Sarah Willis left for a school picnic but never arrived. Her body is found found five hundred miles away, face down in a ditch, all her belongings laid out around her in a perfect circle. Dr. Evangeline Romero, Missouri's best forensic anthropologist is assigned to the case in fear that another child will be found dead soon. Sarah is only the first in a long ritualistic killing spree. Five miles away in a small town the first clue emerges. A highly intelligent anthropologist Romero is very confused on why the killer left only a small item as a clue. Sarah's parents begin to get worried and snoopy. Dr. Romero finds her best friend is keeping very important evidence from her and making the most difficult process even more impossible. Will Evangeline be able to find the killer or killers before the ritual is done?