Plot Synopsis

In the year 2000 in Indiana, Sarah Pender, a charismatic and intelligent young woman, is attending a local college and dealing drugs with her low-life boyfriend, Rick Hull, as a means to pay for school. In what appears to be a deal gone bad, her two roommates are tragically shot to death and then stuffed into garbage bins. Although she claims she was not home when the murders occurred, all evidence points to her and Rick. She is eventually found guilty of masterminding the double murder and in 2002 is sentenced to 110 years in prison. A model inmate studying law in hopes of appealing her case -- while also helping fellow convicts with their cases -- Sarah becomes increasingly desperate as her appeals continue to be denied. At the end of her wits, she uses her charm to seduce prison guard Scott Spitler and convince former cellmate Jamie Long to help her escape, leading authorities on an intense search that attracts national attention and puts her on the top of the list of the TV series AMERICA'S MOST WANTED. She was recaptured in December 2008.