In Noel, Missouri, a bank is robbed of $71,000 and the bank president, Dan Short, is nowhere to be found. Could Short have robbed his own bank? Five days later, a body is found in the swampy shallows of the Great Lake o' the Cherokees.

Alabama teen Edith McLeroy rebels against her conservative upbringing marrying the leader of a biker crew, cruising the highways as queen of the pack. But when her body is found in Louisiana, a mystery is sparked that will end up lasting 32 years.

Bill, Nancy, and her 8-year-old daughter, Sarah, live a happy life in the Arkansas Ozarks. So when their bodies are pulled from the dark, murky waters of the Illinois Bayou, police are devastated by the sight of them.