Police officers Dorothy Kramer and Peter Smith are charged with investigating a series of horrific serial murders rocking their quiet hometown. Young co-eds are disappearing from the college campus and winding up in garbage bags scattered around the town dump. Having ended a long relationship with her partner, Dorothy is searching for something new in her life. Tired of a banal existence in a small town, she develops a penetrating (although morbid) interest in the horrific crimes taking place. However, Peter seems to be more concerned with reviving their romance, and winning back her affection, than with solving the case. But they are already in way over their heads.