When a former Penn State professor mysteriously goes missing, police uncover clues to his untimely demise. The investigation leads to a grisly crime scene and two unlikely culprits who would stop at nothing to get rid of him.

A loving father and veteran vanishes suddenly in coastal South Carolina. As investigators question those close to him, they find the unraveling threads of a love triangle. When his body surfaces in a nearby river, a crime of passion is revealed.