Plot Synopsis

THE VANISHING WOMEN is a one-hour series that documents the past and present work of an active criminal investigation at the Chillicothe Police Department and the Ross County Sheriff's Office, where they are investigating a string of six young women who have gone missing or been found dead in the past year and a half. The women, all in their 20s and 30s, are believed to have known each other and all have ties to the dark underbelly of Chillicothe, Ohio, leading the local community to fear a serial killer is on the loose. Each one-hour episode seeks to understand the circumstances around the disappearance of the women, while exploring the facts and evidence that seemingly brought them to their tragic fate. The series opens in 2014 when four women vanish in this small town. When two are later found dead, fears of a serial killer mount when a fifth woman goes missing in 2015. Before police can fully investigate the fifth missing woman, another body is found. With the help of an anonymous tip, police are onto a possible suspect within hours...and the community digs in once again on the possibility of a serial killer. While each of the victims are believed to have known each other in some way, three of the women have been found dead in or near bodies of water, one was found shot to death, and two remain missing. Anyone with information is asked to call the task force hotline at 740-774-FIND (3463) or contact them at findme@RossSheriff.com.
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On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 10pm ET/PT, Investigation Discovery premiered the season finale of THE VANISHING WOMEN. In the final installment, What Happened That Night," police chase down a terrifying new lead in a nearby town. Meanwhile, Jason McCrary, accused of murdering Timberly Claytor, goes to trial.