Early one Saturday morning in River Rapids West Virginia six-year-old Cristel Epps disappears. As the local community tries to make sense of what has happened three people find their lives changed forever: Daryl Epps Cristels nine-year-old brother becomes the subject of escalating neglect and abuse. Widow Georgina Campbell last to see Cristel alive must face long-buried secrets from her own past. And Deputy Sheriff Johnson Fincher finds his search for Cristel coincides with his own search for God.