It was 1985, the so-called “Year of the Spy”. The CIA had been losing Soviet assets left and right; the first loss seemed like bad luck, but four in a row? That wasn't a coincidence— it was a deadly leak. And just as the Agency was scrambling to find answers, across the world, a KGB colonel named Vitaly Yurchenko walked into the American embassy in Rome and volunteered his services in exchange for immediate exfiltration to the United States.

At the time, Yurchenko was the highest-ranked KGB officer ever to defect to America, and the Agency felt it had hit the jackpot. Instead, his defection would go on to become one of the most dizzying, high-stakes espionage debacles of the last century. Although many of his bombshell revelations were bonafide, a doubt soon began haunting the intelligence community: Was Vitaly Yurchenko telling the whole truth? And if not... What had he been sent to hide?

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As Sean hears more witness interviews corroborating one of investigators main theories, he learns new information that could change the entire investigation. 

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Sean hears the taped confessions of several key players in the case, and new light is shined on what might have happened the night Justin disappeared.

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The most explosive information yet comes to light, and it leaves Sean questioning if he should continue on or not.

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Sean looks at numerous other theories surrounding Justin's disappearance. What if investigators have had it wrong all this time?

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Sean and his team follow a new lead, and it takes them to the bottom of a lake.

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The former lead investigator on the case lays out his theory of what happened and Sean finds the most damning confession yet, that of Dylan's mother.

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Sean talks with the main suspect in Justin's case; the same man who confessed to taking part in his murder.

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An anonymous call could be the key to unlocking the entire case. Sean looks deep into Justin's background to find any connection to his disappearance.

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Sean talks with the private detective who has worked Justin's case for the last 16 years, and learns several key pieces of information the public has never heard before.

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The investigation into the disappearance of Justin Gaines begins. How could a popular college freshman vanish without a trace from a club full of over 3,000?

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