Series Introduction

Part one: Sarah Gonstead vanishes after a night of drinking with Penny Brummer, who said she left Gonstead in a parking lot with some bikers near a "bug-eyed" van.

Part two: Gonstead's body is found west of Madison. Brummer is arrested after a witness says she and Gonstead were at a bar just down the road from the site.

Part three: Prosecutors build their case with circumstantial evidence -- and surprise testimony.

Part four: Brummer's defenders try to sow doubt and identify other suspects.

Part five: Debating into the wee hours, jurors finally reach a unanimous verdict: Guilty.

Part six: Authors raise new questions, and one figure in the case denies that police ever talked to him.

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