After many months of preparation, construction has begun on a new Apartment complex. On the very first day, a worker with a backhoe, digs up a body of a young lady. After the police identify the victim, it turns out that Mickey Ray Christianson and his sister Darcy Jean went to school with her. The victim, Betty Duncan was single, pregnant, and lived with her mother in one of their apartments, so Mickey and his best friend and brother-in-law, James Bower set out to find her killer. They start with the obvious suspects, the baby daddy. Along the way, Mickey connects with one of his old schoolmates and thinks he is falling in love with her. After tracking down several leads and dead ends, the case is solved with a huge twist for Mickey and all involved.