Seventeen-year-old Kelsey Smith was just running a quick errand at Target, picking up an anniversary gift for her boyfriend. But as she walked back to her car, her night—and her life—was stolen in an instant. What seemed like a safe suburban shopping trip turned into a nightmare when Edwin Hall, a man with a dark past, snatched her in broad daylight. Within hours, her disappearance gripped Kansas, sparking a frantic search that revealed chilling details about Hall’s behavior: packing for a “family vacation” just as the investigation closed in, acting suspicious while the community begged for answers.

But the biggest questions still linger: Why Kelsey? What drove Hall to target a teenage girl who had her whole life ahead of her? Was it a premeditated attack, a random act of violence, or the twisted fallout of a man unraveling from his own demons?