Hugo is hysterical when he finds his brother's girlfriend and roommate Breanna Schneller beaten with an iron and stabbed to death on the floor. The brothers appear devastated, but the discovery of Breanna's missing phone casts doubt on their alibis.

MaryAnn Clibbery is brutally murdered at the remodeling business she owned in Loves Park, Ill.; then, a suspicious bag found floating in an icy river unlocks the secrets of her brutal slaying.