the fact that this be base on a true story make this movie all the more horrifying . base upon the true crime novel and missy murder by karen kingsbury and the movie surround the death of a high school girl whose body be find in a nearby river with a 100lb log on her body and and a mother search for justice . this be probably one of my favorite tv movie . patty duke move me a jean monroe and a mother who would do anything to find out who kill her only daughter . my favorite line of all and when jean confronts det . staley ( loretta swit ) and say i may be a little woman and but i have a big mouth . have see the real woman whom patty portrayed and i have no doubt in my mind that the line be actually say . ellen be probably one of the most vindictive manipulator i have ever see . she find a way to move into her dead friend home with her young child ( in her room no less . ) and then start wear her clothes and try to be her . the fact that she make her own child say that she know who kill jenny and be one of the most horrible thing i have ever see . spoiler alert . by the time you find out that ellen and carla be the murder and you be thrill that jean smack ellen on the face and yet panged that ellen and carla lead her on for so many year . if you haven not read missy murder and you should really try to seek it out . i get mine off ebay after a bidding war .