On October 17th, 2016 18-year old Kirk Ryan Kimberly of Cotati, California disappeared. Two and a half weeks later, his remains were recovered on a corner of the campus of Sonoma State University. An autopsy revealed that Kirk had died from multiple stab wounds. When no arrests were announced and rumors of Satanic rituals linked to the death began circulating, true-crime author and Forensic investigator Johnny Kerns began looking into the circumstances surrounding Kirk's death.
An intense game of cat-and-mouse chase ensued between the author, those who knew Kirk best, and his killers, ultimately leading down a dark path filled with unanticipated twists and turns. Though the journey began as a promise to solve the mystery of how a boy in the beautiful wine-region suburbs of Northern California died, the answers revealed more about the frailties of human nature and the shockingly insubstantial value of human life.
