Bobby and Patricia Sexton have three daughters and live on her grandparent's property in Jacksonville, Texas. But when Bobby doesn't come home one evening, his worried wife, Patricia, files a missing person's report.

When the body of a teenage girl is found dumped on the muddy banks of the Trinity River, Texas police identify her as 13-year-old Krystal Baker. Yet, sixteen years pass before Krystal's killer is brought to justice.