From 1970 to 1973, three girls in and around Rochester, New York, were brutally raped and strangled, their bodies dumped in neighboring villages. Each girl's first and last names started with the same letter and matched the initial of the name of the village where their body was found. The film deviates significantly from established facts, most evident by establishing a modern-day setting. (See Cheri Farnsworth's book, "Alphabet Killer: The True Story of the Double Initial Murders," for a detailed look at the real Alphabet murders.)