In three days of savagery the picturesque town Gainesville Florida is sent reeling with shock. Five university students are brutally attacked and killed. As ident officers meticulously investigate the death scenes, they realize this is no average murderer. This killer knows how to cover his tracks. Each scene has been literally scrubbed clean and the bodies washed to eliminate evidence.

Karyn Slover is a pretty, small-town dreamer who's finally got her big break. She's been offered work as a model by an agency in Los Angeles. Now she can move away with her three-year old son, Kolten, leaving her friends, ex-husband, and current boyfriend behind. She leaves her desk at the local newspaper at 5 PM and is never heard from again.