What Happened to Mandy Patton?

In the fall of 1983, the quiet town of Manassas Springs, Minnesota is shaken by the disappearance of 9-year-old Mandy Patton, who vanished one afternoon from a local shopping mall. The story follows three residents trying to answer one question: what happened to Mandy Patton?

Jess Taylor, a self-proclaimed sleuth, is determined to find out, and she has a hunch that might set her on the right path; but the arrival of her estranged father threatens to unravel the entire case.

Detective Anthony Valentino, the lead investigator, is working tirelessly to restore peace in the one place he never thought anything bad would happen; but muddled judgment and prejudice interfere with every lead.

And little Angie Taylor, Jess's younger sister and Mandy's friend, may know more than anyone else; but who would think to ask a child?

Told between modern-day interviews and the disappearance in 1983, we follow our three residents through a lifelong journey as they uncover the truth behind their town's most infamous and decades-long mystery. And as the details emerge to reveal what really happened that rainy Friday afternoon, they discover that reality is way more gruesome than fiction could ever be.

Based on the 1989 disappearance of Amy Mihaljevic, What Happened to Mandy Patton? explores how small town politics come into play when tragedy strikes and reminds us that bad things can truly happen anywhere - even in our own backyard.