In one of the most tragic and brutal crimes in the history of the Great Plains, five teens playing by a campfire are ambushed when a trio of shotgun-wielding brothers targets them. A lone survivor bravely helps detectives hunt down her assailants.

In this bizarre midwestern saga, a grudge between a shady District Attorney and an eccentric local student turns deadly. Dogged investigators work for decades to bring a quartet of brothers to justice.