

The items are later recovered by Tom's groundskeeper Justin, who has been having his own issues. Baker suspects Tom was part of a child pornography network, and with the case seemingly solved, Paul convinces Wendy to throw away Taylor's stuff to bring closure. After Tom diverts Paul from looking for her, he tries to hold Wendy down, but she finds a hammer on the floor and kills Tom. Later, Wendy suspects Tom might be responsible, so she searches his place, uncovering a hidden passageway leading to a toilet and a closet shelf with a stash of child pornography videos. Baker is informed later that strands of hair were in Eric’s hand. When Baker finds Eric’s body, he searches Eric and Miranda’s RV and finds the beads, which Wendy confirms is her daughter's. Paul and Wendy return to shore, shaken, and argue.

Wendy pulls out a gun, and a fight ensues in which Miranda is shot and Eric is stabbed.

Paul and Wendy accuse Eric and Miranda of taking their daughter because they have been unsuccessful in trying to have a baby. After six hours on the lake, they spot a plastic bag floating on the water, but it holds no clues. The next day the two couples go out on the lake together to continue the search. That night, Paul observes Miranda making love. While the latter are gone Paul and Wendy search their RV but fail to see a strand of beads belonging to their daughter Taylor. Paul and Wendy realize Wendy shot an innocent man.Īs local authorities are getting more involved, Paul and Wendy grow more suspicious of Miranda and her husband Eric. The next day, the sheriff tells them the convict was caught on a bus leaving town, and a camper was found shot to death. The sleeper awakens and grabs at the gun, only to be shot. Assuming he is the escapee, Wendy grabs his gun. Paul and Wendy decide to conduct their own search and eventually find a man sleeping at a campfire with a gun beside him. After 24 hours, Paul and Wendy file a missing persons report and also learn there is an escaped convict in the area but that he is unlikely to be the suspect. Sheriff Baker and Deputy Rakes organize a search party but tell Paul and Wendy to stay put. They contact the manager Tom but have no luck. However, when Wendy returns, they discover Taylor has disappeared. Paul meets Miranda, an attractive woman in the neighboring campsite, while Wendy is getting supplies. Paul and Wendy Michaelson take their RV to a remote lakeside campsite with their daughter Taylor and pug Lucky. The film stars Thomas Jane, Anne Heche, Jason Patric and Facinelli and follows a couple who sets out to find their daughter who disappeared during their camping trip.

The Vanished (formerly titled Hour of Lead) is a 2020 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Peter Facinelli.
