onique Watson, a 12 years old African American girl goes missing from her Brooklyn home. Her father Micheal Watson does everything on his power to find his little girl, he holds himself up through faith and will. The police are having a hard time finding her, when Christian Baker a young New York City journalist from The Chronicle gets assigned to her story. Christian tries to get the assignment done, he quickly and poorly researches the story and goes with the first lead. This brings down an unexpected series of events. Christian with guilt decides to join Micheal on his search and takes upon himself to race time and help find Monique.
米尔德雷德（弗兰西斯·麦克多蒙德 Frances McDormand 饰）的女儿在外出时惨遭奸杀，米尔德雷德和丈夫查理（约翰·哈克斯 John Hawkes 饰）之间的婚姻因此走到了尽头，如今，她同儿子罗比（卢卡斯·赫奇斯 Lucas Hedges饰）过着相依为命的生活。一晃眼几个月过去了，案件仍然没有告破预兆，而警方似乎早已经将注意力从案子上转移了开来。 被绝望和
