A suspected serial killer terrorizes the Chicago area in the late 90s with murders of young women. Police detective Thomas McCormack finally gets a break in his investigation with the arrest of suspect Francis Visser, but without sufficient evidence to hold him Visser gets released, prompting McCormack to take his life over the despair of his inability to solve the case. Twenty years later, McCormacks son John sets out to bring the case to resolution in a completely unexpected manner.