Phoebe Handsjuk was a beautiful 24-year-old woman who died in the most brutal and baffling way. Six years ago she somehow got into the garbage chute of her highrise apartment building and fell 11 floors to her death. At first the Victoria Police dismissed the tragedy as a suicide and consequently put little effort into an investigation. Then, two years ago, a coroner found that when Phoebe died she had been in a confused, trance-like state brought about by alcohol consumption and the sleeping pill Stilnox. The coroner ruled Phoebe’s death was an accident and that no one else was involved. But that finding has been questioned by the Handsjuk family who believe there’s another, more sinister explanation. It has left Phoebe’s mother and grandfather, a retired detective, with no option but to conduct what the police didn't – a proper investigation.

Gone Girl (2016)

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