Nine mummified skeletons have been found in an abandoned house.
And FBI agent Joey Wright is about to uncover a mystery buried for decades.

The victims were supposed to stay hidden forever.
Runaways and hitchhikers from another time.
Forgotten by the world.
Except by the person who killed them.

As Joey and her team dig into the cold case, they uncover a twisted trail of grieving families, long-buried secrets, and a killer who has been hiding in plain sight for years.
What begins as a shocking discovery soon spirals into something far darker.
A case shaped by obsession, trauma, and evil that never truly went away.

But the deeper Joey goes, the more the investigation begins to mirror her own life.
The search for the truth chips away at the fragile trust around her.
And as old wounds begin to reopen, Joey realizes this case may force her to confront the darkness she’s spent years trying to outrun.

Death, deception, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
To unmask the killer, Joey Wright will have to face the darkness before it swallows her too.

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