A docudrama on the investigation of the rape and murder of a young university student, Sarah Whitehead, in a small northern community in the Canadian province of Ontario.

On New Year's Eve 1991, 45-year-old Catherine Carroll is stabbed 53 times and dies on the bathroom floor. Her 19-year-old son, Greg Parsons, discovers the grizzly scene and charged with murder. Neighbors testify that his mother was terrified of him. And when police uncover a song by his band called 'Kill Your Parents', Greg is eventually sentenced to life in prison. When DNA evidence finally exonerates him years later, police try to revive the stone cold case.