When 21-year-old Julie Gonzalez disappears in Austin, Texas, her Chicano family is determined to find her and never gives up. After a slow start, law enforcement uses a national television appearance and a gaming device to expose the deadly truth.

Keiona Braxton excitedly awaits the birth of her first child, but when detectives are called to her burning apartment, they uncover a scene of unparalleled violence and use the clues on Keiona's own body to point them to the killer.

Soon after Cathy and Jeff Lamb rekindle their marriage, Cathy is found savagely beaten to death in their home; with the couple's three dogs as their only witnesses, detectives untangle a number of complex relationships to find her killer.

When 24-year-old Terry Rouse disappears near a southern Georgia swamp, his devastated mother relentlessly pursues a one-woman investigation that runs parallel to law enforcement; what she and the detectives ultimately uncover shocks everyone.