Before class one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the community college in Clearview. Sheriff Dan Rhodes arrests student Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus, and discovers that Wellington had confronted Ike over a paper he insisted was plagiarized. Ike's survivalist father isn't happy. But the suspect list increases: Wellington, generally disliked by the students, also had a confrontation with the dean.
