
A harrowing true‑crime account of a 1980s South Carolina case that devastated a family and spurred an intensive police investigation. After Southern beauty‑pageant winner Dawn Smith becomes the obsession of a sadistic stalker, he escalates his terror by abducting her younger sister, thrusting the community into a desperate search.
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Nick Searcy
Asst. Sheriff McCarty

William Devane
Sheriff Jim Metts

Bob Hannah
Miss Liberty Emcee

Leon Pridgen
Reporter #3

Alan Sader
Prosecutor

J. Don Ferguson
Bob Smith

Jeri Ryan
Dawn Elizabeth Smith

Amy Parrish
Hula Hoop Talent

Marty Terry
Mrs. Thornwell

Joe Maggard
Scanlon

Dan Cox
Reporter #1

Stephen Ware
Man at Pageant

Mark Jeffrey Miller
Man at Depot

Chuck Kinlaw
Principal

Leslie Riley
Reporter #2

Michael Flippo
Command Post Deputy

Linda Pierce
Hilda Smith

Don Tilley
Man at Door

John Bennes
Mr. Thornwell

Michele Abrams
Shari Smith

James Slade
Larry Gene Bell

Joyce Bowden
Carol Metts

Stephen Preusse
SLED Officer

April Callahan
Lenore Waters

Greg Gault
Janitor

Sharyn Greene
Pageant Singer

George Hasenstaab
Deputy #2

James Martin Jr.
Photographer

Robert D. Raiford
Judge

Blair Struble
Michelle Metts

Diana Taylor
TV Reporter
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