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Monday, Sept. 6: Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III, 20, of Castro Valley, Calif., leaves on a flight to Richmond International Airport. He's picked up by girlfriend Emma Niederbrock, 16, of Farmville, whom he met online through their common interest in horrorcore music, and her mother, Longwood University professor Debra S. Kelley.
Thursday, Sept. 10: Kelley and her estranged husband, Mark Niederbrock, leave town with McCroskey, Emma Niederbrock and her friend, Melanie Wells, 18, of Inwood, W.Va. The parents take them to Southgate, Mich., for the Strictly for the Wicked Festival, an all-day horrorcore show Sept. 12.
Sunday, Sept. 13: The group returns to Farmville. Wells posts on MySpace that she's back in Virginia after the festival and that she plans to return to West Virginia on Sept. 16.
Thursday, Sept. 17, afternoon: Wells' mother calls Mark Niederbrock about 2 or 2:30 p.m. to say she's concerned about her daughter and can't reach her. Niederbrock tells his own mother he's going to check on them at Kelley's house.
Sept. 17, 11:58 p.m.: A Farmville police officer goes to the Kelley home to check on Wells after her mother can't reach her. McCroskey answers the door and tells the officer that Wells is at the movies.
Friday, Sept. 18, 12:58 a.m.: McCroskey calls police to say he hears something in the basement and wants someone to check it. Two officers arrive, and he lets them into the basement. They find the basement is covered with animal feces; they leave without suspicion.
Sept. 18, 4:20 a.m.: A Prince Edward County sheriff's deputy tickets McCroskey for driving without a license after he gets a car stuck in a ditch. Authorities later learn the car belonged to Mark Niederbrock. A tow-truck driver takes McCroskey to a nearby Sheetz convenience store.
Sept. 18, 6 a.m.: McCroskey is seen at the Huddle House restaurant in Farmville, where he eats breakfast. A server asks McCroskey why he looks so tired, and he says he's been awake for days.
Sept. 18, 8:20 a.m.: McCroskey is picked up by Curtis Gibson of Access Taxi in Charlottesville for a ride to the Richmond airport. During the roughly hourlong trip, they talk about Emma Niederbrock, horrorcore music, and the festival in Michigan. Gibson gets pulled over for speeding, and McCroskey smokes a cigarette during the brief stop. Gibson later recalls that McCroskey seemed normal, except for an unexplained odor.
Sept. 18, 1 p.m.: McCroskey is seen at the airport. He has a plane ticket to fly to California two days later and tries to get an earlier flight, but he doesn't have enough money to cover the $150 rebooking fee.
Sept. 18, 3:10 p.m.: Farmville police return to the Kelley home after Wells' mother calls again and says still hasn't heard from her daughter. An officer smells what he believes is a decomposing body at the house, and police enter about 4 p.m. and find three bodies. They obtain a search warrant to re-enter, and they find the fourth body. The dead were Kelley, Wells, Emma Niederbrock and Mark Niederbrock.
Sept. 18, evening: Farmville police identify McCroskey as their suspect.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 11:25 a.m.: McCroskey is found sleeping at a baggage-claim area at the Richmond airport and is arrested without incident.\
Monday, Sept. 21, morning: McCroskey appears by videocast in Prince Edward General District Court. He is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mark Niederbrock, robbery of money from Niederbrock's wallet, and grand larceny of Niederbrock's car. In California, authorities raid the home McCroskey shares with his sister and father.
Thursday, Sept. 24: Memorial service is held for Mark Niederbrock in Hixburg.
Friday, Sept. 25: Memorial service for Wells in Inwood, W.Va.
Saturday, Oct. 3: Memorial service planned for Kelley and Emma Niederbrock in Farmville.
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