In 1992, 11-year-old Shauna Howe disappears as she returns home from a Girl Scouts Halloween party; when Shauna's body shows up in a local creek, her murder sends shockwaves through her community.

People Magazine editors present the story of Claudette Ficik, a Georgia college student who disappears while driving home to see her parents; suspects include an infatuated classmate, an ex, and the man she planned to bring home on that trip.