste in music, but in order to keep their daughter safe, they hashed out a plan that involved the friends staying at their house and being chaperoned by Emma's parents to the concert.
Reports say that when she picked Sam up from the airport, Emma was disappointed in what she saw...but what could she do? He was supposed to be spending the next week and a half at her house.
None of them could have predicted that the man she'd been getting to know online for the past year, would live up to his stage name with the heinous acts he would later commit.
Emma Niederbrock began changing her appearance, dying her hair pink and wearing really dark black make-up
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Emma met Melanie Wells on MySpace and the two instantly clicked when the artist, Razakel, introduced them to each other.
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Emma met and began a flirty friendship with Richard, aka Syko Sam, on MySpace. Richard was an aspiring horrorcore rapper.
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The three were excited to go to the festival, but had to be chaperoned by her parents, Dr. Debra and Mr. Mark Niederbrock
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SOURCES:
https://www.reverbnation.com/sykoRichard/song/4175318-my-dark-sid
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/horrorcore-syko-Richard/
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mccroskey-richard.htm
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/gruesome-details-revealed-in-virigina-killings/2088926/
https://www.smh.com.au/world/aspiring-rapper-pleads-guilty-to-killing-four-in-us-20100921-15jzs.html
https://www.ucf.edu/pegasus/your-brain-on-music/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42224582/emma-kelley-niederbrock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42237307/mark-alan-niederbrock
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42236944/debra-sue-kelley
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-virginia-killings-092809-2009sep28-story.html
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