On a chilly winter morning in St. Louis, an eleven year old girl vanishes. Days later her body is found along an icy river bank. She's been brutally murdered. It's a race against time for investigators who fear the elusive killer will strike again.

On a snowy Wisconsin morning, an 18-year-old mother is found beaten, stabbed and strangled to death with her 3 month old son as her only witness. Leads soon grow cold and the chase for a suspect leads detectives to a vicious killer who's close to home.

An entire family vanishes in the dead of winter from Nebraska. Have they suddenly decided to skip town, or has something far worse happened? A daughter's relentless search helps cops uncover a sinister and deadly plot fueled by revenge and greed.