A couple, John and Linda Sohus of San Marino, California goes missing in 1985 while working a supposedly secret mission for the government in New York. The investigation puts police on the heels of a con artist with ties to America's high society. A team of law enforcement and prosecutors across the nation must work together to pin down the elusive mastermind. Their hard work pays off. Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, the man that people knew as "Clark Rockefeller" or "Christopher Crowe" or "Christopher Chichester" had impersonated numerous people, including a talk show host and a Pentagon advisor. Gerhartsreiter ultimately claimed to be an heir to the famous Rockefeller family. Using his fake name of Clark Rockefeller, Gerhartsreiter became respected among Boston's elite society. He used his deceptive "status" to meet and marry Sandra Boss, a millionaire with a Harvard MBA. Their marriage was carried out in a Quaker ceremony that had no legal status. The pair had a daughter born in 2001 named Reigh but their marriage ended in divorce after twelve years. Afraid of losing custody of his daughter in the divorce, Gerhartsreiter abducted Reigh. The child was found unharmed. In the end, the FBI investigation exposed Gerhartsreiter's years-long con game.