This is a true crime story about an unsolved murder of a Flint drug store owner in 1954.  It was the former prosecutor's welcome to Flint, as his mom was pregnant for him at the time she witnessed the armed robbery and murder.  The murder took place in a 1950's style drug store complete with a soda fountain. He recounts his mother's trauma and what unfolded afterwards. 

The storey then captures what has occurred 65 years later to Flint, Michigan.   The once wealthy town has been overtaken by globalization, violent crime, drugs, a public health crisis and crime.  Today, it is a city that struggles to become relevant to the American people.  Perhaps it is just the mid-stages of a soon to be "ghost town" complete with a crime pandemic, bad water and polluted brownfields.  This narrative sets the stage for many of the true crime stories to follow.