Sheriff's detective Tony Mendez and child advocate Anne Leone investigate the murder of Marissa Fordham--a case that hinges on a key witness, Marissa's young daughter, Haley--and soon discover the shocking fact that Marissa Fordham never existed.
Lauren Lawton and her younger daughter Leah pick up and move to Oak Knoll four years after the unsolved disappearance of her oldest daughter, but when the man Lauren suspects of taking her child shows up in their new home town, the detectives start to uncover new clues.