In 1988, a man is released from jail after a judge deems his murder confession false. For 25 years, a family's hope for justice fades, as the killer walks the streets. But one tenacious detective refuses to let this cold case go.

In 1997, in quaint Anne Arundel County, Maryland, a detective inherits a stack of cold cases. As he begins to unravel each one, he uncovers a shocking and gruesome common thread.

One night in 1993, in Manhattan Beach, California, an officer is shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. The only witness is a young boy who is too terrified to tell police what he saw.

In 2007 in Bethany, Oklahoma, a young pregnant woman goes missing. Police desperately try to retrace her last steps, and unearth more than just the secrets she harbored.

In 1996, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a young mother is found dead on the side of a rural stretch of highway in an apparent hit-and-run accident. But as the family grieves, the façade begins to crack, and soon the truth seeps out.

In 1993, a family is torn apart when a mother in Jacksonville, Florida goes missing. The case stumps detectives, who believe that the truth about what happened to her is locked inside the mind of the missing woman's three-year-old son.