EPISODE

16. Risen

Vivian receives a new lead in the four-year-old cold case of missing woman, Jessica Raab. When the team officially re-opens the case, they discover a previously unknown double life of sex addiction, childhood abuse, depression, and a religious cult.

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Jessica Raab, a troubled young woman, has been missing for four years, when Vivian uncovers a new clue in the case she has always refused to give up on. The clue, a fingerprint from a new crime that matches one left in Jessica's apartment at the time of her disappearance, leads the team to uncover a tainted personal life they didn't know about the first time they searched for the missing woman. Jessica, a former prostitute turned coffee shop assistant, was a sex addict who was trying to change her life, and her desperation to put right the mistakes in her past may have caused her untold trouble. A trail of childhood abuse, depression, and a religious cult, lead the team to wonder if Jessica's pursuit of a better life may have directed her into more trouble than she could possibly have anticipated. The team hope that in looking for Jessica, they may also be able to help others who were sucked into the cult the way Jessica herself may have been.

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