When an 18-year-old Staten Island woman is murdered in her home, the media turns her secret into a front-page scandal. But a meticulously constructed timeline allows detectives to close in on their number one suspect.

When firefighters in Arlington, Texas extinguish the flames of an apartment fire, they discover the charred remains of 19-year-old Missy Grubaugh. Several of her restaurant coworkers soon come under scrutiny.