Joanna hitchhiked to Cloverville to meet her pen pal at the Buttinger Farm. She vanished somewhere along the way. The police have no leads, and Joanna's family is frantic. Annie can't stop thinking about the poor girl. Would someone have grabbed her? Hurt her? The Buttinger family isn't offering any clues. They act as if they've never heard of Joanna and don't know why she would pretend to be pen pals with one of the Buttinger children...