On the morning of August 15, 2002, something terrible was discovered in the quiet community of Oak Level, Virginia. Michael and Mary Short — a husband and wife devoted to their family and respected in their town — were found murdered inside their home. Their nine-year-old daughter, Jennifer, was missing. Law enforcement launched one of the most exhaustive searches and investigations in the region’s history, but what they found over the next six weeks struck the hearts of everyone who followed the case. This is the story of the Short family murders, a triple homicide that has haunted two states for more than two decades and remains unsolved.
