A journalist and aspiring science-fiction writer stumbles over a scoop at the local hospital - people are dying in their sleep. Healthy young couples are discovered dead in their own beds. Apparently, the connection is an orphaned autistic girl. Each time she"s adopted by a set of foster parents, they turn up dead the next morning. The writer learns of the strange case and decides to prepare a news article. Unaware of the danger to anyone who comes in contact with the girl, he begins the perilous task of delving into her past.