In this gripping true-crime story, Joe Grimsley relates the details of the grisly murders of a man and two teenagers, of them, the murdered man's son. The story begins with the disappearance of the three on September 3, 1985, and concludes with a courtroom drama that no Hollywood writer could pen. The jury found the defendant guilty and then in a remarkable twist, after being dismissed and returning home, they changed their minds, which necessitated a mistrial. In between, there was a frantic search that included family members of the trio, several law enforcement agencies, and a strange pyshic that rivaled Rasputin for weirdness. What the searchers found was as gruesome as a scene from a horror movie.