Mitchell and Chandler Halderson's parents go away for an impromptu Independence Day vacation at their cabin by the lake, but as their weekend getaway turns in to nearly a week of being gone, police declare them "missing". The discovery of their dismembered bodies leads back to a suspected murderer with a dark web of lies.

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