In November 2016, deputies were searching a remote property in South Carolina for

Kayla Brown, a missing woman who had vanished two months prior.

As they approached a large metal shipping container, they heard something they just could not ignore.

Loud banging and a woman screams.

They were coming from the inside of that container, and when they forced it open, sure enough, they found Kayla.

And by some miracle, she was alive.

Kayla was chained to the container by her neck like a dog.

She was exhausted, malnourished, abused, and fighting with every last bit of strength she had, to call out, to survive.

And in those first urgent moments,

her focus wasn't on herself,

but on helping others.

She frantically told detectives that she wasn't the only victim. In fact, her boyfriend, Charles Carver, had been shot dead right in front of her very eyes,

and she believed, based on the terrifying stories her captor told her,

clearly to instill fear and maintain control, that there had been more, many more before

her.

In that moment, what had up until then been a straightforward missing person's case instantly

turned into something far more disturbing. As investigators started

digging up the property owned by Todd Kolop, they uncovered evidence that pointed to a pattern.

One that didn't start with Kayla, but thanks to her bravery, thanks to her fighting,

thanks to her digging for that last bit of energy, it ended with her.

As the search expanded across Kolop's land, bodies began to surface, revealing a sadistic crime spree that had quietly

unfolded over more than a decade. The question investigators were forced to confront was

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