 When the decomposing body of a sexually molested five-year-old girl is discovered, Detectives Benson and Stabler s investigation leads them to the painful reality that they are searching for a serial pedophile as they race to save the life of his latest victim. As the mother of the missing girl frantically awaits news of her daughter s whereabouts, she must reconcile with the fact that her own recent bout with addiction may have played a part in her daughter s fate.