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In the tranquil towns of New England during the 1970s, a sinister mystery unfolded when several boys vanished without a trace and the community's peace was shattered.

With law enforcement stymied in its search for answers,

whispers of a possible serial killer surfaced,

especially after one boy's body was found years after his disappearance.

But what happened to the others remained a heart-wrenching puzzle.

In 2013, author David McGrath, a former host on the Law Enforcement Today network,

and an investigator with a relentless drive for justice.

Watched a documentary about the Cole case investigation regarding the missing boys.

Himself a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and active in his community with a sex abuse therapy group,

McGrath was struck by the number of unanswered questions in the documentary.

What followed, beginning in January 2014, was a five-year quest to find the answers to this

child abduction and murder mystery.

Traveling all over the United States, he uncovered a labyrinth of dark secrets just beneath

the surface, and unknown to most

residents of the Bicolik communities from which the boys disappeared.

Haunted by his own past, he had to navigate these dark waters if he wanted to bring

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