Sherry Leighty disappears from Altoona, Pa., leaving her three small children behind; after a 13-year search, her sister discovers the rumor Leighty skipped town with a new boyfriend is a lie and people close to her have been harboring a dark secret.

42 year old Trudy Darby is murdered in Mack's Creek, MO. When two more local women go missing police fear a serial killer. Silence reigns over the town until a call out of the blue reveals the killers are uncomfortably close to home.